The Big Noise (1944)

USA, 74 min
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Media (1)

Original title The Big Noise
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1945-10-22

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Doris Merrick
Evelyn

Arthur Space
Alva P. Hartley

Veda Ann Borg
Mayme Charlton

Robert Blake (as Bobby Blake)
Egbert Hartley

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Titles

Original title
  • The Big Noise
Swedish release title
  • Dundergubbar
Distribution title
  • Gøg og Gokke som opdagere (Danmark)
  • Gøg og Gokke og bomben (Danmark)
  • Nå smeller det (Norge)
  • Der große Knall (Tyskland)
  • Der große Krach (Tyskland)
  • Le grand boum (Frankrike)
  • Il grande botto (Italien)
  • ごくらく珍爆弾 (Japan)
  • Dwaj detektywi (Polen)
  • A bomba (Brasilien)
  • Bucha e Estica detectives (Portugal)
  • Jymyä ja jyskettä (Finland)
  • Kuru gürültü (Turkiet)
  • Laurel & Hardy - Der große Knall (Tyskland)
  • Oi thoryvopoioi (Grekland)
  • Quel pétard (Frankrike)
Working title
  • Good Neighbors
  • The Servant Problem

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Dialogue Coach
Dialogue
Special Photographic Effects
Orchestration
Musical Director
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Wardrobe

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan
Oliver Hardy Ollie
Doris Merrick Evelyn
Arthur Space Alva P. Hartley
Veda Ann Borg Mayme Charlton
Robert Blake (as Bobby Blake) Egbert Hartley
Frank Fenton Charlton
James Bush Hartman
- Ej krediterade:
Philip Van Zandt Dutchy Glassman
Esther Howard tant Sophie
Robert Dudley farfar
Edgar Dearing mc-polis
Selmer Jackson Mr. Manning på Patentkontoret
Harry Hayden Mr. Digby på Patentkontoret
Francis Ford vaktmästare på stationen
Jack Norton den fulle på tåget
Charles C. Wilson tågkonduktör
Ken Christy tågpassagerare
Beal Wong japansk officer
Louis V. Arco tysk officer
George Melford Mugridge, butlern
Julie Carter taxichaufför
Dell Henderson tågpassagerare

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1944-08-10 LP13060
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2006

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 69178
Date 1945-10
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2030 meters
Censored length 2025 meters
Notes Speltid: 74 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2028 meter
Length in minutes 74 min
Reels 7 reels


Production location

1944-03-11 1944-04-20
Twentieth Century Fox Studios, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Century City Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Avenue Arcadia, Kalifornien USA
Monrovia, Kalifornien USA
Beverly Hills, Kalifornien USA
Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1944-09-22 New York City, New York USA 74 min
Release in Sweden 1945-10-22 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 74 min
DVD release 2006-11-01 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title My Country 'Tis of Thee
Lyrics Samuel Francis Smith (1831)


Original title Did You Ever See a Dream Walking
Composer Harry Revel (1933)
Lyrics Mack Gordon (1933)


Original title Singin' in the Rain
Composer Nacio Herb Brown (1929)
Lyrics Arthur Freed (1929)


Original title Mairy Doats
Composer Jerry Livingston (1943)
Al Hoffman (1943)
Milton Drake (1943)
Lyrics Jerry Livingston (1943)
Al Hoffman (1943)
Milton Drake (1943)
Played by Stan Laurel (concertina)


Original title The Flying Trapeze
Composer Gaston Lyle (1867)
Lyrics Gaston Leybourne (1867)


Original title Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
Composer David T. Shaw (1843)
Thomas A. Beckett (1843)
Lyrics David T. Shaw (1843)
Thomas A. Beckett (1843)


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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