Idle Roomers (1943)

The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing ... See full summary »

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Del Lord (story), Elwood Ullman (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)
Duke York	...	Lupe the Wolf Man
Christine McIntyre	...	Mrs. Leander
Vernon Dent	...	Mr. Leander

Storyline

The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon the stooges are the ones trying to run away. The boys end up caught in an elevator with the wolfman who shoots them into the sky.

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Plot Keywords:

bellboy | hotel | elevator | throwing a knife | trombone | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 1944 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Three Stooges Meet the Wolf Man

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

17 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First Stooge short with their longtime supporting actress Christine McIntyre.

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Quotes

Curly: Wait a minute, wait a minute! I want my tip!
Moe: Well, I'll give you one: get out!

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Connections

Referenced in Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Who's Running the Show? (1995)

User Reviews

Exlnt Stooge Short.

The Three Stooges by themselves are already a handful trouble waiting to explode but add them to a hotel full of guests and then a wolf man on top of that? Whew. Funny on all points this one is. Curly sweeping the floor and knocking on the trunk containing the wolf man, unknown to Curly, and the wolf man inside echoing his knocks. Moe comes up from behind and says to Curly "Hey" and Curly thinking it's the trunk says "Shad Up" Then he tells Moe, "It was knocking at me" to which Moe naturally replies "I'll knock at you" Funny stuff all the way through and fast paced without any slow or "dead" spots at all. If you've reached a certain age and still haven't seen this one, be sure to rent it or buy it and watch and laugh as hard as you've never laughed before.