Swiss Miss (1938)

Director:

John G. Blystone

Writers:

Felix Adler (writer)
Jean Negulesco (story)

Release Date:

20 May 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They're mousetrap salesmen in the Alps - and are the mice happy !

Plot:

Stanley and Oliver are mousetrap salesmen hoping to strike it rich in Switzerland, but get swindled out of all their money by a cheesemaker...

Plot Keywords:

Saint Bernard Dog | Buddy | Gorilla | Laurel And Hardy | Swiss Alps

Cast

Stan Laurel	...	Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy	...	Oliver Hardy
Grete Natzler	...	Anna Albert (as Della Lind)
Walter Woolf King	...	Victor Albert
Eric Blore	...	Edward, Advisor to Victor Albert
Adia Kuznetzoff	...	Chef
Charles Judels	...	Cheese Factory Proprietor
Ludovico Tomarchio	...	Luigi
Franz Hug	...	Flag thrower
Jean De Briac	...	Enrico
George Sorel	...	Joseph, Albert's Chauffeur
Charles Gemora	...	Gorilla (as Charles Gamore)

Runtime:

72 min | USA:65 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #4115) | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Hal Roach Studios Inc.

Trivia:

Film Daily-Friday 11 August 1939: Plagiarism suit for injunctions, accounting and damages was filed in (Los Angeles) Federal Court yesterday by Isabella Knotter against Hal Roach Studios, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corp., M-G-M Distributing Corp., Lowes, Inc. and Culver Export Service. Plaintiff claims to have submitted her story, "So Zwei Pechvogel." or "Two Down-and-Outs," to the Hal Roach studios on June 16,1937, which was allegedly infringed in the films "Swiss Miss" and "Au Far West." Her manuscript had been returned in August, 1937, with a notation stating that it had been unread, the complain stated.

Quotes:

Cheese Factory Propietor: Now I've an idea.
Oliver, Stan: You've an idea?
Cheese Factory Propietor: I'll buy the whole business for five thousand gruel.
Oliver: Why for you're being so generous, we'll throw in our mule.
Stan: You can't do that, Ollie, don't be such a fool.
Oliver: It's my idea! It's just an idea of my own.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)

Soundtrack:

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Laurel and Hardy in Switzerland

Laurel and Hardy play mouse trap salesmen, who go to Switzerland to sell some mouse traps.There they of course get in many troubles.Swiss Miss offers some very funny scenes with the boys, like the scene with Stanley and the dog and the scene where the boys try to move a piano up to the mountains.Swiss Miss is a great Laurel and Hardy comedy from 1938.And the gorilla is a nice add to the movie.