Below Zero (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

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title	Below Zero
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
Swedish release	1932

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Charlie Hall
förargad handlare som kastar snöboll

Frank Holliday
polis

Leo Willis
tjuv

Tiny Sandford
Pete, hovmästaren på Pete's for Eats

Titles

Original title	Below Zero
Swedish release title	Helan och Halvan som gatans trubadurer
Distribution title	En Aften med Musik (Danmark) Sørgmuntre Musikanter (Danmark) Gøg og Gokke spiller op (Danmark) Under frysepunktet (Danmark) Er musik en nydelse? (Danmark) Iloiset musikantit (Finland) Dick und Doof als Musikanten (Tyskland) Unter Null (Tyskland) Unterschlagene Noten (Tyskland) Laurel et Hardy musiciens (Frankrike) Au-dessous de zéro (Frankrike) Les deux musiciens (Frankrike) Sotto zero (Italien) Frio Siberiano (Brasilien) Abaixo de zero (Brasilien) Bola de neve (Brasilien)
Alternative title	Gatans trubadurer Gatumusikanterna
Title for Swedish DVD release	Below Zero
Re-release title	Helan och Halvan i "Gatumusikanterna" (1958 och 1963)

Crew

Director	James Parrott
Screenplay	Leo McCarey (ej krediterad)
Producer	Hal Roach
Director of Photography	George Stevens
Music	William Axt (stock music - ej krediterad) Sam Grossman (stock music - ej krediterad) T. Marvin Hatley (as Marvin Hatley) (stock music - ej krediterad) Maude Nugent (stock music - ej krediterad)
Film Editor	Richard C. Currier (as Richard Currier)
Production Mixer	Elmer Raguse
Dialogue	H.M. Walker
Titles	Nat Hoffberg (ej krediterad)

Cast

Stan Laurel	Stan
Oliver Hardy	Ollie
Charlie Hall	förargad handlare som kastar snöboll
Frank Holliday	polis
Leo Willis	tjuv
Tiny Sandford	Pete, hovmästaren på Pete's for Eats
Kay Deslys	kvinna i fönstret
Blanche Payson	den storvuxna kvinnan
Lyle Tayo	kvinna i fönstret som slänger en dollar till Stan och Ollie
Retta Palmer	dam som lämnar byggnaden
Baldwin Cooke	man i fönstret
Bobby Burns	den "blinde" mannen / mannen som inte kan betala notan
Jack Hill	diskplockare
Charles Sullivan	sjaskig man i restaurangen
Charles McMurphy	sjaskig man i restaurangen
Bob O'Connor	sjaskig man i restaurangen

Companies

Production Company	Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Copyright	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation	1930-04-14	LP1220
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn	1932
	Nargo Film AB	1954
	AB Wivefilm	1958
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Universal Film AB	2010

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	47614
Date	1932-03-16
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	588 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 290-298 = 588 m - 21 minuter. Aktlängder: 290, 298.

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 metres	573 meter
Length in minutes	21 min
Reels	2 reels

Production location

				1930	1930
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA

Release dates

First showing	1930-04-26			USA	21 min
Release in Sweden	1932			Sweden	21 min
DVD release	2010-03-24			Sweden		(ingår i samlingen "Laurel & Hardy Collection vol. 3")

Soundtrack listing

Original title	In the Good Old Summertime
Composer	George Evans	(1902)
Lyrics	Ren Shields	(1902)
Sung by	Oliver Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)

Below Zero (1930)

Holdings Stills

Black and white print	17
Album	No

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