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Hoi Polloi (1935)

19 min  -  Comedy | Short  -   29 August 1935 (USA)
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A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Felix Adler (story), Felix Adler (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard
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Cast

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Moe Howard Moe Howard ...
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Larry Fine Larry Fine ...
Larry (as Larry)
Curly Howard Curly Howard ...
Curley (as Curley)
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Storyline

A professor bets that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen. After many attempts to teach them etiquette, he brings them to a fancy society party. The stooges new found manners don't last very long, and the party quickly degenerates. By the end, the other guests have adopted stooge-like behavior and the stooges leave as gentlemen. Written by Mitch Shapiro <mshapiro@a.crl.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Professor | Pygmalion | Bet | Etiquette | Role Reversal  | See more »

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Meet the new darlings of society

Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Columbia Pictures Corporation See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

The rubbish truck scene was filmed on location on Larchmont Street south of Hollywood. The Larchmont Theatre, then showing Mississippi is visible in this scene. Also the (then) HOLLYWOODLAND sign can briefly be glimpsed in the upper right corner of the screen. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Professor Richmond pokes one of the party guests in the eye and in the next shot, the same guest puts a hand on his cheek indicating that he had been slapped. See more »

Quotes

Moe: [reading] "See the deer. Has the deer any doe?"
Curly: Yeah, two bucks!
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Connections

Edited into In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941) See more »