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"Hold That Lion" (1947, number 100) has the only scene of this series in which all four stooges appear! Looking for the archvillain Slipp (the mustached Kenneth McDonald, the eternal baddie of this series), they run across a certain sleeping person (with a full head of hair) who goes woo-woo and barks in his sleep. A very touching moment for actors and for fans. The intrusion of a lion onto the trains adds little past giving the wonderful comic Dudley Dickerson a small chance to do his thing.
There is little originality in the plot of "Who Done It?" (1949, number 114), in which a prominent citizen (played by Emil Stika) is attacked after calling in detectives--who are first seen tied up after a robbery of their own office. They arrive at the usual spooky house and are threatened by sexy Christine McIntyre and three other creeps, and there is little they can do for most of the film except run from room to room, doing more damage to each other than to the crooks. There is the old routine of switching the poisoned drinks around, but Shemp's reaction to drinking the poison--done in quick motion and presumably by a stuntman--is hilarious. There is also a good "turning out the lights" fight that does show some imagination. --Frank Behrens
| ACTORS: | Moe Howard, Larry Fine |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Edward Bernds |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 03 March, 1949 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia/Tristar Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Serials |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396902633 |
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The first appearance of Shemp and the last short with Curly The history outweighs the comedy in this particular collection of Three Stooges videos. "Fright Night" was the 98th short the Three Stooges did for Columbia, but the historical importance was that this 1947 two-reeler was the first in which Shemp teamed with Moe and Larry in the wake of Curly's stroke. Despite the title, this is a boxing comedy, where the Stooges are training a heavyweight named Chopper, but Big Mike tells they boys that their fighter had better lose to Gorilla Watson. Somehow the Stooges end up in a warehouse begging for their lives, and Shemp not only gets to save the day but has a passionate death scene when red paint spills on him. So there was clearly no effort to put the "new" Stooge in the background the first time out.
"Hold That Lion" marks Curly's last moment on film with the Stooges, albeit in a cameo in which he sports a full head of hair. This 1947 comedy was also the 100th for the Stooges at Columbia, so it is nice that fate arranged for this to be the only short with four Stooges. The plot has the boys after an inheritance with which a shady executor, Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald), is trying to skip town. Slipp gets the better of the Stooges at first, but they track him down to a train, try to wake up Curly, let a lion out of its cage, and eventually get their man and their money. This one is nowhere near as good as "Fright Night," but of equal historical importance.
"Who Done It?" is a 1949 comedy in which rich Mr. Goodrich (Emil Sitka) has hired the Alert Detective Agency (the Stooges) to protect him from the Phantom Gang. They show up too late and then there is a lot of nonsense with Shemp getting a rat poison drink from a beautiful girl and a fireplace shovel. This is a lesser outing for the Stooges that should not even be on the tape with the other two shorts. It is also a shame that this lame effort serves as the title for this Three Stooges video, because fans of the boys would be more likely to recognize either of the other two titles because of their importance.
Shemp at his best.......and craziest!
FRIGHT NIGHT (1947) - A great short. It involves Shemp as a boxer. Before he was a stooge, he actually was a boxer! The warehouse chase scene at the end was simply hilarious.
HOLD THAT LION! (1947) - A stooge classic. The whole thing is laugh-out-loud hilarious! This particular short is also special. It has a cameo appearance by Curly....WITH HAIR!
WHO DONE IT? (1949) - This short is a true stooge gem. The scene where Shemp gets wacked-out from poison is fall-out-of-your-chair funny! As well as the end, when Shemp says his last lines.
FRIGHT NIGHT, HOLD THAT LION!, WHO DONE IT?: All stooge gems. This would have to be one of the best stooge tapes to own!
Well, who done it?
A great tape, with some excellent, fast-paced shorts.
FRIGHT NIGHT is Shemp's first Stooge short, and a very funny one at that. The chase through the warehouse is hilarious. Shemp's boxing scenes are excellent. This is actually Shemp's favorite Three Stooges short because it involved boxing, a sport he admired a lot.
HOLD THAT LION is a hilarious short, with Kenneth MacDonald at his best, as I. Slipp. There is also a cameo by Curly in this short, with a full head of hair. The Stooges pull up a hat off of his face and see Curly. He barks like a dog a does his famous "woo woo woo".
WHO DONE IT? is another great short. The Stooges are all very funny here, and this short has a great supporting cast. According to the back of the box, this short was planned by Edward Bernds as a Curly short. Shemp does the Curly shuffle in his own wonderful style. A great short, even if it does hardly have a plot.
A great tape needed to make a Stooge collection complete.