Bettymae Crane Beverly Crane

born: 11 April 1917 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Bettymae died: 15 April 1983 Conyers, Georgia, United States of America (age 66) Beverly died: 09 December 2006 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (age 89)

Identical twin sisters, born in  Utah who went on to gain small fame as the 'talking titles' at the beginning of some Hal Roach-produced shorts of the 1930-31 period.  They were each paid $15 per film introduction - a concept which was quickly abandoned soon after it was experimented. The Crane sisters did provide the talking titles for "Their First Mistake" (November 1930).  This Laurel & Hardy feature was unreleased and subsequentley re-edited and released as "Pardon Us" in 1931 without The Crane Sisters.  Other credits include: "El Alma de la Fiesta" (3-31) - Charley Chase (Spanish version of "Thundering Tenors"). In the films, Bettymae (correct spelling) is seen on the right of the screen, and Beverly is on the left.

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1930 Girl Shock Talking titles 1930 Doctor's Orders Talking titles 1930 Dollar Dizzy Talking titles 1930 Teacher's Pet Talking titles 1930 Bigger And Better Talking titles 1930 Looser Than Loose Talking titles 1930 School's Out Talking titles 1930 Another Fine Mess Talking titles 1930 High C's Talking titles 1931 Blood And Thunder Talking titles 1931 Love Business Talking titles 1931 Love Fever Talking titles Acknowledgements: Brad Farrell and Richard Finegan (special thanks for providing valuable information) This page was last updated on: 21 July 2016