Below Zero (1930 film)

Below Zero
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Directed by	James Parrott
Written by	H.M. Walker
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Cinematography	George Stevens
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 26, 1930 (1930-04-26)
Running time	20:36 (English) 28:19 (Spanish)
Country	United States
Language	English

Below Zero is a 1930 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach.

Plot

Laurel and Hardy have no success earning money on a bleak, snowy winter's day as sidewalk musicians, especially when playing "In the Good Old Summertime". This annoys a man shoveling his sidewalk and a woman who throws the pair a dollar to get them to move on. She calls out "Yoo-hoo ! Mr Whiteman", not because it's snowing, but as a joke reference to big bandleader, and violist, of the 1930s Paul Whiteman, as Oliver is plucking the similar double bass. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but Stan finds a wallet. They are chased by a thief, but are protected by a police officer. Stan and Ollie share a slap-up meal with the cop, but unfortunately, Stan finds out the wallet in fact belongs to the cop. When the policeman discovers this, he tells the waiter, who throws them out of the restaurant and throws Stan upside down in a barrel of water. Oliver finds Stan, who now has an enormous stomach after drinking all the water while trapped in the barrel.

Cast

Name	Role
Stan Laurel	--- Stan
Oliver Hardy	--- Ollie
Uncredited
Bobby Burns	--- 'blind' man / deadbeat diner
Baldwin Cooke	--- man at window
Kay Deslys	--- woman at window
Charlie Hall	--- annoyed shopkeeper throwing snowball
Jack Hill	--- busboy
Frank Holliday	--- policeman
Charles McMurphy	--- extra at restaurant
Bob O'Connor	--- extra at restaurant
Retta Palmer	--- woman leaving window
Blanche Payson	--- formidable woman
Tiny Sandford	--- Pete
Charles Sullivan	--- extra at restaurant
Lyle Tayo	--- woman at window tossing Stan & Ollie a dollar
Leo Willis	--- crook

Spanish version

An extended Spanish version, Tiembla Y Titubea was also produced with Laurel and Hardy speaking phonetically from blackboards placed just out of camera range; Spanish-speaking actors replacing the English speaking supporting players.

External links

• Below Zero at IMDb
• Below Zero at AllMovie
• Below Zero at the TCM Movie Database
• Below Zero at Rotten Tomatoes