The Music Box - Cast & Credits
Technical Credits
| Produced by | Hal Roach | |
| Directed by | James Parrott | |
| Photographed by | Len Powers | |
| Edited by | Richard Currier | |
| Dialogue by | H. M. Walker | |
| Sound by | James Greene | |
| Assistant direction by | Morrie Lightfoot | |
| Stan Laurel | Himself | |
| Oliver Hardy | Himself | |
| Professor Theodore von Schwarzenhoffen, M. D., A. D., D. D. S., F. L. D., F. F. F. and F. | Billy Gilbert | |
| Piano salesman | William Gillespie | |
| Postman | Charlie Hall | |
| The missus | Hazel Howell | |
| Wizened officer | Sam Lufkin | |
| Haughty nursemaid | Lilyan Irene | |
| Playing piano just off-scene | Marvin Hatley | |
| The horse | Susie | |
| Police radio dispatcher voice-over | Billy Bletcher | |
Production and Distribution
- Laurel & Hardy series
- Production number L-6
- Working titles: TOP HEAVY, THE UP AND UP, and WORDS AND MUSIC
- Principal photography: Monday, December 7 through Friday, December 18, 1931
- Three reels, 2,700 feet, 30 minutes
- Released April 16, 1932 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
- Copyright March 14, 1932 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
- Copyright renewed May 19, 1959 by Hal Roach Studios
(copyright having been assigned in 1956) - Awarded the first-ever Oscar in the new category of live action comedy short subjects for the 1931-1932 season.
-- by Richard W. Bann --