Dizzy Doctors (1937)

The stooges get a job selling "Brighto", what they think is cleaning fluid. After ruining a cop's uniform and a new car, they discover Brighto is actually medicine. Taking their sales pitch... See full summary »

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Albert Ray (screenplay), Charlie Melson (story)

Stars:

Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)

Storyline

The stooges get a job selling "Brighto", what they think is cleaning fluid. After ruining a cop's uniform and a new car, they discover Brighto is actually medicine. Taking their sales pitch to a hospital, they get into more trouble and must leave on the run when the head of hospital turns out to be the owner of the car they ruined.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | medicine | alarm clock | ambulance | medical | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 March 1937 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ella McKenzie, the actress seen briefly as the desk nurse at the microphone, was not only the real-life daughter of Bob and Eva McKenzie (who, among other roles, played the Stooges' parents in 'The Yoke's on Me'), but was also wed to comic actor Billie Gilbert ('What you try to make for me--a fruit salad!?' in 'Pardon My Scotch") in 1937, the year 'Dizzy Doctors' was filmed.

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Quotes

Curly: A guy wants to know what to do for inflammation.
Moe: Why call us? Tell him to dial Inflammation!

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Connections

Edited into From Nurse to Worse (1940)

User Reviews

one of their best executed shorts

As a red-blooded American male, I honor my heritage and fulfill my destiny by working hard, paying taxes, and loving the work of The Three Stooges. Especially the great body of work produced during their first seven years at Columbia, from 1934-40. Moe Howard would later claim it was tough sledding for the Stooges then, because the studio kept them in a constant state of apprehension as to their future employment; but the shorts they made prior to 1940 stand the test of time as the freshest, most vibrant, and most fall-down-funny stuff they recorded on film.

"Dizzy Doctors" is a great example of this trio's comedy in it's prime. So much incident is packed into such a short running time; the boy's getting the job selling Brighto, their encounters with the cop and the car owner, their "broadcast" on the hospital intercom, the wheelchair mishap in the hospital corridor...I could go on and on. This film is hysterical.

The boys are at their peak here, years away from Curly's decline, reduced budgets, 'remakes' loaded with old footage, and Joe Besser. From 1934 until 1940 Stooge Comedy was pristine, and "Dizzy Doctors" stands as one of the best examples.