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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302801293
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 630280129X
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: January 28, 1997
Running Time: 17 minutes
Sales Rank: 15420
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 1940
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"Half Wits' Holiday" (1947, short number 97 in the Columbia series) is an unnecessary remake of "Hoi Polloi" from 1935, in which a bet is made that the boys can/cannot be transformed into being acceptable to high society. Needless to say the experiment is a dismal failure right down to the last thrown pie. Here the table-manners lesson in pantomime is overly long and too familiar to those who saw it all before, most notably in Laurel & Hardy's "Oliver the Eighth." This is, however, Curly's last film in the series because of a stroke during the shooting, and Shemp was called in to replace him "temporarily." A sad farewell to a great clown.
"Horses' Collars" (1935, number 5) is fairly lethargic until the final sequence in which mouse-hating Curley (as his name is spelled then) wreaks havoc on foe and friend alike. As will happen many times with variations, something triggers uncontrollable rage in the oversized Stooge. Only three films earlier, it was "Pop Goes the Weasel" and later it would be the sight of tassels! There is one good coin-shooting sequence in which Moe aims at a tossed $5 coin and turns it to change. In the hanging sequence, the harnesses from which Larry and Moe are suspended are clearly visible.
"How High Is Up?" (1940, number 48) is plotless and devotes far too much footage to trying to get Curly out of a tight sweater. Once they are up on the 97th floor of a building under construction, only Curly's balletic skills save the film from utter predictability. Even Laurel & Hardy could not make gold out of this high-on-a-skyscraper situation. Actor spotters might notice Bruce Bennet (otherwise known as Herman Brix when he played Tarzan) as a bit player. --Frank Behrens
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Half Wits Holiday (1947)
Curly's last official stooge short, two professors wanna get a guy whose in the lowest form and when the stooges show up after Moe brains Larry and Curly the professors found their men, they have about 2 months to rearrange themselves from men to gentlemen, if successful they get $1000. Sadly this was the short when Curly suffered a major stroke which disabled him from doing anymore stooge work although he had a cameo in Half Wits Holiday and Jules White made the other ... Read More
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HALF-WITS HOLIDAY (1947) is sad, but excellent. The party scene is funny with it's pie fight, but the sad part is how Curly is sick. This is his last film. He turned in a good short, and did Moe and Larry. You will forget about Curly once the wild pie fight starts. A remake of HOI POLLOI (1935) and later remade as PIES AND GUYS (1958).
HORSES COLLARS (1935) is bad because it's a western. Nothing even special. Forget this. One of my top ten least favorite shorts.
HOW HIGH IS UP ... Read More
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HALF-WITS HOLIDAY (1946) is a very hard short to watch. Curly, who was ill at the time, suffered another stroke during the filming of this short, and was taken to the hospital while Moe, Larry, and the crew finished filming without Curly. Curly's absense in the rest of the film is too noticeable, and it's hard to watch this knowing what happened to poor Curly. The film is a HOI POLLOI (1935), and that one is better.
HORSES' COLLARS (1935) - . An early Stooge short and I never liked this one ... Read More
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I hate to say this about whoever reviewed this movie and said it was "great", but they were incredibly wrong. I wouldn't say this movie is bad, but I totally disagree with the opinions of that one reviewer. On this video there seems to be a great episode, an o.k episode, and a horrible episode. Here are my opinions on the 3 shorts.. "Half-Wits Holiday" is too hard for me to watch, and I don't know WHERE that guy got his opinions from, saying this is one of their best. I would safely say this is ... Read More
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This is a great tape for any Three Stooges fan. I would have to say that there are many tapes better that this one, but it is still a must for any fan.
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