- The Tree in a Test Tube
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name = The Tree in a Test Tube
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director =Charles McDonald
producer =United States Department of Agriculture
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narrator = Pete SmithLee Vickers
starring =Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
music =Edward Craig
cinematography =A. Sintzenich
editing =Boris Vermont
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released =1943
runtime = 5:30 min
country = flagicon|US U.S.A.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0036455"The Tree In a Test Tube" is a
1942 short film produced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, featuringLaurel and Hardy , with narration by Pete Smith.It is their only known surviving
color film, shot inKodachrome on16mm , and is basicallyWorld War II propaganda. Their routine lasts around five minutes and was shot silent (their voices are not heard); the second half of the film is unrelated documentary footage. Laurel and Hardy shot this brief film on the back lot ofTwentieth Century-Fox on November 29, 1941 and the film went into release in spring of 1942. To the voice-over commentary of Pete Smith, Stan and Oliver produce various props - the contents of a suitcase and their wallets - all manufactured from wood, or containing wood byproducts such as cellulose. These are used to demonstrate the omnipresence of wood in the American economy.ee also
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Laurel and Hardy films
*Laurel and Hardy External links
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1727782082807707581&q=The+Tree+in+a+Test+Tube&total=10&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Complete film at Youtube]
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