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The Tree in a Test Tube

The Tree in a Test Tube

1942Short⏱️ 6m
DocumentaryShort
4.6
IMDB Rating
566 votes

Laurel and Hardy demonstrate the uses of wood in this World War II propaganda film.

Director
Charles McDonald
Writers
N/A
Stars
Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Lee Vickers
Release Date
November 19, 1942
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 21
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
as Self - Ollie
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
as Self - Stan
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Lee Vickers
as Self - Narrator
Pete Smith
Pete Smith
as Self - Interlocutor

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
U.S. Department of Agriculture

🏷️ Keywords

year 19431940s20th centurywoodtest tube

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryShort

⭐ Featured Review

"Colorful" & Interesting Oddity
by redryan642015-04-07
5/10

"WE HAD LONG ago screened this little curio of a hybrid one reeler. We say that it is a little film that owed its lineage to several different genetic sources. Our view is also shaped by its parents; being Mother Nature & Father Time. PERHAPS IT IS a fine example of the old saying: "Too many Cooks spoil the Broth." The very blending of the varying talents and styles of Laurel & Hardy with the very dry and self-deprecation of Pete Smith's narration's being blended with the industrial & patriotic message that was the crux of the movie. ADDED TO THIS curious blend..."

💡 Did You Know?

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy filmed their sequence on November 29, 1941, eight days before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

📖 Synopsis

Laurel and Hardy demonstrate the uses of wood in this World War II propaganda film.