Our Relations (1936)

USA, 74 min
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Original title Our Relations
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1937-01-29

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel / Alf Laurel

Oliver Hardy
Ollie Hardy / Bert Hardy

Alan Hale
Joe Groagan, servitör på Denker's Beer Garden

Sidney Toler
kapten på SS Periwinkle

Daphne Pollard
Mrs. Daphne Hardy

Betty Healy
Mrs. Betty Laurel

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Titles

Original title
  • Our Relations
Swedish release title
  • Bröder i kvadrat
Distribution title
  • 2 x Tvillinger (Danmark)
  • Et tosset landlov (Danmark)
  • Merimiehiä ja maakrapuja (Finland)
  • Landkrabbor och sjöbjörnar (Finland)
  • Die Doppelgänger (Tyskland)
  • Unsere Verwandten (Tyskland)
  • Die Doppelgänger von Sacramento (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • C'est donc ton frère (Belgien/Frankrike)
  • Allegri Gemelli (Italien)
  • I nostri parenti (Italien)
  • 極楽双児合戦 (Japan)
  • Kochana rodzinka (Polen)
  • Sossega leão (Brasilien)
  • Família complicada (Brasilien)
  • Irmãos gémeos (Portugal)
  • 2 x Dick und 2 x Doof (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • Die lieben Verwandten (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • Dick und Doof - Spuk aus dem Jenseits (Österrike)
  • Die beiden Pantoffelhelden (Österrike)
  • Douleies me fountes! (Grekland)
  • Een rare familie (Belgien)
  • Kaksi merimiestä (Finland)
  • Rokonok (Ungern)
  • Tweelingen (Belgien)
  • Zoetwatermatrozen (Nederländerna)
  • Sailors' Downfall (USA)
Alternative title
  • Double Trouble (USA)
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Our Relations
Re-release title
  • Släkten är värst

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Adaptation
Production Coordinator
Unit Manager
Production Assistant
Assistant to the Producer
Casting
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Music Editor
Musical Director
Construction Coordinator
Stunt

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan Laurel / Alf Laurel
Oliver Hardy Ollie Hardy / Bert Hardy
Alan Hale Joe Groagan, servitör på Denker's Beer Garden
Sidney Toler kapten på SS Periwinkle
Daphne Pollard Mrs. Daphne Hardy
Betty Healy Mrs. Betty Laurel
James Finlayson Finn, maskinchef
Iris Adrian Alice, flicka på Denker's Beer Garden
Lona Andre Lily, flicka på Denker's Beer Garden
Ralf Harolde gangsterchef på Pirate's Club
Noel Madison andra gangstern på Pirate's Club
Arthur Housman (as Arthur Houseman) en berusad
- Ej krediterade:
James C. Morton bartendern på Denker's Beer Garden
Lee Phelps bartender på Pirate's Club
Baldwin Cooke bartender / man i Denker's Beer Garden
Sam Lufkin kypare
John Kelly förste matros
Ruth Warren Mrs. Addlequist
Dell Henderson domare Polk
Harry Bernard första polisen
George W. Jimenez kaféägaren
James Pierce dörrvaktmästare
Robert Wilber taxichaufför
Constantine Romanoff Tuffy, tuffing
Walter Taylor Snuffy, tuffing
Joe Bordeaux schaskig hamnbuse
Tiny Sandford Tony, schaskig hamnbuse
Bob O'Connor schaskig hamnbuse
Billy Engle schaskig hamnbuse
Harry Arras polis
Harry Neilman polis
Charles A. Bachman polis
James Kilgannon en berusad
Charlie Hall man i pantbanken
Arthur Rowlands (as Art Rowlands) sjöman
Harry Wilson sjöman
Nick Copeland bartender
Alex Pollard kypare
Alex Finlayson man i Denker's Beer Garden
Bob Finlayson man i Pirate's Club
Bunny Bronson kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Sammy Brooks man i Denker's Beer Garden
Irma Campanaro kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Tony Campanaro man i Denker's Beer Garden
Frances Hall kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Madeline Nolan kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Margo Sage kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Mary Sage kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Foxy Hall servitris med födelsedagstårta / kvinna i Denker's Beer Garden
Marvelle Andre kvinna i Pirate's Club
Gertrude Astor kvinna i Pirate's Club
Polly Chase kvinna i Pirate's Club
Dulcie Day kvinna i Pirate's Club
Rita Dunn kvinna i Pirate's Club
Jack Egan man i Pirate's Club
Estelle Etterre kvinna i Pirate's Club
Virginia Grey kvinna i Pirate's Club
Jack Hill man i Pirate's Club
Mildred June kvinna i Pirate's Club
Rose Langdon kvinna i Pirate's Club
Bill Madsen man i Pirate's Club
Buddy Messinger man i Pirate's Club
Gertrude Messinger kvinna i Pirate's Club
David Sharpe man i Pirate's Club
Crete Sipple kvinna i Pirate's Club
Rosemary Theby kvinna i Pirate's Club
Edna Waldron kvinna i Pirate's Club
Ray Cooke man rättegångssalen
Jack Cooper man i rättegångssalen
Dick Gilbert man i rättegångssalen
Leo Sulky man rättegångssalen
Charles McMurphy polis i polisvagnen
Bobby Dunn budet
Ernie Alexander man
Johnny Arthur man
Jay Belasco man
Ed Brandenburg man
Jerry Breslin man
Mrs. Jack W. Burns kvinna
Rheba Campbell kvinna
Alice Cooke kvinna
Jay Eaton man
Dick French man
T. Marvin Hatley man
Kay McCoy kvinna
Art Miles man
Barnie O'Toole man
Eddie Parker man

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation 1936-09-29 LP6695
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn 1937
AB Europa Film 1951
Stockholm Film AB 1964
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) PolyGram AB 1995

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 55092
Date 1937-01
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2015 meters
Notes Speltid: 74 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 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 metres 2018 meter
Length in minutes 74 min
Reels 8 reels


Original work

Original title The Money Box (Short story)
Author William Wymark Jacobs


Production location

1936-03-16 1936-04-09
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1936-10-30 USA 74 min
Other showing 1936-11-10 New York City, New York USA 74 min
Release in Sweden 1937-01-29 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 74 min
TV showing 1963-07-07 TV Sweden
1970-06-25 TV2 Sweden
1976-03-07 TV2 Sweden
1982-02-28 TV2 Sweden
1993-01-03 TV4 Sweden
Video release 1995-04 Sweden 70 min
DVD release 2008-11-26 Sweden (utgiven i samligen "Helan & Halvan Collection - Volym 1")

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Dance of the Cuckoos
Composer T. Marvin Hatley (1928)
Lyrics Harry Steinberg (1932)


Original title Sailing, Sailing
Composer Godfrey Marks (1880)
Lyrics Godfrey Marks (1880)


Original title The Sailor's Hornpipe


Original title Happy Birthday to You
Composer Mildred J. Hill (1893)
Patti Smith Hill (1893)
Lyrics Mildred J. Hill (1893)
Patti Smith Hill (1893)


Related films

The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968) Our Relations (1936)

Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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