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The Bohemian Girl is a 1936 comedic feature film version of the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe. Directed by James W. Horne and Charley Rogers, and it was produced at the Hal Roach Studios, and stars Laurel and Hardy, and Thelma Todd in her final film role. This was also the only appearance of Darla Hood in a full-length feature produced by Hal Roach.

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The Bohemian Girl
1946 theatrical re-release poster
Directed by	James W. Horne Charley Rogers
Written by	Frank Butler
Based on	The Bohemian Girl 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe Alfred Bunn
Produced by	Stan Laurel Hal Roach
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Thelma Todd Mae Busch Antonio Moreno Darla Hood Jacqueline Wells James Finlayson
Cinematography	Francis Corby Art Lloyd
Edited by	Bert Jordan Louis McManus
Music by	Robert Shayon Nathaniel Shilkret
Production company	Hal Roach Studios
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 14, 1936 (1936-02-14)
Running time	71 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A group of gypsy caravans set up on the edge of a wood. They realise they are camped on the estate of Count Arnheim who will not tolerate their presence. The gypsies sing and dance to entertain themselves.

Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the misfit pair of Gypsies in the group. When hen-pecked Oliver is out pickpocketing, fortune-telling or attending his zither lessons, his wife (Mae Busch) has an affair with Devilshoof (Antonio Moreno). A cruel nobleman, Count Arnheim (William P. Carleton), persecutes the Gypsies, who are forced to flee, but Mrs Hardy, in revenge for Devilshoof being lashed by the count's orders, kidnaps his daughter, Arline (Darla Hood), and Mrs. Hardy fools Hardy into thinking she is their daughter since he believes everything she tells him. She soon elopes with Devilshoof, and leaves Oliver and "Uncle" Stanley holding the toddler. Arline is too young to remember her old life.

Twelve years later, the Gypsies return to Arnheim's estate. When grown-up Arline (Jacqueline Wells) accidentally trespasses in Arnheim's garden, she recognises the place and Arnheim's voice, but is arrested by a constable (Jimmy Finlayson) and sentenced to a lashing. Stan and Oliver try to save her, but Stan is too drunk and both are arrested. Just as Arline is stripped in order to be lashed, she is rescued in time by Arnheim, who recognises a medallion she wears and a family birthmark, and both try to rescue Stan and Oliver. It is too late though: Laurel and Hardy had already been worked over in the torture chamber: Hardy emerges stretched to a height of eight feet, while Stan has been crushed to only a few feet tall and the constable just stands yelling and moaning.

Cast

• Stan Laurel as Stan
• Oliver Hardy as Ollie
• Jacqueline Wells, also known as Julie Bishop, as Arline as an adult
• Darla Hood as Arline as a child
• Mae Busch as Mrs. Hardy
• Antonio Moreno as Devilshoof, Mrs. Hardy's lover
• William P. Carleton as Count of Arnheim
• James Finlayson as Finn, Captain of the Guard
• Zeffie Tilbury as old Gypsy Queen
• Mitchell Lewis as Salinas, Gypsy Queen's advisor
• Harry Bowen as Laurel and Hardy's first victim (the drunkard)
• Sam Lufkin as Laurel and Hardy's second victim (the innkeeper)
• Eddie Borden as Laurel and Hardy's third victim (the nobleman)
• James C. Morton as the officer who arrests the nobleman
• Harry Bernard as bell ringer
• Thelma Todd as singer of "Heart of a Gypsy"
• Felix Knight as singer of "Then You'll Remember Me"
• Winter Hall as Servant (uncredited)
• Howard C. Hickman as Dignified Captain (uncredited)

Casting and production details

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wanted to cast a talented newcomer as Arline. Hal Roach cast Darla Hood, who had just begun appearing in Roach's Our Gang comedies, as young Arline and Julie Bishop as adult Arline.

Rosina Lawrence dubs Jacqueline Wells's singing.

Paulette Goddard has a small uncredited role as a Gypsy.

Stan Laurel's pet myna, Yogi, appears in the film.

The Count was played by W.P. Carleton, who had played the role on stage over a number of decades.

Ban in Malaysia and Germany

The film was banned in Malaysia due to its depictions of Roma themes.[1] It was also banned in Nazi Germany due to its positive depiction of gypsies, which Joseph Goebbels, the minister of propaganda for the regime, said "had no place" in the Third Reich.[2]

References

External links

• The Bohemian Girl at IMDb
• The Bohemian Girl at the TCM Movie Database
• The Bohemian Girl at AllMovie
• The Bohemian Girl at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Bohemian Girl at Rotten Tomatoes

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