Studio Stoops
Directed byEdward Bernds
Written byElwood Ullman
Produced byHugh McCollum
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Christine McIntyre
Kenneth MacDonald
Vernon Dent
Joe Palma
Ted Stanhope
Chuck Hamilton
Charles Jordan
Stanley Price
CinematographyVincent Farrar
Edited byHenry DeMond
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1950 (1950-10-05) (U.S.)
Running time
16:00
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Studio Stoops is a 1950 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). It is the 126th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures 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), 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

Uncredited

  • Joe Palma as Louie
  • Ted Stanhope as J. B. Fletcher
  • Charles Jordan as Tiny
  • Stanley Price as Brown
  • Chuck Hamilton 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,[1] but withheld from release until October 5, 1950, a total of 20 months.[2]

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's 1941 short film So You Won't Squawk.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pauley, Jim (2012). The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations. Solana Beach, California: Santa Monica Press, LLC. p. 250. ISBN 9781595800701.
  2. ↑ Studio Stoops at threestooges.net
  3. ↑ "Studio Stoops (1950)".
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