Thicker Than Water (1935)

USA, 20 min
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Basic facts

Original title Thicker Than Water
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1937

Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Daphne Pollard
Mrs. Daphne Hardy

James Finlayson
auktionsägaren

Harry Bowen
auktionsförättare

Ed Brandenburg
bankkassör

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Titles

Original title
  • Thicker Than Water
Swedish release title
  • Kavata kumpaner
Distribution title
  • Røg i Køkkenet (Danmark)
  • Gøg og Gokke til auktion (Danmark)
  • Gøg og Gokke på auktion (Danmark)
  • Touhumestarit tiskaustöissä (Finland)
  • Als Nachtisch weiche Birne (Tyskland)
  • Dicker als Wasser (Tyskland)
  • Qui dit mieux? (Frankrike)
  • Fratelli di sangue (Italien)
  • L'orologio antico (Italien)
  • De puro sangue (Brasilien)
  • Dois cucos para um relógio (Brasilien)
  • Aki másnak licitál, maga esik bele (Ungern)
  • Dick und Doof mit der Kuckucksuhr (Tyskland)
  • La subasta (Spanien)
Alternative title
  • Helan och Halvan trampar i klaveret
  • Helan och Halvan i Tjockare än vatten
  • Helan och Halvan. Den som spar han har
  • Tjockare än vatten

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer

Cast

Stan Laurel Stan
Oliver Hardy Ollie
Daphne Pollard Mrs. Daphne Hardy
James Finlayson auktionsägaren
- Ej krediterad:
Harry Bowen auktionsförättare
Ed Brandenburg bankkassör
Charlie Hall bankkassör
Grace Goodall sjuksköterskan Goodall
Bess Flowers sjuksköterska
Lester Dorr man på auktionen
Gladys Gale dam som bjuder på auktionen
Allan Cavan doktor F. D. Allen
Baldwin Cooke sjukhusbesökare

Companies

Production Company Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation 1935-08-06 LP5709
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn 1937

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 70009
Date 1946-04
Classification Suitable for all audiences


Censorship number 54970
Date 1937-03
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 560 meters
Notes Speltid: 20 minuter.


Censorship number 54970
Date 1936-12
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 560 meters
Notes Speltid: 20 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 560 meter
Length in minutes 20 min
Reels 2 reels


Production location

1935-06-01 1935-07-08
Hal Roach Studios, 8822 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1935-03-16 USA
Release in Sweden 1937 Sweden 20 min

Related films

Tit for Tat / The Fixer Uppers / Thicker Than Water (1997) contains Thicker Than Water (1935)

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
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 560


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 1
Album No


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