Rl.
Nov. 1 / Prod. No. 4179 / 16
m / p d Hugh McCollum
/ st scr
Edward Bernds /
ph Henry Freulich / e
Edwin Bryant / a Charles
Clague / C: Jean Willes (King's daughter, Luana), Kenneth
MacDonald (Varanu, the witch doctor), Emil Sitka (Mr. Baines), Maxine
Doviat (Kawana), Lei Aloha (Armed Idol) and Joy Windsor (Bit Girl)
SYN:
B.O. Pictures is in a real pickle.
It's next film (a South Pacific musical) is being postponed until
the natives on the island where this epic is being produced learn
to dance. Studio President Mr. Baines, asks for the studio's finest
dance instructor (Mr. Shemp Howard) and his two assistants, to solve
the predicament by teaching the Raribongan natives how to dance. When
the boys arrive on the island, however, they meet up with a nasty
witchdoctor named Varanu, who wants to add their heads to his shrunken
head collection. Varanu also wants the King's daughter Luana to be
his bride. The Stooges come along and through some magical act of
disarray manage to ruin both of Varanu's plans of contentment.
Quick
Hits:
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Did you know that this short was the
only short ever directed by long-time producer Hugh McCollum? He
was filling in for director Edward Bernds, who was busy directing
a B-feature for Columbia.
FN:
Multi-armed idol gag was first used in Some More of Samoa (12/4/41).
