Blotto (1930) - SFdb

Table of contents

Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
Related films
Subjects

Holdings Film
Holdings Posters
Holdings Archive materials
Holdings Scripts
Holdings Stills
Holdings Promotion materials

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Basic facts

Original title	Blotto
Film type	Short
Category	Fiction
Director	James Parrott
Producer	Hal Roach
Screenplay	Leo McCarey
Production country	USA
Production company	Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue	English
Swedish release	1932-11-07

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Anita Garvin
Mrs. Laurel

Tiny Sandford
kypare

Baldwin Cooke
kypare

Charlie Hall
mustaschprydd taxichaufför

Titles

Original title	Blotto
Swedish release title	Vänner i vått och torrt
Distribution title	Gøg og Gokke maler byen rød (Danmark) Gøg og Gokke i farezonen (Danmark) Laurel & Hardy juhlatuulella (Finland) Angeheitert (Tyskland) Beschwipst (Tyskland) Sternhagelvoll (Tyskland) Skandal im Regenbogenclub (Tyskland) Dick und Doof als Nachtschwärmer (Tyskland) Quelle bringue (Frankrike) La sbornia (Italien) Lo sbaglio (Italien) Noites de farra (Brasilien) Dois boêmios do barulho (Brasilien)
Alternative title	Festprissar På lyset

Crew

Director	James Parrott
Screenplay	Leo McCarey
Producer	Hal Roach
Director of Photography	George Stevens
Music	Nathaniel Shilkret (ej krediterad) Leroy Shield (nypremiär 1937 - ej krediterad) T. Marvin Hatley (as Marvin Hatley) (nypremiär 1937 - ej krediterad)
Film Editor	Richard C. Currier William H. Ziegler (nypremiär 1937 - ej krediterad)
Production Mixer	Elmer Raguse
Special Effects	Thomas Benton Roberts (ej krediterad)
Dialogue	H.M. Walker
Casting	Jack Roach (ej krediterad)
Special Photographic Effects	Roy Seawright (ej krediterad)

Cast

Stan Laurel	Stan
Oliver Hardy	Ollie
Anita Garvin	Mrs. Laurel
-	Ej krediterade:
Tiny Sandford	kypare
Baldwin Cooke	kypare
Charlie Hall	mustaschprydd taxichaufför
Frank Holliday	sångare på The Rainbow Club
Dick Gilbert	man i telefonhytten
Jack Hill	man på nattklubben
Vladimir Gueteron	orkesterledaren
Jean De Briac	affärsinnehavaren

Companies

Production Company	Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation	1930-02-13	LP1089
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn	1932

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	49952
Date	1933-12-02
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	770 meters
Notes	Speltid: 28 minuter. Aktlängder: 270, 500.

Censorship number	47612
Date	1932-03-16
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	824 meters
Notes	Speltid: 30 minuter. Aktlängder: 288, 288, 248.

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.19:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	26 min
Reels	3 reels

Production location

				1929-12-11	1929-12-31
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA

Release dates

First showing	1930-02-08			USA	26 min
Release in Sweden	1932-11-07	Piccadilly	Stockholm	Sweden	26 min
	1932-11-07	Rialto	Stockholm	Sweden	26 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title	The Curse of an Aching Heart
Composer	Al Piantadosi	(1913)
Lyrics	Henry Fink	(1913)
Sung by	Frank Holliday

Vänner i vått och torrt (1932)

contains

Blotto (1930)

Holdings Scripts

Script type	Cutting continuity
Language	English

Holdings Stills

Black and white print	6
Album	No

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