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The Skulls (1931)

April 18, 1931 (US) Comedy • 63m

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.

Writer

Top Billed

Stan Laurel

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel

Señor Laurel

Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy

Señor Hardy

Anita Garvin
Anita Garvin

Señora Laurel

Linda Loredo
Linda Loredo

Señora Hardy

Charlie Hall
Charlie Hall

The Landlord

Crew


Reviews

talisencrw

⭐ 8/10

June 25, 2016

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

ES

Budget

Revenue