Movie: The Tree in a Test Tube

Top 4 Billed Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel

Stan

Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy

Ollie

Lee Vickers
Lee Vickers

Narrator (voice)

Pete Smith
Pete Smith

as Interlocutor (voice)

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    Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

  • Release Date

    1942-11-19

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  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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