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* Part 1 Introduction
* Part 2 1934 - 1940 (Moe, Larry, Curly
* Part 3 1941 - 1947 (Moe, Larry, Curly)
* Part 4 1947 - 1952 (Moe, Larry, Shemp)
* Part 5 1953 - 1959 (Moe, Larry, Shemp), (Moe, Lary, Joe)
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Moe, Larry, Shemp:
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144. Up in Daisy's Penthouse (1953) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Connie Cezan, John Merton, Jack Kenny
The stooges escape from jail to prevent their newly rich dad from
marrying Daisy, a gold-digger after his money. Shemp looks like
dad, so he impersonates him and marries Daisy. What the stooges
don't know is that Daisy is in cahoots with some crooks, and they
plan to bump off her new husband. The boys foil the crook's plan
and take Pa home to Ma.
[ A remake of "Three Dumb Clucks", with Shemp, instead of Curly,
playing both father and son. ]
145. Booty and the Beast (1953) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Vernon Dent, Kenneth McDonald, Curly Howard (stock
footage)
The stooges do a good turn and help a stranger open a safe in what
they think is the man's house. Actually the man is a crook and the
boys were unwitting accomplices to a robbery. Once they realize
what's happened, the stooges go after the bad guy and who's left on
the train to Los Vegas. The boys trap the villain and recover the
booty.
[ Lots of footage from "Hold that Lion", including Curly's cameo
appearance. ]
146. Loose Loot (1953) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Kenneth MacDonald, Tom Kennedy, Emil Sitka
The stooges are willed a lot of dough from a rich uncle, but the
executor of the estate, Icabob Slipp, is a crook who absconds with
the money. The stooges trail him to a a theater where they engage
in a wild chase and ultimately recover their inheritance.
[ The opening scenes are taken from "Hold that Lion". ]
147. Tricky Dicks (1953) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Benny Rubin, Connie Cezan, Ferris Taylor, Phil Arnold,
Murray Alper
The stooges are policemen on the trail of a murderer. They
unsuccessfully interrogate an Italian organ grinder, among other
suspects, and then catch the bad guy after a gun fight that nearly
destroys the police station.
148. Spooks (1953) ***-
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Phil Van Zandt, Tom Kennedy, Norma Randall
The stooges are private detectives hired to find a missing girl. The
boys disguise as pie salesmen and end up wandering around a mad
scientist's mansion, trying to find the girl. The boys confront a
gorilla and various other bad guys, before rescuing the girl.
[ One of two stooge shorts filmed in 3D. ]
149. Pardon my Backfire (1953) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Benny Rubin, Frank Sully, Phil Arnold, Fred Kelsey
The stooges are auto mechanics who need money so they can marry
their girls. When some escaped convicts pull into their garage, the
boys manage to capture them and use the reward money to marry their
sweethearts.
[ One of two stooge shorts filmed in 3D. ]
150. Rip Sew and Stich (1953) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Vernon Dent, Phil Arnold
The stooges run a tailor shop and need money to pay their creditors.
A bank robber leaves his coat in the shop with a combination to a
safe. When the crook comes back to retrieve the coat, the stooges
capture him and get his bankroll.
[ A remake of "Sing a Song of Six Pants". ]
151. Bubble Trouble (1953) ***-
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Christyne McIntyre (stock footage), Emil Sitka
The stooges are pharmacists who invent a fountain of youth formula
that can turn old people young. They turn an old lady into a
beautiful young woman, but when her husband takes the formula it
turns him into a gorilla.
[ A remake of "All Gummed Up", with lots of reused footage. ]
152. Goof on the Roof (1953) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Frank Mitchell, Maxine Gates
The stooges are entrusted with taking care of their friends house
while he goes off to get married. At first they only wreck the
place a little bit, but when they try to install a television
antenna, total destruction ensues. When their friend returns with
his bride, she's so shocked she walks out on him.
153. Income Tax Sappy (1954) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Vernon Dent, Nanette Bordeaux, Margie Liszt
Tax cheats Moe, Larry and Shemp decide they're so good at cheating
the government, that they start a business as crooked tax advisors.
