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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304092088
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304092083
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: July 02, 1996
Running Time: 19 minutes
Sales Rank: 29379
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 29, 1935
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"Hoi Polloi" (1935) is the 10th short made by the Three Stooges for Columbia and we still see the spelling "Curley" in the credits. It contains the hoary plot of two professors betting on whether training can improve upon heredity, one of them risking $3 million on making gentlemen of you-know-whom. Their training sessions might have been based on those in Pygmalion, while the chaos the Stooges cause at the high-class party is predictable. The ending, however, is most curious, with the high-society group taking up all the Curly mannerisms as a new fad. The slap count, according to Michael Flemming's The Three Stooges, an Illustrated History, is 48, Moe being particularly aggressive in this offering.
"A Gem of a Jam" (1943, #76) concerns a wounded crook whose accomplices mistake the Stooges for doctors. The highlights of this entry are a plaster- covered Curly looking like the silent film monster Der Golem and the racially stereotyped but truly funny fright reactions of the black comedian Dudley Dickerson, who plays a night watchman.
"Half-Shot Shooters" (1936, #14) manages some social commentary as the Stooges, recently discharged from the Army, cannot find food or a job. Having bidden a violent farewell to their commanding officer, they are tricked into re-enlisting and guess who their new C.O. turns out to be. Using a few vaudeville routines that would be repeated by Abbott & Costello in Buck Privates and several other World War II comedies, this film ends with the boys actually being killed.
The Columbia transfers are as good as you can get. --Frank Behrens
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This tape begins with an advertisement for other Three Stooges VHS tapes featuring the novelty song "The Curly Shuffle." However, unlike many advertisements, this one does not spoil any of the films on the tape.
All of the shorts feature Moe, Larry, and Curly.
This tape begins with Hoi Polloi from 1935. It begins with two aristocratic men arguing about whether heredity or environment is the deciding factor in a man's behavior. The two make a bet forcing the one in favor ... Read More
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This tape is definitly one of the better Stooge tapes. All three shorts are great, but not equally funny.
HOI POLLOI- one of the best Stooge shorts ever. In it a scentist thinks he can transform the Stooges into gentlemen (he fails , but it's the thought that counts). The dance scene in this short would fall under the "do as I say, not as I do" category when the Stooges are all doing exactly what their dance teacher does. They might have actually learned to dance ... Read More
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This tape makes me laugh so much almost everytime I watch it! These shorts were made during the boy's prime years. I recommend this tape to anyone who wants a laugh!
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The only things that save this tape are HOI POLLOI and the second half of A GEM OF A JAM.
HOI POLLOI (1935) is the earliest Three Stooges short that I would give an A rating. It's hilarious and has great gags. There's only one thing missing, a great pie fight. It mentions on the back of the box that there was a scene where Moe threw a creampuff, but it got stuck in someone's throat. The scene ended up getting deleated, probably for time. This should've been nominated for an academy award. ... Read More
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HOI POLLOI (1935) - A classic short! This had a very clever premise (a spoof of "Pygmalion") which would be reused with the Stooges countless times in the future. The ending is definitely hilarious. One of the Stooges best.
A GEM OF A JAM (1943) - Quite weak. This hardly had any plot, but doesn't have that much funny gags to back it up. Del Lord's usual excellent directorial efforts slipped noticably around this period. Dudley Dickerson was hilarious as usual, though, as the security guard. ... Read More
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