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| 10 things you Didn`t
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1 In the film "Pack up your troubles" the cook in
the Army Camp is played by the films Director George Marshall ,The actor hired
to play the cook didn`t turn up that day , so rather than hold up shooting
George Marshall said "Gimme the apron nobody can see I am not wearing a
Uniform" |
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2.Hal Roach appears in "Pardon Us" , after the
Boys are recaptured there is a scene with all the convicts marching across the
yard and Hal Roach is just behind Ollie. |
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3.When filming had finished on "We Faw
Down(1928)" Stan and the Director Leo McCarey found that the film was about
10mins too long , the only scenes they could cut without destroying the tempo
of the film was a sequence with The Boys trying to change trousers in public ,
but this was one of the funniest sequences in the film , so they simply wrote a
film round this sequence which was made as "Liberty" |
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4.When casting"Beau Hunks(1931)" James W Horne
couldn`t find anyone who could play the Chieftain of the Riffs to his
satisfaction........So he played the role himself. |
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5.The House destroyed by The Boys in "Big
Business(1928)" belonged to a Hal Roach Studios Employee , who was paid very
well for the use of his house , and got it redecorated for nothing! , Hal Roach
used to relate the story that the film crew went to the wrong house , and
destroyed the house of a total stranger , but Stan claimed that the employee
was actually on the shoot with them , so you can choose your own version. |
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6.The "Iron Girders" that The Boys climbed all
over in "Liberty(1928)" were actually made of wood , and Thomas Benton Roberts
, a Carpenter on the film tells a story that one day Stan became a litttle
nervous at being up so high , so Ollie in an effort to calm him , jumped onto
the safety platform below to prove how safe it was , He went straight through
it and into the safety net below! |
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7. The ending of "One Good Turn(1931)" where the
"Stan" character gets the better of the "Ollie" Character was written in
response to Stans daughter being frightened of her "Uncle Ollie" everytime he
came to visit , as all she saw on screen was this man beating up her Father ,
so Stan wrote this to show his character could take care of himself when
needed, |
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8.Some reviews say that "Big Business(1928)",
where Stan and Ollie try to sell Xmas Trees was filmed during a California
Summer, but it was in fact filmed during Xmas week 1928 , just before the
Studio shut down for the installation of sound equipment |
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9."Another Fine Mess(1930)" was a remaking of
"Duck Soup(1927)" which in turn was a reworking of "Home From the
Honeymoon(1908)" a theatrical sketch written by A J Jefferson Stan`s Dad. |
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10.I can`t confirm that this story is true , but
if it isn`t ,it should be, When the film "Hog Wild(1930)" was being made , none
of the householders around the area was particularly keen on having a film crew
climbing all over the roof of their houses , so a dummy house was constructed ,
after filming was completed , the Studio crew was dismantling the house when a
gentleman from the Census office came to survey the street , he was told that
the owners were away and could he come back tomorrow , this he did and of
course when he got there , the house had gone! |
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