Block-Heads (1938)

USA, 57 min
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Original title Block-Heads
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1939-10-30

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Patricia Ellis
Mrs. Gilbert

Minna Gombell
Mrs. Hardy

Billy Gilbert
Mr. Gilbert

James Finlayson
Finn, den frackklädde mannen i trappan

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Titles

Original title
  • Block-Heads
Swedish release title
  • Skrattar bäst som skrattar sist
Distribution title
  • To Fjolser (Danmark)
  • To kæmpefjolser (Danmark)
  • Kaksi pölkkypäätä (Finland)
  • Två träskallar (Finland)
  • Die Klotzköpfe (Tyskland)
  • Têtes de pioche (Frankrike)
  • Vent'anni dopo (Italien)
  • Stanlio & Ollio teste dure (Italien)
  • 底抜け極楽大騒動 (Japan)
  • Zakute łby (Polen)
  • A ceia dos veteranos (Brasilien)
  • O cabeçudo das trincheiras (Portugal)
  • Héroes de tachuela (Spanien)
  • A két tökfej (Ungern)
  • Cabezas de chorlito (Spanien)
  • Dummkopf (Österrike)
  • Keikokppen (Belgien)
  • Lange Leitung (Tyskland)
  • Pech im 13. Stock (Österrike)
  • Teste dure - vent'anni dopo (Italien)
  • Varda fournelo (Grekland)
Alternative title
  • Blockheads
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Block Heads
Working title
  • Just a Jiffy
  • Meet the Missus
Re-release title
  • Pippi/90
  • Helan och Halvan lever bus (1968)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Associate Producer
Assistant to the Producer
Production Accountant
Production Secretary
Special Photographic Effects
Musical Director
Propman
Make-up Supervisor
Stunt
Re-recording Mixer
Animation, sequence
  • Harry Langdon (Laurel & Hardy-karikatyrerna i filmens förtexter)

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan
Oliver Hardy Ollie
Patricia Ellis Mrs. Gilbert
Minna Gombell Mrs. Hardy
Billy Gilbert Mr. Gilbert
James Finlayson Finn, den frackklädde mannen i trappan
- Ej krediterade:
Harry Woods den stridslystne grannen
Tommy "Butch" Bond grannens son
Henry Hall chef för soldathemmet
Patsy Moran Lulu
Harry Anderson dörrvaktmästare
Harry Tenbrook en gående
Joe Whitehead en gående
Ed Brandenburg en gående
Sam Lufkin veteran
Tex Driscoll veteran
Mike Behegan signalist (bugler)
Jack Hill soldat i skyttegrav
Tom Seidel hisspojke
Allen K. Wood piccolo
Karl "Karchy" Kosiczky dvärg i hissen
Harry Strang portier
Harry Myers berusad man
William Royle löjtnant i skyttegrav
George Chandler reporter
Max Hoffman Jr. reporter
Pat Gleason reporter
Bud Geary reporter
Cactus Mack reporter
James C. Morton James, vaktmästare
George Sorel den franske flygaren
Olin Francis hyresgästen i lägenhet 910
Cyril Ring man i hissen
Al Thompson deltagare i slagsmålet på trottoaren
Chill Wills dvärgens i hissen röst (röst)
Billy Bletcher dvärgs röst (röst)
Zeffie Tilbury den gamla damen vid trappan (bortklippt) (bortklippt i den slutliga versionen)

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1938-08-17 LP8463
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1939
AB Wivefilm 1947
Nargo Film AB 1955
Pallas Film AB 1968
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) PolyGram AB 1995
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Universal Pictures Nordic AB 2011

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 59915
Date 1939-08
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1560 meters
Censored length 1550 meters
Notes Speltid: 57 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 1571 meter
Length in minutes 57 min
Reels 6 reels


Production location

1938-06-01 1938-07-01
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
VA Hospital, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Brentwood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1938-08-19 USA 57 min
Release in Sweden 1939-10-30 Stockholm Sweden 57 min
TV showing 1963-06-09 Sweden
1970-09-22 TV2 Sweden
1975-10-12 TV2 Sweden
1981-11-22 TV2 Sweden
1992-12-27 TV4 Sweden
Video release 1995-04 Sweden 55 min
DVD release 2011-11-09 Sweden (ingår i samlingen "Laurel & Hardy- Triple pack vol.2")

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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