A Missed Fortune
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A Missed Fortune
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This Three Stooges comedy was a remake of the 1938 short Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb, with Shemp in Curly's role. The boys are having breakfast while Shemp is working on a ditty to enter in a radio contest. Moe puts Shemp's glue on his pancakes and seals his mouth shut. While dealing with this insanity, Shemp gets a call from the "Mystery Motor Jackpot Contest," and wins fifty thousand dollars when the announcer mistakes his shout of "my bunion aches!" as "Bunyon 8" -- the correct answer. So the boys dress to the nines and check in at the Hotel Costa Plenty (just like in the 1938 film). The manager proudly points out the five thousand dollar Ming vase, and the bed that goes back to Henry VIII -- it's clear that before the boys are done, both items will be decimated. After the Stooges have done their damage, the manager shows up with a registered letter. It's the contest money which, after taxes, amounts to $4.85. The boys try to hide this news from the manager, who is growing ever more suspicious. Meanwhile, in a room down the hall, three girls have heard about the contest winners and want a piece of the action. But every time they try to knock on the Stooges' door, the guys think it's the hotel manager and the girls are greeted with buckets of water. Finally the ladies fed up and money or no, they bean the boys with three empty champagne bottles. ~ Janiss Garza, RoviCast
Vernon Dent; Larry Fine - Larry; Moe Howard - Moe; Shemp Howard - Shemp; Vivian Mason; Nanette BordeauxCredit
Jules White - Director| A Miss in a Mess (1949 Film), A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008 Film) | |
| A Missouri Outlaw (1942 Film), A Mix in Masks (1911 Film) |
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A Missed Fortune
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Searle Kramer Jack White |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent Stanley Blystone Nanette Bordeaux Vivian Mason Suzanne Ridgeway |
| Cinematography | Fayte M. Browne |
| Editing by | Henry DeMond |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 3, 1952 |
| Running time | 16' 06" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Missed Fortune is the 137th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
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Plot
Shemp wins $50,000 for accidentally guessing the correct make of a car for a radio contest. The boys check in at the Hotel Costa Plente, and quickly spend their winnings. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items, which they systematically destroy. The hotel manager (Vernon Dent) then delivers a telegram to the stooge's suite, and discovers the destruction. The telegram reveals that taxes withheld from Shemp's winnings reduce the $50,000 windfall to a minuscule $4.85.
Just then, three attractive gold diggers (Nanette Bordeaux, Vivian Mason, Suzanne Ridgeway), who are also guests at the hotel, connive their way into the boys' room. After twice drenching the girls with ice water from champagne buckets, the girls hit the stooges over the head with champaign bottles.
Notes
- A Missed Fortune is a reworking of 1938's Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb.[1] Minimal stock footage, however, is utilized from the original film. When Shemp falls onto the top of the bed, the footage is actually Curly, borrowed from Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb. In that very shot, one can hear Curly yelling during his fall. Additionally, the close-up of Moe yelling "Get this Henry the VIII off my neck!" is also stock. A slight inconsistency can be noted, as the pattern on the wood changes from shot to shot. Larry taking a bath is also a stock shot.
- This is the last Three Stooges film to be released during Curly Howard's lifetime. He died on January 18, 1952.
- The glue Moe accidentally pours onto his hot cakes, "Stik Fast Glue", is ironically the very product Curly was writing a slogan for in Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb.
References
- ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 398; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4
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