Busy Bodies

• Stan Laurel: Stan
• Oliver Hardy: Ollie
• Dick Gilbert: " Shoveler "
• Charlie Hall: workers
• Jack Hill: workers
• Charley Young: workers
• Tiny Sandford: construction manager

On the edge of the circular saw (Original Title: Busy Bodies ) is an American short comedy film starring the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy in the lead role. The film opened on 7 October 1933 in the American cinema, German cinema release was not until 1953 under the title " Laurel and Hardy and the Wundersäge ". The film under various titles published, including as " Laurel and Hardy in the sawmill " or " Hard-working hands." Submissions received title was the first film for television in the 70s.

Action

Stan and Ollie work as a craftsman in a sawmill and are very satisfied with their work. However, they are constantly accompanied by mishaps, once drags Stan Ollie pants off, another time remains Ollie stuck in the window frame. In addition, they alienate themselves with another worker ( Charlie Hall ), musing from then on revenge. At the end Ollie falls into a chute through which the sawdust is transported into the open, and remains stuck in the opening. This is about 5 meters in height, Stan concerned a ladder and tried to pull Ollie. The head tilts by the weight and destroyed by the impact of the tabernacle of the site. Stan and Ollie want to flee in their car, where they go through a vertical band saw, what their car is sawed in half.

Find out more about the background

• Filming lasted from 15 to 25 July 1933.
• The two-part car at the end of the film was produced tricks using the so-called "Travelling mat ". Here we filmed the first one and then the other half, and then added the two images with an optical printer to a whole together.
• The final scene of the film is the final scene of the German slapstick series of Laurel and Hardy.

The German dubbed version

• The film was already in the 50s in another, unknown version in theaters, which to this day remained German version was developed along with several other films 1960/61, and was first in the German series " We love to laugh " on May 14 1961 broadcast.
• The German speakers were Walter Bluhm for Stan and Arno Paulsen for Ollie. The German voice for Charlie Hall took over Erich Ebert.
• For the German dialogue books, Wolfgang Schick was responsible, among other things, also for the legendary phrase " Look into my eyes, kid" in the film classic Casablanca is known.
• The dialogue was directed by Manfred R. Köhler, who at that time eg had written dialogue books for Citizen Kane.
• Because the original music and sound tapes were not supplied at the time, were hired Conny Schumann for it.