Rl.
May 5 / Prod. No. 4116 / 161/2
m / p d Jules White / st
scr Felix Adler / ph
Vincent Farrar / e
Edwin Bryant / a Robert
Peterson / C: Mary Ainslee (Mary), Vernon Dent (Insurance
Adjuster) and Jimmy Lloyd (Cliff)
SYN:
As a part of a publicity stunt,
the Great Svengarlic ("He'll Steal Your Breath Away!") hypnotizes
the Stooges to walk on a horizontal flagpole 20 stories above the
ground. When a bicyclist knocks the hypnotist unconcious, however,
the Stooges break out of their spell to find that they are several
stories above the street below. They cling onto the pole for dear
life, but it breaks, and the Stooges come crashing into an insurance
office a floor below where their so-called friend, Mary, is receiving
a check for $25,000 for her injury. The Stooges crash, however, startles
Mary, causing her to jump right out of her wheelchair blowing her
claim that she is crippled. Unexpectedly, the Stooges are once again
the saviors of the day.
Quick
Hits:
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Did you know that Shemp Howard was
once named "The Ugliest Man in Hollywood" by his own agent
as a gimmick to get Shemp's name in the limelight?
WT:
Three Blind Mice / FN: Reworked
as Flagpole Jitters (4/5/56), using stock footage. Stock shot
of flagpole cracking was from The Taming of the Snood (6/28/40),
with Buster Keaton.
