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Columbia Shorts 1947

102. SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS

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Rl. Oct. 30 / Prod. No. 4088 / 161/2 m / p d Jules White / st scr Felix Adler / ph Henry Freulich / e Edwin Bryant / a Charles Clague / C: Dee Green (Bit Girl), Harold Brauer (Terry Hargen), Virginia Hunter (Flossie), Vernon Dent (Officer Sharp), Phil Arnold (Little Man), Cy Schindell (Henchman), Johnny Kascier (Henchman) and Bing Connelly (Bit Man)

SYN: The Stooges' Pip Boys tailor shop is in trouble; if they don't pay their bills soon, the Skin and Flint Finance Corporation will repossess needles, thread, and building. Although Shemp fantasizes about capturing recent fugitive bank robber Terry "Slippery Fingers" Hargen and collecting a huge reward, the odds seem slim that three tailors will come across the likes of such a notorious criminal. Hargen, in fact, has ducked into Pip Boys, where he is forced to pose as a motionless dummy while the Stooges remove his clothes for tailoring. He later returns for his coat, which contains the combination to a safe he plans to crack. A colossal brawl ensues in which the Stooges make expert use of their steam press and irons. Just when Hargen figures he has Shemp licked when he hitches Shemp to a revolving metal coatrack. But for every punch Hargen delivers, Shemp revolves around at breakneck speed to deliver an unintentional but devastating counter-punch. When Hargen finally hits the floor, the boys recover enough cash from the unconcious Hargen's pocket to pay Skin and Flint for a hundred tailor shops.

Quick Hits:

- Pay very close attention to the storefront windows in the beginning of this short. Larry's name is mispelled with only one "r."

- Due to a clerical error on the part of a Columbia Pictures employee in the licensing department, this short film somehow was overlooked at renewal time. As a result, it became a part of the Public Domain along with "Disorder in the Court," "Brideless Groom" and "Malice in the Palace". Once a film is in Public Domain, anyone, anywhere can use it for whatever purpose they see fit. Because of the error, the 4 short films have been sold and re-sold using numerous packaging ideas by numerous "Mom & Pop" video & DVD labels.

 

WT: Where the Vest Begins / FN: Remade as Rip, Sew and Stitch (9/3/53), using stock footage.