There were three different language versions of the film, English, Spanish and French. Sound had only recently been invented and it was impossible at the time to dub voices onto the film post production. For this reason some scenes had to be shot three times, with Stan and Ollie reading from phonetic spelling boards just off camera for the Spanish and French versions. Rather than have phonetic spelling boards for all of the cast they used different actors who could speak the desired language for each version. So they used three different actresses to play the part of Stan's wife. Anita Garvin ( 1906-1994 ) played the wife in the English version "Blotto". Linda Loredo ( 1907-1931 ) in the Spanish version "La Vida Nocturna" and Georgette Rhodes (1900-1990) in the French Version "Une Nuit Extravagante".

Pre-code Laurel & Hardy, some of the greatest stuff ever put on film

"La vida nocturna" is the best Spanish short of Laurel and Hardy.

There’s the scene early in the Blotto film that has Stanley’s wife’s “fresh air” response deleted, but that was minor.

Thanks for posting this. I hate to see truncated versions of movies and the awful background music from 1936 was the worse.

Dancing and musical sequences were also added to the film, with cut-away shots of Babe and Stan, for foreign markets to lengthen them. This way, Roach would sell them to foreign markets as "featurettes" for more money.

Stan's hiccups! 😂

The scene when the woman sits on the wet chair was so funny. Wish it were in the English version. Hard to find these.

@heathcotepursuit8

4 жыл бұрын

That was Symona Boniface.

@rsc444

3 жыл бұрын

@@heathcotepursuit8 I think so too. It’s not in her IMBD filmography but there is no mistaking that face. She is credited in the L& H film, Pack Up Your Troubles.

@inhibited44

2 жыл бұрын

@@heathcotepursuit8 - like Oliver, she looks right into the camera too.

@Hirsute63

6 ай бұрын

@@heathcotepursuit8 Is that her too, sat on the table behind the whole way through..?

Someone should try and glue the L&H Spanish bits (i.e. the hiccup scene) into the English Blotto.

Isn't there a translated version ?

Does anybody know the name of the song the belly dancer is dancing to?

Would love to know who played the Spanish dancer.

@rbbonotto

4 жыл бұрын

I suspect it's Charley Chase.

@antoniograncino3506

4 жыл бұрын

@@rbbonotto You mean that Latin beauty is not a female ?

@jamesclewer6718

3 жыл бұрын

The clumsy dancer with the balloons is rumoured to have been a drag artist.

@Dodo-ym8cc

3 жыл бұрын

That is not a man, way too feminine, the way she moves and walks away. She is just thin, perfect for her slapstick style (1920s) belly dancing.

@antoniograncino3506

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dodo-ym8cc Well. "she" fooled us and many others. Upon further investigation, I learned that that sylphic Spanish dancer was indeed Charley Chase, as suggested by another poster here.

10:52

Is that a man or a woman in the back ground wearing a dress in public?