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Columbia
Shorts 1937
20.
GRIPS, GRUNTS, AND GROANS
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Jan. 15 / Prod. No. 259 / 19
m / ap Jules White / d
Preston Black / st
Searle Kramer and Herman Boxer / scr Clyde
Bruckman / ph Benjamin Kline / e
Charles Nelson / C: Harrison Greene (Ivan
Bustoff), Casey Columbo (Tony, the Fight Promoter), Herb Stagman (Pinkie,
Sparring Partner), Chuck Callahan (Waiter), Blackie Whiteford (Mugg),
Elaine Waters (Perfume Girl), Cy Schindell (Ironhead), Tony Chavez,
Budd Fine, Sam Lufkin, Bill Irving and Harry Wilson (Bit Men)
SYN:
Moe, Larry and Curly are unemployed (imagine that) and
living in a boxcar. They get chased out of the railyard and stumble
into jobs at the Hangover Athletic Club. They quickly earn positions
as trainers and sparring partner, respectively, to the World Champion
Wrestler, Ivan Bustoff. The night before the big match, the Stooges
take Bustoff out and get him loaded and Curly has a bout with a woman's
bottle of Wild Hyacinth (a perfume which drives him wild). Before
Bustoff's championship bout, Moe learns that Tony, the fight promoter,
has wagered a huge bankroll on Bustoff to win. In a desperate attempt
to revive the very anebriated Bustoff, Curly and Larry accidentally
drop dumbbells on his head, and knock him out cold. With the champ
down and out for the count, Moe decides "It's better for one
to die than three" so Curly puts on a fake beard and disguises
himself as Bustoff. During the match, however, Curly does miserably
until Moe grabs a lady spectator's bottle of Wild Hyacinth. The scent
of the perfume not only enables Curly to win the fight but to knock
out everyone else in sight! It's just a good thing Larry didn't have
his violin and break out with a few bars of "Weasel". The
place would have never been the same.
Quick
Hits:
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Did you know that Curly goes fighting mad in another short? Yep,
in
Punch Drunks (1934) each
time Curly hears the tune "Pop Goes the Weasel" he loses
it, destroying everything in sight.
SD:
4 (M 11/2 to T 11/5/36)
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