Men O' War (1929)

USA, 20 min
Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email

Table of contents

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title Men O' War
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1930-05-15

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

James Finlayson
biträdet i läskbaren

Harry Bernard
polis

Anne Cornwall
flirtig brunett

Gloria Greer
flirtig blondin

Show more

Titles

Original title
  • Men O' War
Swedish release title
  • Helan och Halvan i Sjöcharmörerna (1930)
Distribution title
  • Matroser paa Landlov (Danmark)
  • To raske sømænd (Danmark)
  • Laivaston sankarit (Finland)
  • Dick und Doof als Matrosen (Tyskland)
  • Dick und Doff, die Vollmatrosen (Tyskland)
  • Kriegsschiffe (Tyskland)
  • Als Matrosen (Tyskland)
  • Blaue Jungs in Schierigkeiten (Tyskland)
  • La flotte est dans le lac (Frankrike)
  • I due ammiragli (Italien)
  • Sururu no parque (Brasilien)
  • A canoa virou (Brasilien)
  • Marinheiro de água doce (Brasilien)
Alternative title
  • Sjöcharmörerna
  • Sjöcharmörer
  • Men O'War
Re-release title
  • Raska sjömän (1969)
  • Helan och Halvan i Raska sjömän (1930)
  • Helan och Halvan i Raska sjömän ohoj (1946)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Dialogue

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan
Oliver Hardy Ollie
James Finlayson biträdet i läskbaren
Harry Bernard polis
Anne Cornwall flirtig brunett
Gloria Greer flirtig blondin
Pete Gordon cyklist
Charlie Hall roddare
Baldwin Cooke roddare

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation 1929-07-29 LP550
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn 1930
Gebe Film AB 1969

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 44793
Date 1969-10-09
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 530 meters
Notes Talfilm. Speltid: 19 minuter.


Censorship number 46370
Date 1931-04-28
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 565 meters
Notes Stum. Aktindelning: 287-278 = 565 m - 20 minuter. Aktlängder: 287, 278.


Censorship number 44793
Date 1930-05-01
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 557 meters
Notes Talfilm. Aktindelning: 272-285 = 557 m - 20 minuter. Aktlängder: 272, 285.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 560 meter
Length in minutes 20 min
Reels 2 reels


Production location

1929-07-07 1929-08-15
Hollenbeck Park, 415 S. St. Louis Street, Boyle Heights Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1929-06-29 USA 20 min
Release in Sweden 1930-05-15 Palladium Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 510


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 521


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 525


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 4
Album No


Other manifestations of this work

Biografdistribution

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 565 meter
Reels 2 medium
Titles in viewing length
  • Swedish


Holdings Film

Element type Duplicate negative
Item base Nitrate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 200


Related

    Contact the editors

    Are you missing some information about the movie or is something on this page incorrect? If so, we would really like to know about it. Write a few lines to us editors and we'll take a look at it.

    What is it about?