▁battle ▁with ▁a ▁character ▁played ▁by ▁James ▁Fin l ays on ▁that ▁eventually ▁dest ro ys ▁his ▁house ▁and ▁their ▁car . ▁Big ▁Business ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Film ▁Reg istry ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁tre asure ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁The ▁film ▁S ons ▁of ▁the ▁Des ert ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁is ▁often ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ' s ▁best ▁feature - length ▁film . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁their ▁films ▁were ▁res hot ▁with ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁speaking ▁in ▁Spanish , ▁Italian , ▁French ▁or ▁German . ▁The ▁plots ▁for ▁these ▁films ▁were ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁English - language ▁version ▁although ▁the ▁supporting ▁cast ▁were ▁often ▁native ▁language ▁speaking ▁actors . ▁While ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁could ▁not ▁speak ▁these ▁foreign ▁languages ▁they ▁received ▁voice ▁co aching ▁for ▁their ▁lines . ▁The ▁film ▁P ardon ▁Us ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁was ▁res hot ▁in ▁all ▁four ▁foreign ▁languages ▁while ▁the ▁films ▁Bl otto , ▁Hog ▁Wild ▁and ▁Be ▁Big ! ▁were ▁made ▁in ▁French ▁and ▁Spanish ▁versions . ▁Night ▁O w ls ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁both ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Italian ▁and ▁Below ▁Zero ▁along ▁with ▁Ch ick ens ▁Come ▁Home ▁were ▁only ▁made ▁in ▁Spanish . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁film ▁Bab es ▁in ▁Toy land ▁remains ▁a ▁per enn ial ▁on ▁American ▁television ▁during ▁the ▁Christmas ▁season . ▁When ▁interview ed ▁Hal ▁Ro ach ▁spoke ▁sc ath