Air Raid Wardens
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 Theatrical poster for Air Raid Wardens (1943) |
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| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
| Produced by | B.F. Zeidman |
| Written by | Martin Rackin Harry Crane Jack Jevne Charley Rogers |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Edgar Kennedy Jacqueline White Stephen McNally Nella Walker Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Howard Freeman Paul Stanton Robert Emmett O'Connor |
| Music by | Nathaniel Shilkret |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Editing by | Irvine Warburton |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | April 30, 1943 |
| Running time | 67 min. |
| Language | English |
Air Raid Wardens is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy comedy film. This was the first of their films made at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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[edit] Synopsis
Set during World War II, Stan and Ollie try their hand at various business ventures. Their store opens and closes in various guises but without success.They finally open it as a bicycle store but some German spies trick them into partnering the business so that they can use it as a front for a base. Stan and Ollie volunteer as air raid wardens but keep messing up until they are fired. They soon discover that the spies are planning to blow up the local magnesium plant and in the end are heroes as they scupper the plan.
[edit] Cast
- Stan Laurel as Stan
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie
- Edgar Kennedy as Joe Bledsoe
- Jacqueline White as Peggy Parker
- Stephen McNally as Dan Madison (as Horace McNally)
- Nella Walker as Millicent Norton
- Donald Meek as Eustace Middling
- Henry O'Neill as Rittenhause
- Howard Freeman as J.P. Norton
- Paul Stanton as Capt. Biddle
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Charlie Beaugart
- William Tannen as Joseph
- Russell Hicks as Maj. Scanlon
- Philip Van Zandt as Herman
- Frederick Worlock as Otto (as Frederic Worlock)
- Charles Coleman as Norton's Butler
[edit] References
- Bibliography
- Everson, William K. The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy. New York: Citadel, 2000, (first edition 1967). ISBN 0-8065-0146-4.
- Louvish, Simon. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy. London: Faber & Faber, 2001. ISBN 0-571-21590-4.
- McCabe, John. Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy. London: Robson Books Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-86105-781-4.
- McCabe, John with Al Kilgore and Richard W. Bann. Laurel & Hardy. New York: Bonanza Books, 1983, first edition 1975, E.P. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-491-01745-9.
- McGarry, Annie. Laurel & Hardy. London: Bison Group, 1992. ISBN 0-86124-776-0.
[edit] External links
- Air Raid Wardens at the Internet Movie Database
- Air Raid Wardens at AllRovi
- Air Raid Wardens at Rotten Tomatoes
- Air Raid Wardens at the TCM Movie Database
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