They become rich, but an undercover agent from the IRS gets the
goods on them, and its off to jail for the stooges.
154. Musty Musketeers (1954) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Vernon Dent, Phil Van Zandt, Virginia Hunter
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts,
but the King won't give his consent until Princess Alicia gets
married. The princess is abducted by Mergatroyd, an evil magician
who plans to marry her and become ruler of the country. The stooges
help the princess escape and then defeat the magician and his
henchmen in a sword fight.
[ A remake of "Fiddlers Three". ]
155. Pals and Gals (1954) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Norman Willis, George Chesebroo, Christyne McIntyre,
Vernon Dent
The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul
of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad
guy has Nell's sisters locked up, and its up to the stooges to
rescue them and save the day.
[ A remake of "Out West", with Nell's sisters, instead of the Arizona
Kid, being locked up in the cellar. ]
156. Knutzy Knights (1954) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Jock Mahoney, Christyne McIntyre, Phil Van Zandt,
Vernon Dent
Set in Elizabethan times, the stooges help their friend Cedric the
Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. The only
problem is that Elaine is promised to the Black Prince who is
plotting to take over the kingdom. The stooges manage to foil the
plot and the grateful King allows Cedric to marry Elaine.
[ A remake of "Square Heads of the Round Table". ]
157. Shot in the Frontier (1954) **+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka
Set in the old west, the stooges must defend their honor against the
Noonan brothers, three desperadoes who want to marry the same girls
the stooges are courting.
158. Scotched in Scotland (1954) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Phil Van Zandt, Charles Knight, Christyne McIntyre
Would be detectives, the stooges get a job guarding a Scotch castle
while the owner is away. The servants are crooks intent on robbing
the castle of its valuables. Though they do their best to frighten
the boys off, the stooges prevail and expose the crooked goings-on.
[ A remake of "Hot Scots". ]
159. Fling in the Ring (1955) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Richard Wessel, Claire Carleton, Frank Sully
The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they
bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big
Mike", their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose
their lives, the boys try to soften up Chopper so he'll lose. The
fight gets canceled and the stooges have to contend with an angry
Big Mike and his goons.
[ A remake of "Fright Night". ]
160. Of Cash and Hash (1955) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Kenneth MacDonald, Christyne McIntyre, Frank Lacteen
The stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops
as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed
and go back to their jobs in a Cafe. When one of the robbers comes
into the Cafe, the boys recognize him and along with their friend
Gladys trail him to a spooky house in the country where the crooks
are hiding out. The bad guys abduct Gladys and the stooges must
rescue her.
[ A remake of "Shivering Sherlocks".]
161. Gypped in the Penthouse (1955) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka, Jean Willes
Larry and Shemp reminisce about their experiences with Jean, a
diamond crazy gold digger each of them was gypped by. After telling
their stories, they have a run in with Moe, who is now married to
the same women. When Jean shows up, they deliver some stooge-style
revenge.
162. Bedlam in Paradise (1955) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Phil Van Zandt, Vernon Dent, Slyvia Lewis Symona Boniface
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and
Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to
prevent the other two stooges, who are in league with the devil,
from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under
whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry' plans
and makes it through the pearly gates.
[ A remake of "Heavenly Daze ".]
163. Stone Age Romeos (1955) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka, Dee Green, Nancy Saunders, Virginia Hunter
The stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to a museum that
cavemen still exist. They return from their expedition with a film
purporting to show some stone age stooges defending their women from
other cavemen. The museum curators are about to pay they reward,
until they overhear the stooges talking about how they faked the
film, with themselves playing the cavemen.
[ The stone age footage is reused from "I'm a Monkey's Uncle". ]
164. Wham Bam Slam (1955) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Matt McHugh, Alyn Loar, Dora Revier, Wanda Perry
Shemp is a sick man with a bad case of nerves. The stooge's friend
Claude, a self-taught healer, tries to cure Shemp with various home-
made remedies. When nothing seems to work, Claude suggests they buy
his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp on a trip to the
country. The car won't start, and the trip never gets off the
ground, but not to worry, Shemp is cured by all the excitement.
