- Brats
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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 byJames 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 andsnooker , 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 threeLaurel 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 ofJean 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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