Flat Foot Stooges
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| Directed by | Charley Chase |
| Produced by | Charley Chase Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Charley Chase |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Dick Curtis Lola Jensen Chester Conklin Heinie Conklin Al Thompson |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Editing by | Art Seid |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 5, 1938 (U.S. |
| Running time | 15' 37" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Mutts to You |
| Followed by | Three Little Sew and Sews |
Flat Foot Stooges is the 31st 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
The trio once again play firemen (see False Alarms) at an engine company that still employs horse-powered engines. After sleazy salesman Mr. Reardon (Dick Curtis) fails to convince Fire Chief Kelly (Chester Conklin) that horse-powered engines are on the way out, he tries to sabotage the firehouse by committing arson. He drops a can of gunpowder into the old-fashioned pump boiler and the chief's daughter sees him. Reardon does not know that the can has a leak, and a duck has been eating the spilled gunpowder. The duck alights on a window ledge in the station and lays an egg, which falls to the floor and explodes like a hand grenade, starting a fire. Realizing too late that the blaze is coming from their own fire station, the Stooges manage to arrive just in time to save the chief's daughter (Lola Jensen) from the flames.
"Wrong Way" Corrigan
Upon realizing they are heading in the wrong direction, Curly quips "Hey, we're doing the Corrigan!", a reference to aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
Corrigan had recently returned from a transcontinental flight from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York to Long Beach, California. Instead of returning to New York, he bypassed it, and headed to Ireland.[1]
Flubs
A rarity among Stooge shorts, the boys are shown flubbing their lines a few times here:
- While explaining his invention, Curly says, "The horses fall on the harness", looks confused, then says "Ah - the harness falls on the horses."
- In a more obvious error, Moe asks Curly, "Whaddya expect a fire mouse - I mean, uh - firehouse mouse to smell like? A petunia?" In response, Curly pauses and mutters, "It's, you know. . .", as though he is confused from Moe's line, possibly even waiting for the director to cut.
- Moe also has an odd exchange with Larry where he appears to forget the name of the firehouse mascot:
- Moe: "Go get 'what's his name'.
- Larry: "Who?"
- Moe: "What-is-his-name?!"
- Larry: "Butch?"
- Moe: "Yeah, Butch..."
References
- ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 129; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804
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