[ A remake of "Pardon my Backfire".]
165. Hot Ice (1955) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Kenneth MacDonald, Christyne McIntyre, Barbara Bartay
The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking
they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When
they accidentally see a memo about the theft a famous diamond, the
boys decide to go after the crooks. They find the crooks, but Shemp
accidentally swallows the diamond which was hidden in a bowl of
candy. The bad guys want to cut the diamond out, but the boys foil
them with the help of a friendly gorilla.
[ A remake of "Crime on Their Hands", with Scotland Yard footage from
"Hot Scots". ]
166. Blunder Boys (1955) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka, Kenneth MacDonald
The stooges go to criminology school and graduate with the lowest
possible honors. The boys join the police force and are assigned to
track down a crook called the "Eel", who disguises himself as a
woman. The stooges track the Eel to a hotel, but he slips through
their hands after a wild chase. The stooges are booted off the
force and wind up as ditch diggers.
167. Husbands Beware (1956) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Christyne McIntyre, Dee Green, Emil Sitka, Lou Leonard,
Maxine Gates
To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six
o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his
repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time.
When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance,
they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp
marries his student before the deadline, and then finds out that
there is no inheritance. Moe and Larry have tricked him into
marriage as revenge for their marrying his shrewish sisters.
[ A remake of "Brideless Groom".]
168. Creeps (1956) ***
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Director: Jules White
The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night
are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky
old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Sir Tom, who has no
intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take
the armor, and is about to skewer them with a sword when it's
revealed that the stooges were only telling a bedtime story to their
"sons" (also played by the stooges.)
[ A remake of "The Ghost Talks".]
169. Flagpole Jitters (1956) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Beverly Thomas, Barbara Bartay, Mary Ainslee, Bonnie
Mensunm Dan Harvey, David Bond, Frank Sully, Dick
Alexander, Vernon Dent
The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is
confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope
to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist,
doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are
hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground.
When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament
they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning
reward money to pay for Mary's operation.
[ A remake of "Hocus Pocus".]
170. For Crimin Out Loud (1956) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Ralph Dunn, Barbara Bartay, Christyne McIntyre, Emil
Sitka, Duke York, Charles Knight
The stooges are private detectives hired to protect a rich
politician. After the man disappears, the boys wander around his
spooky mansion confronting various villains and a dangerous dame.
The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his "trusty shovel") and
find the missing man.
[ A remake of "Who Done it?". This was the last short with new
footage of Shemp. ]
171. Rumpus in the Harem (1956) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Vernon Dent, George Lewis, Helen Jay, Harriette Tarler,
Diana Darvin, Suzanne Ridgeway, Ruth Godfrey White
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys
need money to pay their fiancee's taxes, or the girls will be sold
as slaves. Some crooks come into their restaurant and convince the
boys to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond. The stooges
decide to return the diamond to the government and get the reward
money. They learn that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the
contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they
disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the
diamond.
[ A remake of "Malice in the Palace". Joe Palma (face hidden)
stands in for Shemp. ]
172. Hot Stuff (1956) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka, Christyne McIntyre, Connie Cezan, Evelyn
Lovequist, Andri Pola, Vernon Dent, Harold Brower, Phil
Van Zandt
The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor
Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for
the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to
the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket
fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to
pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor
and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape,
using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.
[ A remake of "Fuelin Around". Joe Palma (face hidden) stands in
for Shemp. ]
173. Scheming Schemers (1956) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Christyne McIntyre, Kenneth McDonald, Symona Boniface,
Emil Sitka, Dudley Dickerson, H. Coons
The stooges are three incompetent plumbers who foul up the plumbing
in a fancy mansion where a society party is going on. They manage
to catch a couple of thieves masquerading as guests before the whole
party degenerates into a pie fight.
