Brats
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- See also Brat
| Brats | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Parrott |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | Leo McCarey H.M. Walker (titles) |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy |
| Music by | Leroy Shield (1937 reissue) |
| Cinematography | George Stevens |
| Editing by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | March 22, 1930 |
| Running time | 20:43 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Brats is a 1930 Laurel and Hardy comedy short. The film was directed by James Parrott. Laurel and Hardy play dual roles as their own children.
Brats was one of four Laurel and Hardy sound shorts reissued in 1937 with new background music scores by Leroy Shield. The others were Blotto, County Hospital and Perfect Day.
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[edit] Plot
Laurel and Hardy are spending a night in with the kids. The fathers are playing checkers and snooker, but are constantly distracted by their own incompetence and by their children, constantly bullying each other and trying to stay up late.
[edit] Trivia
- The second and other Laurel and Hardy film with no co-stars (the first was Early to Bed).
- The only Laurel and Hardy film where they play natural fathers.
- A German version was made, but sadly I not known to have survived.
- One of three Laurel and Hardy films where the two appear in double roles: the others were Twice Two (where they play themselves and their wives) and Our Relations (where they play themselves and their long-lost twins).
- The photograph on the wall is of Jean Harlow.
[edit] Special Effects
The illusion of Laurel and Hardy as children was achieved using over-sized furniture.
The mouse that Stan Jr. nearly shoots with a pellet gun was animated.
[edit] Quotes
- Stan: You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
- Stan: If you must make a noise, make it quietly.
- Ollie: Will you brats keep quiet? How do you expect me to concentrate?
Stan Jr.: But Oliver won't let me play with my blocks!
Ollie: (To Ollie Jr.) Will you leave Stanley alone, and play quietly?
- Stan: Oliver, will you stop throwing things?
[edit] External links
- Brats at the Internet Movie Database
