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Columbia Shorts 1957

176. MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER



 

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Rl. Feb. 28 / Prod. No. 4250 / 17 m / p d Jules White / st scr Felix Adler / ph Irving Lippman / e Harold White / a Cary Odell / sd Robert Priestley / ad Mitchell Gamson / C: Maxine Gates (Tiny Ray), Ruth Godfrey White (May Trent), Matt Murphy (Elmo Drake) and Harriette Tarler (Mary Brown)

SYN: Tiny, Joe's girlfriend, is an upset hunk of woman. Her five-karat diamond diamond engagement ring has been stolen! Moe has a hunch that Elmo Drake, the trucking foreman at the plant where the Stooges and their girls work, stole the ring. His hunch is due to Drake having a pass key to every employee's locker at work. Inside the Seabisquit Food Corporation (where they work), the Stooges and Tiny confront Elmo in the gymnasium and discover that he does have a key to Tiny's locker on his person. This sets the Stooges off but Mr. Drake, being in tip-top physical condition handles the Stooges' flying fists with casual abandon. Tiny, however, is a different breed of fighter; when she takes a running leap and allows the full weight of her fury to land on Drake's chest, it's lights out! The ring and Joe are hers to adore until death do us part.

Quick Hits:

- Did you know that there were some deleted scenes at the Seabisquit Food Corporation?: Joe plays "detective," but Moe searches him, finding a concealed weapon - a salami; and Joe answers a telephone call, unaware that a wad of gum he discarded is stuck to the ear piece.

- Did you know that in a great key gag Joe has dropped hundreds of eggs on the floor and broken them? Moe is upset and isn't about to help Joe clean up the mess. But what Joe lacks in a sure grip, he makes up for in ingenuity; sprinkling oil all over the broken eggs, he proceeds to fry them with a giant blowtorch.

 

WT: Builder Uppers / SD: 3 (W 6/27 to F 6/29/56) Shot on Stage 3 at Columbia Studios.