Be Big! (1931) - SFdb

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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

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Basic facts

Original title	Be Big!
Film type	Short
Category	Fiction
Director	James Parrott
Producer	Hal Roach
Production country	USA
Production company	Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue	English

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Anita Garvin
Mrs. Laurel

Charlie Hall
piccolo

Isabelle Keith
Mrs. Hardy

Baldwin Cooke
Cookie

Titles

Original title	Be Big!
Swedish release title	Klubbmiddag
Distribution title	Hjemme er værst (Danmark) Tohvelisankarit (Finland) Die Qual mit den Stiefeln (Tyskland) Sei groß! (Tyskland) Sei ein Mann (Tyskland) Dick und Doof, die Schwerenöter (Tyskland) Herrenpartie (Tyskland) Les carottiers 1: drôles de bottes (Frankrike) La bugia (Italien) Tira-bota (Brasilien) Um par desigual (Brasilien) Pää pystyyn! (Finland)
Alternative title	Be Big
Working title	The Chiselers
Re-release title	Den inbillningssjuke

Crew

Director	James Parrott
Producer	Hal Roach
Director of Photography	Art Lloyd
Music	Leroy Shield (ej krediterad - scener med Laurel och Hardy) T. Marvin Hatley (as Marvin Hatley) (ej krediterad) Jessie Deppen (stock music - ej krediterad) T. Marvin Hatley (as Marvin Hatley) (stock music - ej krediterad) Mel Kaufman (stock music - ej krediterad) Leroy Shield (stock music - ej krediterad) Frederic Van Norman (stock music - ej krediterad)
Film Editor	Richard C. Currier (as Richard Currier)
Production Mixer	Elmer Raguse
Dialogue	H.M. Walker

Cast

Stan Laurel	Stan
Oliver Hardy	Ollie
Anita Garvin	Mrs. Laurel
Charlie Hall	piccolo
Isabelle Keith	Mrs. Hardy
Baldwin Cooke	Cookie
Jack Hill	en passerande på järnvägsstationen
Ham Kinsey	en passerande på järnvägsstationen
Chet Brandenburg	taxichaufför
-	Ej krediterade:
Jean De Briac	en man
Harry Earles	uppträdande dvärg
Gracie Doll	uppträdande dvärg
Tiny Doll	uppträdande dvärg

Companies

Production Company	Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation	1931
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn	1932

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	50031
Date	1933-12
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	678 meters
Notes	Speltid: 25 minuter. Aktlängder: 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 minutes	28 min
Reels	3 reels

Production location

				1930-12-08	1930-12-22
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA

Release dates

First showing	1931-02-07			USA	28 min

Be Big! / Chickens Come Home (1997)	contains	Be Big! (1931)
Vänner i vått och torrt (1932)	contains	Be Big! (1931)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)		Be Big! (1931)

Holdings Stills

Black and white print	2
Album	No

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