[ A remake of "Vagabond Loafers", with footage from "A Plumbing we
will go" and "Half-Wits Holiday". Joe Palma (face hidden) stands in
for Shemp. ]
174. Commotion on the Ocean (1956) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Gene Roth, Harriette Taylor, Emil Sitka
The stooges are would-be reporters, who are tricked into becoming
stowaways by "Borscht", a spy for an enemy country. Stranded on a
freighter on the high seas, they discover that Borscht has concealed
some stolen microfilm in watermelons they brought aboard for him.
After a wild chase, they subdue Borscht and recover the microfilm.
[ A remake of "Dunked in the Deep". Joe Palma (face hidden) stands
in for Shemp. ]
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175. Hoofs and Goofs (1957) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Benny Rubin, Hariette Tayler, Tony the Wonder Horse
Joe dreams that the stooge's sister Birdie has died and been
reincarnated as a horse. The stooges take Birdie home but must
conceal her from the snoopy landlord. They succeed, but more
complications ensue when Birdie gives birth to a colt. Joe wakes up
to suffer some abuse from the real Birdie (Moe in drag), when he
tells her he dreamed she was a horse.
176 Muscle up a Little Closer (1957) **+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Maxine Gates, Matt Murphy, Ruth Godfrey White, Hariette
Tayler
Joe is engaged but can't get married until he recovers the
engagement ring which has disappeared. The stooges suspect the ring
was stolen by Elmo, a beefy bully, who works at the same factory
they do. They confront Elmo in the company gym, but he's too tough
for them. Fortunately Joe's girl is even tougher, and she gets Elmo
to confess and return the ring.
177. A Merry Mix-up (1957) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Nannette Bordeaux, Jean Carmen, Ruth Godfrey White,
Suzanne Ridgeway, Hariette Tayler, Diana Darrin
The stooges appear in triplicate as three sets of triplets who were
separated a long time ago. Their reunion causes confusion and
troubles for various wives and sweethearts, but it all works out in
the end.
178. Space Ship Sappy (1957) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Benny Rubin, Emil Sitka, Lorraine Crawford, Hariette
Tayler, Marilyn Hanold, Doreen Woodbury
An eccentric scientist tricks the stooges into joining himself and
his daughter on an expedition to Venus. On Venus, the boys go
exploring and encounter some cannibalistic amazons who plan to
devour them. The stooges escape and take off in the spaceship which
goes wildly out of control. As the ship is about to crash, the
scene changes to the annual meeting of the Liars Club, where the
stooges win the prize as the biggest liars in the world.
179. Guns A-Poppin (1957) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Frank Sully, Joe Palma, Vernon Dent
Told in flashback, Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. It
seems that Moe was in debt and suffering a nervous breakdown so
Larry and Joe took him to the country for rest and relaxation.
After a marauding bear ruined the peace and quiet, their cabin
became the scene of a shoot-out between the sheriff and an escaped
outlaw. The boys captured the bad guy, and the reward would have
paid Moe's debts, but the crook escaped and Moe went after Larry and
Joe with an ax.
[ A partial remake of "Idiots Deluxe". ]
180. Horsing Around (1957) **+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka, Hariette Tayler, Tony the Wonder Horse
A sequel (sort of) to "Hoofs and Goofs", The stooges are taking care
of their sister Birdie who has been reincarnated as a horse. When
they learn that her mate "Schnapps", a famous circus horse, is about
to be destroyed, they got to the circus grounds to rescue him. The
stooges are successful, and Birdie and Schnapps are reunited.
181. Rusty Romeos (1957) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Connie Cezan
The stooges don't know it, but they are all engaged to the same
girl, a gold-digger who plans to get an engagement ring from each of
them and then abandon them. When all three show up at her house at
the same time, a wild fight ensues, as each stooge accuses the
others of making time with "his" girl. The gold-digger gets it in
the end (literally) with tacks shot from a repeating rifle.
