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The First Seven Years (1930) Facts
| Director(s) | Robert F. McGowan |
| Producer(s) | Hal Roach (uncredited), Robert F. McGowan |
| Featured Cast | Jackie Cooper, Donald Haines, Edgar Kennedy |
| Total Facts | 1 |
Released in four versions with a different language spoken by the actors in each one: English, Spanish, French and German. The new dialogue was not dubbed in; instead, each scene was shot four times, one take for each language. This process was helped with the aid of language tutors, blackboards placed out of camera range with the phonetic dialogue written on them, and the hiring of foreign actors for the incidental roles. This process was also used in the Little Rascals shorts When the Wind Blows and A Tough Winter.