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The Skulls

Name: The Skulls
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1931-04-18
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 6.2

★ 6,2 /10 (10 Votes)

1931 ES 63 min

Overview

This Spanish language film was produced simultaneously with the filming of the two English language Laurel and Hardy shorts Be Big! and Laughing Gravy. The two shorts were edited together into one continuous film. Laurel and Hardy read their lines from cue cards on which Spanish was written phonetically. At the time of early talkies, dubbing was not yet perfected.

Release date

18/04/1931

Votes

Popularity

1.5

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Original title

Los calaveras

Language

Runtime

63 min

Stan Laurel

Señor Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Señor Hardy

Anita Garvin

Señora Laurel

Linda Loredo

Señora Hardy

Charlie Hall

The Landlord

Original Soundtrack

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This was the Spanish-language experimental re-working of two Laurel and Hardy comedic shorts, 'Be Big!' and 'Laughing Gravy'. From the excellent 'Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection: The Sound Films from the Hal Roach Studios', which has 58 of them on 10 DVDs.

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