''Studio Stoops'' is a 1950

short subject A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by

Edward Bernds Edward Bernds (July 12, 1905May 20, 2000) was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois. Career While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur li ...

starring American

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comedy team

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

(

Moe Howard Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He is best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television ...

Larry Fine Louis Feinberg (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975), known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges. Early life Fine was born to a Russian Je ...

and

Shemp Howard Samuel Horwitz (March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), known professionally as Shemp Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Lithuanian Yiddish, Litvak accent. He is ...

). It is the 126th entry in the series released by

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starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are exterminators mistaken for B.O. Pictures' publicity department. They are then instructed to drum up publicity for the studio's lovely new actress Dolly Devore (

Christine McIntyre Christine Cecilia McIntyre (April 16, 1911 – July 8, 1984) was an American actress and singer who appeared in various films in the 1930s and 1940s. She is mainly remembered as the beautiful blonde actress who appeared in many of The Three St ...

), and arrange a fake kidnapping. However, two gangsters hear the Stooges' plan and kidnap Devore for real. The gangsters break into her hotel room, then tie her hands behind her back and zip her up in a large garment bag, forcing the Stooges to come to her rescue. However, complications arise when Shemp walks out on the outdoor ledge (after switching places with Dolly inside the bag) having to hold on to the accordion arm of a telephone to keep from falling to his death. Dolly and the Stooges manage to create a rope long enough for Shemp to grab onto. The crooks return and force Dolly and Moe to surrender, but one of the crooks gets his leg hooked in the rope, allowing Dolly and Moe to knock the crooks out. Meanwhile, Larry makes several attempts to get the cops involved, but they refuse to help, believing it to be a publicity stunt. As a last resort, Larry throws food at the cops, getting them to chase him back to the scene of the crime, just in time to arrest the criminals. Larry attempts to unhook the rope from the crook and almost falls out the window, but is saved by Moe. Shemp lands on a lady's balcony, and Moe and Larry fall into a bathtub filled with water. While it may not be Saturday night, the boys decide that they've got nothing to lose and take a bath.

Cast

Credited

as Moe *

as Larry *

as Shemp *

as Dolly Devore * Kenneth MacDonald as Dandy Dawson *

Vernon Dent Vernon Bruce Dent (February 16, 1895 – November 5, 1963) was an American comic actor, who appeared in over 400 films. He co-starred in many short films for Columbia Pictures, frequently as the foil and the main antagonist and ally to The Thr ...

as Captain Casey

Uncredited

Joe Palma Joe Palma (born Joseph Provenzano; March 17, 1905 – August 14, 1994) was an American film actor. Palma appeared in over 120 films between 1937 and 1968. He was well known as a supporting player for The Three Stooges and his brief tenure ...

as Louie *

Ted Stanhope TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Depart ...

as J. B. Fletcher * Charles Jordan as Tiny *

Stanley Price Stanley Price (December 31, 1892July 13, 1955) was an American film supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1956. He was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild. Career Price was an actor whose artistic career sp ...

as Brown *

Chuck Hamilton Charles George Hamilton (born January 18, 1939) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played four games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ic ...

as Policeman * Harold Kening as Detective * Richard Kening as Detective * Sara Honeywell as Woman on balcony

Production notes

''Studio Stoops'' was filmed on February 22–25, 1949, but withheld from release until October 5, 1950, a total of 20 months. The gag of Shemp hiding in a garment bag in the hotel room closet then managing to get out of the closet was adapted from

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...

's 1941 short film ''So You Won't Squawk''.

References

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