A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.
Moe Howard
- Moe
- (as Moe)
Larry Fine
- Larry
- (as Larry)
Curly Howard
- Curley
- (as Curley)
Gail Arnold
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
- Maître d'
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Phyllis Crane
- Nichols' Daughter
- (uncredited)
Harriett De Busman
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Mary Dees
- Blonde Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Celeste Edwards
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
George B. French
- Man with cigar
- (uncredited)
Grace Goodall
- Mrs. Richmond
- (uncredited)
Robert Graves
- Prof. Nichols
- (uncredited)
Harry Holman
- Prof. Richmond
- (uncredited)
William Irving
- Larry's dance partner
- (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Billy Mann
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Kathryn McHugh
- Duchess
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGrace Goodall (Mrs. Richmond) had a near-fatal choking accident during rehearsal of a food fight scene, which never completed filming for this reason.
- GoofsAs the Professors Nichols and Richmond leave the restaurant, Nichols says he will hail a cab for the both of them. Yet, after meeting Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard a minute or two later, Richmond invites them all into his car, parked right next to the Stooges' rubbish truck. Possibly the result of a deleted scene.
- Quotes
Prof. Richmond: Can you spell cat?
Curly: Soitenly!
Prof. Richmond: Spell it!
Curly: Cat. K-I-T-T-Y, pussy.
- Alternate versionsA 2004 computer-colorized version was created, but not given a normal "Three Stooges set" release. As of now, it is only available as an extra feature on the DVD of the 2004 film Breakin' All the Rules (2004).
- ConnectionsEdited into In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
Featured review
The Three Stooges do "Pygmalion" when two elderly upper-class types make a bet that one of them can turn three tramps into society gentry; naturally, he picks up the comic trio (the local garbage collectors) off the streets and then has them take lessons from various teachers in an attempt to elevate their social standing.
As ever, there's a lot of mugging (especially from Curley) but the film does feature a couple of great moments: a dancing teacher is stung by a bee and starts doing somersaults in order to get rid of it only The Stooges, unaware of what's going on, try to keep up with her...and they all end up falling out of a window into a fountain below; then there's the inspired final gag where, after the boys make a shambles of the party in which the old men present them to their equals, the guests eventually start to mimic the antics of The Stooges rather than be shocked by their behavior (slapping each other around, uttering Moe's trademark "Spread Out!", etc).
As ever, there's a lot of mugging (especially from Curley) but the film does feature a couple of great moments: a dancing teacher is stung by a bee and starts doing somersaults in order to get rid of it only The Stooges, unaware of what's going on, try to keep up with her...and they all end up falling out of a window into a fountain below; then there's the inspired final gag where, after the boys make a shambles of the party in which the old men present them to their equals, the guests eventually start to mimic the antics of The Stooges rather than be shocked by their behavior (slapping each other around, uttering Moe's trademark "Spread Out!", etc).
- Bunuel1976
- Jan 24, 2008
- Permalink
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Хой Поллуй
- Filming locations
- DeLongpre Park - 1350 N. Cherokee Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(exterior scene-pond)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content