Even as IOU (1942)

Director:

Del Lord

Writer:

Felix Adler (story)

Release Date:

18 September 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Tagline:

A 1000 to 1 howler!

Plot:

A destitute mother and child move into the stooge's vacant lot home and the boys decide to help them...

Plot Keywords:

Colt | Piggy Bank | Foot Chase | Slapstick | Human Mannequin

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Ruth Skinner	...	Mrs. Blake
Stanley Blystone	...	Ventriloquist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Bletcher	...	Seabasket, the Horse (voice) (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers	...	Dr. O.B. Stretrick (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin	...	Gate Man (uncredited)
Lew Davis	...	Race Announcer (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Motorist (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	...	Ventriloquist's Pal (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Police Chief (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway	...	Woman at Racetrack (uncredited)
Bert Young	...	Betting Window Clerk (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Felix Adler		story and screenplay

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

Cinematography by
L. William O'Connell		(as L.W. O'Connell)

Film Editing by
Paul Borofsky

Music Department
John Leipold	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

USA:15 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Quotes:

Seabasket, the Horse:I beat Filet Mignon, in the Porterhouse Stakes.

Even As IOU Is Something Funny!

I first saw this short when I first bought The Three Stooges Collection Volume Three, and what am I going to say about this? Listen here, Even As IOU is something funny! No wait, this is not something funny, it is something extremely hysterical! Like a lot of other Three Stooges shorts that I have seen in my life, this is another one that I was laughing out loud at! Well anyway, I am willing to bet that this is going to be a short that a lot of fans of The Three Stooges are simply going to adore! So in short, if you are looking for an extremely hysterical Three Stooges short film to kill a quarter of an hour, then Even As IOU is a good one to watch and laugh at!

Well all in all, if you are an enormous fan of the totally and completely hysterical Three Stooges and are looking for a hysterical short to watch, then I would advise that you see this short. Because in my point of view, you are going to be laughing and laughing yourself silly when you watch this short! I mean that the chances are you won't be able to stop laughing no matter how hard you try to stop!

So all in all, this is totally, completely, incredibly, and not to mention outrageously hysterical!

10/10