Laurel and Hardy in German

As mentioned previously (and indeed, that one was pointed out by Mark Evanier as well), Laurel and Hardy shot their films in English, then would go back and re-shoot them reading their lines, now in a foreign language, phonetically written on blackboards off-camera.

Here’s some shots of them the trailer from Pardon Us, now in German. (The footage we originally had was taken down–so we’ve gone with the trailer. Just a headsup: there’s a bit in blackface. Recall this was 1931. Times were different.)

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Found via Mark Evanier.

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