[ A remake of "Corny Casanovas". ]
182. Outer Space Jitters (1957) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Emil Sitka, Gene Roth, Dan Blocker, Phil Van Zandt, Joe
Palma, Harriette Tayler, Diana Darrin, Arline Hunter
The stooges accompany professor Jones on an expedition to Venus,
where they discover that the Venusians are planning to conquer the
earth with an army of zombies. When the boys learn that they're
going to be turned into zombies, they escape. The scene changes to
the stooges apartment where we learn they are just telling a bedtime
story to their kids (also played by the stooges) while they wait for
the baby sitter to arrive. When the baby sitter shows up, she looks
like one of the zombies and the boys exit in a hurry.
[ Dan Blocker of "Bonanza" fame plays a zombie. ]
183. Quiz Whiz (1958) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Greta Thyssen, Gene Roth, Milton Frome, Bill Brawer, Emil
Sitka
Joe wins a contest and is promptly fleeced out of his winnings by
some con men. When the stooges go to recover his money, the bad
guys convince them that they can get rich by posing as children and
becoming the wards of a millionaire. The boys go along with the
plan, not realizing that the "millionaire" and his pretty niece are
in on the scam and are planning to knock them off. The stooges foil
the plan and recover Joe's money.
184. Fifi Blows Her Top (1958) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Vanda Dupre, Phil Van Zandt, Harriette Tarler, Joe Palma,
Hariette Tayler, Christyne McIntyre (stock footage)
The stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After
they finish their tales, they discover that Joe's girl Fifi, whom he
left behind in Paris, has moved in next door. The only problem is
that she's now married, with a very jealous husband. The husband
turns out to be a real cad, and when Fifi overhears him tell about
his plans to find a new wife, she clobbers him and goes back to Joe.
[ Some reused footage from "Love at First Bite". ]
185. Pies and Guys (1958) ***+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Greta Thyssen, Gene Roth, Milton Frome, Helen Dickson,
Hariette Tayler, John Kascier, Symona Boniface (stock
footage)
A professor attempts to win a bet by turning the stooges into
gentlemen. After some lessons in etiquette, the boys make their
society debut at a fancy party. They soon revert to their old
habits and a wild pie fight ensues.
[ A remake of "Half-Wits Holiday. ]
186. Sweet and Hot (1958) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Muriel Landers
Nightclub performer Larry wants Joe and his sister Tiny to join the
act. The only problem is that Tiny is afraid to sing in front of
people. They take her to a psychiatrist (Moe) who cures her, and
the act is a success.
187. Flying Saucer Daffy (1958) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Harriette Tayler, Emil Sitka, Gail Bonney, Bek Nelson,
Diana Darrin
Joe accidentally takes a picture of a paper plate which Moe and
Larry submit to a magazine as an authentic picture of a flying
saucer. Moe and Larry collect a big prize, but when the picture is
proven to be phony, they're hauled off to Jail. Joe then gets a
picture of a real spaceship and this time he gets the fame and
fortune, while Moe and Larry wind up in a sanitarium.
188. Oils Well That Ends Well (1958) ***
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Director: Jules White
The stooges need money for their father's operation, so they head
for the country to prospect for uranium. Instead of uranium, they
discover oil on their father's property and all their troubles are
solved.
[ Oil gusher footage from "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise". ]
189. Triple Crossed (1958) **+
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Diana Darrin, Mary Ainslee, Angela Stevens
Larry is a pet dealer who's seeing Moe's wife while at the same time
trying to steal Joe's fiancee. When Moe's become suspicious, Larry
attempts to frame Joe as the boyfriend. Larry's plan backfires when
Joe catches him and lets Moe deliver some punishment.
[ A remake of "He Cooked His Goose". ]
190. Sappy Bullfighters (1959) ***
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Director: Jules White
Cast : Greta Thyssen, George Lewis
Stranded in Mexico, the stooges need a job and a pretty actress
friend gets them an engagement at the Plaza de Toros. When they
accidentally switch suitcases with that of their friend, they must
sneak into her house to retrieve their own and are confronted by her
jealous husband who vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the
arena where they perform a comedy bullfight (Joe is the matador, Moe
and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants
to let a real bull into the ring. Joe knocks the bull out with a
head butt and becomes a hero.
[ A remake of "What's the Matador". ]
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