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Bacon Grabbers
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy [Collis P. Kennedy], [?] ? [supervisor of the sheriff’s Civic Department], Harry Bernard [the policeman], Charlie Hall [the truck driver], Jean Harlow [Kennedy’s wife], [?] ? [the kid with the dog], [?] ? [the carpenter]
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / From a screen story by Leo McCarey. Supervising director, Leo McCarey. Photographed (cinematography) by George Stevens + [Jack Roach]. Film editor, Richard Currier (Richard C. Currier). Intertitles written by H.M. Walker. Presented by Hal Roach. / © 3 September 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP643]. Released 19 October 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot 16 February through 2 March 1929. Original music soundtrack utilized a pipe organ as the main instrument. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm positives, 16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Automobiles - Radios - Steamrollers - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 6 January 2018.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Skretvedt-Magic pp. 150, 151, 152, 178, 219, 391.
Home video: DVD.
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