Brats

Brats

:"See also Brat" Infobox Film
name = Brats
series = quana and pria
director = James Parrott
producer = Hal Roach
writer = Leo McCarey
H.M. Walker (titles)
starring = Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
music = Leroy Shield (1937 reissue)
cinematography = George Stevens
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
country = USA
released = March 22, 1930
runtime = 20:43
language = English
preceded_by = "Blotto"
followed_by = "Below Zero"

"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".

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.

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 is 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.

Goofs

*The moves in the checkers games don't make any sense.
*When Hardy tumbles down the stairs, it's an obvious dummy.

pecial 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.

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?

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