Fra' Diavolo

Titolo originale: The Devil's Brother

1933
T
1h 30min

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Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Thelma Todd in Fra' Diavolo (1933)

Due aspiranti banditi si uniscono al servizio di un affascinante nobile, che segretamente si traveste da Fra Diavolo, un famigerato fuorilegge.Due aspiranti banditi si uniscono al servizio di un affascinante nobile, che segretamente si traveste da Fra Diavolo, un famigerato fuorilegge.Due aspiranti banditi si uniscono al servizio di un affascinante nobile, che segretamente si traveste da Fra Diavolo, un famigerato fuorilegge.

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Stan Laurel

Stanlio

Oliver Hardy

Ollio

Dennis King

Fra Diavolo…

Thelma Todd

Lady Pamela

James Finlayson

Lord Rocburg

Lucile Browne

Zerlina

Arthur Pierson

Lorenzo

Henry Armetta

Matteo

Matt McHugh

Francesco

Lane Chandler

Lieutenant

Nina Quartero

Rita
(as Nena Quartaro)

Wilfred Lucas

Alessandro

James C. Morton

Woodchopper

Marion Bardell

Tavern Bartender
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Alice Belcher

Hag in Tavern
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Brooks Benedict

Undetermined Secondary Role
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Harry Bernard

Bandit
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Louise Carver

Tavern Patron
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In this movie, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are named respectively "Stanlio" and "Ollio". These are the names by which they are still known in Italy.

Blooper
At one point during the hanging scene, Stanlio addresses Ollio as Ollie.

Citazioni
Ollio: Now we've got to start all over again - right at the bottom!
Stanlio: Why don't we start at the top?
Ollio: Whaddaya mean?
Stanlio: Well, why don't we become bandits? Then we wouldn't have to work hard anymore. Let's get it the easy way. We could rob the rich and give them to the poor, and we could have all...
Ollio: [Interrupting him] That's the first time you've shown any intelligence.
Stanlio: Well, it's the first time you've listened to me. You know if you listened to me, in a while you'd be a lot better off.
Ollio: I guess you're right. Tell me that plan again.
Stanlio: [Bewildered] All of it?
Ollio: Certainly, certainly!
Stanlio: Well, if we became rich and we robbed the poor and gave them to the bandits and... we could start at the top, and we'd get to the bottom without working hard anymore. We can't go wrong. It's the law of conversation.
Ollio: What do you mean?
Stanlio: Well, as ye cast your bread on the waters, so shall ye reap.
Ollio: That's very well thought out!

Curiosità sui crediti
The credits are listed on a scroll at the beginning of the movie. All the performers appear to have signed their own names to the list.

Versioni alternative
"Cry Babies", "Easy Come, Easy Go" and "In Trouble" were shortened edited versions created specifically for TV.

Connessioni
Featured in Sodankylä ikuisesti: Valon draama (2010)

Colonne sonore
Fra Diabolo
(1830) (uncredited)
Music by Daniel-François Auber from his comic opera
Libretto by Eugène Scribe
Excerpts and arias Played and Sung throughout the movie

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"You Don't Need Any Brains To Be A Bandit"

With those words to live by, Oliver Hardy convinces Stan Laurel that this might be just the profession for them in 18th century France. Unfortunately the second guy they decide to rob is the famous bandit, Fra Diavolo, the Devil's Brother played by Broadway star Dennis King in his second feature film role. And to top it all off, these two decide to impersonate Fra Diavolo while doing the robbery.

King is justifiably angry about this and orders Stan to hang Ollie who he sizes up rather quickly as the brains of the outfit. But when Stan bungles the job in a most amusing manner, King decides these guys are worth having around for laughs.

King's on quest, to rob nobleman James Finlayson of a fortune in jewels and then to woo the lovely Thelma Todd. At that point the action of the film and for that matter the operetta it's based on takes place in an inn where all the principals are staying. These also include Arthur Pierson as the earnest, but rather dull young French officer who wants to capture the notorious Fra Diavolo and Lucille Browne, the barmaid who loves the lug.

Stan and Ollie give King cause to regret his choice of confederates on this job before the film is over. Let's just say the rotund Mr. Hardy is not built for swashbuckling and my favorite moment is seeing Ollie swinging from the balcony like the man on the flying trapeze. Best moment for Stan is him getting drunk in the wine cellar. There's a whole lot more.

The Devil's Brother was their second film where they have supporting roles in a classic operetta. The first was The Rogue Song where they support Lawrence Tibbett which has unfortunately been lost. Dennis King who primarily concentrated on the stage in his career delivers a far better screen performance in this than he did when he repeated his Broadway role of Francois Villon in The Vagabond King. Dennis King had a strong voice, it's a pity he did not do more musical films.

In the end their escape has to be seen to be believed. Let's just say that one of Stan's earlier gags came back to haunt the forces of law and order.

The Devil's Brother is Stan and Ollie at their finest with Hal Roach, don't miss it if you are fan of their's.