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Is there a sound version of "Double Whoopee"?


I saw a video in the Lost Films of series that said "All talking version". I have the silent version. Is there a talking version?

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I just missed the six year anniversary by two days. Would anybody be interested in a get together on March 29th 2010 to celebrate 7 years without an answer?

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Much to the dismay of those who are waiting for a 7-year anniversary on the lack of posting (awwww, tiny violins)...

There is not an original sound recording of this film. It was recorded as silent only. There is, however, a version that was recorded by Chuck McCann impersonating many of the voices in the late 1960s. They used lip readers to figure out the script with great sound effects and music. Al Kilgore and Richard Feiner were also behind this.

For more information, check out the DVD "The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy - the Complete Collection - Volume Seven".

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According to The Films of Laurel and Hardy, this movie, and a few others, was released in both silent and "limited sound" versions. Sound was likely used for music and maybe some effects, but probably not dialog. I doubt if the sound versions exist any longer.

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Well, I don't know how it's shown in the US, but I had the privilege to watch it on TV here in Brazil. The movie was dubbed and someone also read the intertitles in Portuguese.
For example, a sexy female voice says "But of course!" when Hardy asks Jean Harlow if he can show her the way into the hotel. All the confusion with the cop and Laurel's coin has dialogs, too.
This is all I know. I don't know if it was dubbed in other countries or even in the US, but in Brazil it sure was a talkie.

http://criticaretro.blogspot.com

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