One Good Turn (1931)

USA, 20 min
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Basic facts

Original title One Good Turn
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1933-03-06

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Mary Carr
den gamla damen

Billy Gilbert
den fulle

James Finlayson
amatörskådespelare

Lyle Tayo
amatörskådespelare

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Titles

Original title
  • One Good Turn
Swedish release title
  • Helan och Halvan som dörrknackare
Distribution title
  • Palvelus ja vastapalvelus (Finland)
  • Retter in der Not (Tyskland)
  • Eine gute Wendung (Tyskland)
  • Von Gefahren umlauert (Tyskland)
  • Dick und Doof bei Tante Klara (Tyskland)
  • Une bonne action (Frankrike)
  • Les deux campeurs (Frankrike)
  • Andiamo a lavorare (Italien)
  • Formação de culpa (Brasilien)
  • Corpo de delito (Brasilien)
  • Uma boa ação nem sempre dá bom resultado (Brasilien)
  • Jótett helyébe ... (Ungern)
  • ¿ Por qué trabajar? (Spanien)
Re-release title
  • Helan och Halvans bättre jag (1970)
  • Samvetet vaknar (1945)

Crew

Director
Director of Photography
Music
Production Mixer
Dialogue

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan
Oliver Hardy Ollie
Mary Carr den gamla damen
Billy Gilbert den fulle
James Finlayson amatörskådespelare
Lyle Tayo amatörskådespelare
Dorothy Granger amatörskådespelare
Snub Pollard amatörskådespelare
Gordon Douglas amatörskådespelare
Dick Gilbert man på auktionen
George Miller man på auktionen
Baldwin Cooke man på auktionen
Ham Kinsey man på auktionen
Retta Palmer kvinna på auktionen
William Gillespie man på auktionen
Charley Young man på auktionen

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation 1931-10-05 LP2529
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn 1933

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 48155
Date 1932-09
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1704 meters
Censored length 1680 meters
Notes Andra filmen i en kompilationsfilm (1932) med ytterligare två kortfilmer.


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 20 min
Reels 2 reels


Production location

1931-06-15 1931-06-26
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1931-10-31 USA 20 min
Release in Sweden 1933-03-06 Rialto Stockholm Sweden 20 min
1933-03-06 Ripp Stockholm Sweden 20 min

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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 Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm
Length 225


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 551


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 556


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 570


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 8
Album No


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