A Chump at Oxford (1940)

USA, 63 min
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Original title A Chump at Oxford
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1940-09-09

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel /legendariske Lord Paddington

Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy

Forrester Harvey
Meredith, betjänt

Wilfred Lucas
Williams, dekan

Forbes Murray
James Finlayson, bankir

Frank Baker
Williams betjänt

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Titles

Original title
  • A Chump at Oxford
Swedish release title
  • Skandal i Oxford
Distribution title
  • Helan och Halvan på skolbänken (titel på avsnitt visat som kortfilm 1957)
  • Helan och Halvan som hembiträde (titel på avsnitt visat som kortfilm 1957)
  • Laurel & Hardy i Oxford (Danmark)
  • Gøg og Gokke i Oxford (Danmark)
  • Lorvista loordiksi (Finland)
  • To genier i Oxford (Norge)
  • In Oxford (Tyskland)
  • Ein Dummkopf in Oxford (Tyskland)
  • Les as d'Oxford (Belgien/Frankrike)
  • Noi siamo le colonne (Italien)
  • Głupek w Oksfordzie (Polen)
  • Dois palermas em Oxford (Brasilien)
  • Estudiantes en Oxford (Spanien)
  • Als boemelstudenten (Nederländerna)
  • Campeões de Oxford (Portugal)
  • Dick und Doof als Studenten (Tyskland)
  • Dos bobos en Oxford (Mexiko)
  • O hondros kai o lignos bourlotierides (Grekland)
  • Sprung ins Glück (Österrike)
  • Stan és Pan, az oxfordi diákok (Ungern)
  • Ta koutsoura tis Oxfordis (Grekland)
  • Wissen ist Macht (Tyskland)
Re-release title
  • Helan och Halvan - skolans skräck (1965)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Associate Producer
Casting
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Musical Arrangement
Vocal Arrangement
Musician
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Stunt
Other Crew

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan Laurel /legendariske Lord Paddington
Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy
Forrester Harvey Meredith, betjänt
Wilfred Lucas Williams, dekan
Forbes Murray James Finlayson, bankir
Frank Baker Williams betjänt
Eddie Borden studentspöke
Gerald Rogers Johnson, student
Victor Kendall Cecil, student
Gerald Fielding Brown, student
Charlie Hall (as Charles Hall) Hector, student
Peter Cushing Jones, student
- Ej krediterade:
Alec Harford taxichaufför
Rex Lease bankrånare
Jack Heasley Hodges
Stanley Blystone polis
James Millican chaufför
Edgar Norton professor Witherspoon
Herbert Evans professor Crampton
James Finlayson Baldy Vandevere
Anita Garvin Mrs. Vandevere
George Magrill bärgningsbilens förare
Harry Bernard polis
Jean De Briac Pierre, kock
Sam Lufkin renhållningsbilens förare
Vivien Oakland receptionist på Sterling Employment Agency
Evelyn Barlow kvinna
Louise Bates kvinna
Mildred Gaye kvinna
Jewel Jordan kvinna
Lois Lindsay kvinna
Doris Morton kvinna
Tom Costello man
Richard Cramer man
Mack Germaine man
Robert Kent man
Stan McKay man
Jack Richardson man
Ronald R. Rondell man
Elmer Serrano man
Al Thompson man
Bobby Tracy man

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright Hal Roach Studios Inc. 1940-01-19 LP9377
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United Artists AB 1940
AB Kungsfilm 1947
Pallas Film AB 1965
AB Anglo Film 1957
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Universal Pictures Nordic AB 2008

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 90881
Date 1957-10-02
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 560 meters
Notes Fragment med titeln: "Helan och Halvan på skolbänken". Speltid: 20 minuter.


Censorship number 90882
Date 1957-10-02
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 560 meters
Notes Fragment med titeln: "Helan och Halvan som hembiträde". Speltid: 14 minuter.


Censorship number 61670
Date 1941-05-30
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1695 meters
Notes Speltid: 62 minuter.


Censorship number 61670
Date 1940-08
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1714 meters
Notes Speltid: 63 minuter.


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 1715 meter
Length in minutes 63 min
Reels 7 reels
Dialogue
  • English
Textad
  • Swedish


Production location

1939-09-05 1939-09-09
1939-05-31 1939-06-21
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Canon Drive Beverly Hills, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

Other showing 1940-01-25 Australia 63 min
First showing 1940-02-16 USA 63 min
Release in Sweden 1940-09-09 Rialto Stockholm Sweden 63 min
1940-09-09 Rival Stockholm Sweden 63 min
1940-09-09 Rivoli Stockholm Sweden 63 min
TV showing 1959-01-25 Sweden
1971-01-12 TV2 Sweden
1975-04-06 TV2 Sweden
1982-02-07 TV2 Sweden
1993-03-07 TV4 Sweden (färgversion)
DVD release 2008-11-26 Sweden (utgiven i samligen "Helan & Halvan Collection - Volym 1")

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 Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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