No Census, No Feeling (1940)

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Harry Edwards (story) &
Elwood Ullman (story) ...
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Release Date:

4 October 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Tagline:

Those madcap merchants of mirth score a laugh touchdown!

Plot:

The stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game...

Plot Keywords:

Alum | Census Taker | Reference To Napoleon | Mistaken Identity | Security Guard

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Bennett	...	Football Player #20 (uncredited)
Symona Boniface	...	Bridge Party Hostess (uncredited)
Max Davidson	...	Storekeeper (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Moe's Bridge Partner (uncredited)
Frank Mills	...	Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	...	Napping Man (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer	...	Bridge Player (uncredited)
Evelyn Young	...	Slapping Lady in Street (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits
Harry Edwards		(story) &
Elwood Ullman		(story)
Harry Edwards		(screenplay) &
Elwood Ullman		(screenplay)

Produced by
Del Lord	....	producer
Hugh McCollum	....	producer

Cinematography by
Lucien Ballard		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Art Seid		(as Arthur Seid)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1940) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Screen Gems Television

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Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Just before the boys go to the football game, they hear a commotion in the distance. Curly says, "Maybe it's the Fourth of July!" Moe says, "The Fourth of July in October?" Curly replies, "You never can tell. Look what they did to Thanksgiving." This reference is lost on most people today. Before 1939, Thanksgiving was not a fixed date, but relied on a Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation each year. Lincoln began the national holiday in 1863 and most people were used to Thanksgiving being the last Thursday of November. In 1939 (the year before this short was released), President Roosevelt changed the date of the national holiday, much to the disagreement of many of the states' governors and their citizens. This change added an extra week of holiday shopping, which pleased the leaders of big business. The move was quite controversial and it wasn't until the end of 1941 that Congress passed a law to settle the dispute and establish the "fourth Thursday" of November as our Thanksgiving Day.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Since the boys are in uniform there should have been a too many men on the field penalty called.

Quotes:

Curly:Roses are red, and how do you do? Drink four of these and woo, woo, woo, woo!

Movie Connections:

References The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

The Stooges as government employees?

No Census, No Feeling (1940) was a short that the three stooges did during the U.S. census year of 1940. The three lovable losers are down on their luck. After being harassed by a police officer. Moe, Larry and Curley hide in a line that they mistake for a soup kitchen. When they emerge from the building, they're given a job as census takers (for those who live outside the States, every ten years, the U.S. government hires people to become census takers). What kind of bizarre adventure do the boys get mixed up in this time? This is one of their best shorts so I advise you to watch and find out!

Highly recommended.