Rl.
Feb 28 / Prod. No. 4043 / 17
m / p Hugh McCollum / d
st scr Edward Bernds
/ ph Burnett
Guffey / e
Henry Batista / a Charles Clague / C:
Vernon Dent (Prof. Panzer), Robert Williams (Mr. Beedle), Frank Lackteen
(Nikko) and Art Miles (Igor, the Ape).
SYN:
The Stooges are paperhanges working for Mr. Beedles.
They wallpaper his apartment and turn it into a disaster area, losing
their jobs as a result. They find work at the home of Professor Panzer,
an eccentric scientist with a flare for the abnormal. They quickly
realize that Panzer has some screwy plans that could include the Stooges
in an unusual experiment. It seems Panzer is trying to transfer the
brain of a human into his pet ape, Igor, and naturally, needing a
small enough brain, Curly's fits the bill with perfection. Realizing
the professors plans, the trio fight their way out, aided by a machine
gun weilding ape who has understandably developed a liking for Curly.
Quick
Hits:
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Moe referred to Igor the Gorilla as
"Ingagy". Ingagy was the title of a low budget
horror film about a monster gorilla.
SD:
5 (M4/9 50 F 4/13/45) Filmed on Stage 19 / PS: For the
most part, Stooges two-reelers took three to four days to film. But
A Bird in the Head went a fifth day because of the death of President
Roosevelt, director Edward Bernds said. Columbia Studios was shut down
and everybody went home, returning the next day to finish up.
