Last week I posted several versions of talking front titles, courtesy of the Hal Roach Studios. Both movies were made in 1930 (the year Roach tried this experiment) and I confidently contended that the only Roach players that didn’t get this treatment were Laurel&Hardy. A reader wrote in to tell me I was incorrect–that in fact the long-ish ‘Another Fine Mess’ (three reels a la ‘The Music Box’ instead of the usual two) had those very same twin sisters reciting the opening credits. I’m wrong so often that I wasn’t surprised and am glad to have the opportunity to be a completionist about this whole talking credits business. I now present the sister act giving us the lowdown on who made the movie. By the way, George Stevens photographed many Roach films–particularly L&H movies– of the period but here the photographers name is given as Jack Stevens. Was there another Stevens who shot L&H comedies? George’s brother? (Don’t think he had one). Just a mistake on the part of the girls that the director decided to live with? Given how wrong I often am, I’m going with George having a brother who subbed for him. I ran through the credits of the other L&H 1930 shorts and didn’t find any other examples. So I can say with confidence that this is the only time they got the talking credits treatment. Unless, of course, I missed a movie and am once again wrong which wouldn’t surprise me at all.