Grips, Grunts and Groans (1937)

Director:

Jack White

Writers:

Clyde Bruckman (screenplay)
Searle Kramer (story) ...
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Release Date:

13 January 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Sport

Plot:

Although circumstances force an over-matched Curly into a wrestling ring against a superior opponent, a spectator's perfume proves to be his secret weapon.

Plot Keywords:

Wrestler | Wrestling | Riding The Rails | Tickling Feet | Turkey Dinner

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Callahan	...	Waiter #3 (uncredited)
Tony Chavex	...	Ironhead (uncredited)
Casey Colombo	...	Tony (uncredited)
Budd Fine	...	Man in Railyard (uncredited)
Harrison Greene	...	Ivan Bustoff (uncredited)
William Irving	...	Waiter #1 (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Cy Schindell	...	Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Herb Stagman	...	Kid Pinkie (uncredited)
Everett Sullivan	...	Policeman on Telephone (uncredited)
Elaine Waters	...	Perfume Girl (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford	...	Tony's Henchman (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Workout Partner (uncredited)

Directed by
Jack White		(as Preston Black)

Writing credits
Clyde Bruckman		(screenplay)
Searle Kramer		(story) and
Herman Boxer		(story)

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline		(as Benjamin Kline)

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Music Department
Louis Silvers	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1937) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)

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Runtime:

19 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

When the Stooges (stunt doubles) stumble over the baby carriage, notice at first there's only a blanket by the carriage, but in the next shot, an actual infant has been placed there.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt doubles for Moe, Larry, and Curly during chase scene near beginning of film.

Quotes:

Moe:What's a matter, kid, ya nervous?
Curly:Nooo, I'm scared.

Classic Comedy

Grips, Grunts and Groans (1937)

**** (out of 4)

Three Stooges short has the boys finding themselves in a jam so they duck into a wrestling gym where the top guy takes a liking to them. The four go out for drinks but the wrestler gets too drunk and can't enter the ring so Curly has to take his place. Even though Curly doesn't know what he's doing he can still go psycho whenever he smells a certain type of perfume. The storyline is pretty similar to their Pop Goes the Weasel but I won't hold it against this film as it's certainly one of their funniest. There were countless scenes that had tears flowing from my eyes due to laughter and I'm not sure I've ever seen Curly go so crazy. There are countless great scenes here including one where the boys are being chased off a train and eventually run over a baby carriage. Another classic is the getting drunk sequence but there's no doubt the highlight is the final sequence where Curly smells too much perfume and flips out on everyone. This is certainly one of the funniest films out there.