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Three Pests in a Mess (1945)

15 min  -  Comedy | Short  -   19 January 1945 (USA)
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The stooges are three inventors trying to a get a patent on their preposterous fly catching invention... See full summary »

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Del Lord

Writer:

Del Lord
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Curly Howard Curly Howard ...
Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine Larry Fine ...
Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard Moe Howard ...
Moe (as Moe)
Christine McIntyre Christine McIntyre ...
Cheatham's Secretary
Brian O'Hara Brian O'Hara ...
I. Cheatham
Vernon Dent Vernon Dent ...
Philip Black
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Storyline

The stooges are three inventors trying to a get a patent on their preposterous fly catching invention. When they learn they'll have to catch 100,000 flies to earn enough to get a patent, some crooks overhear and think the boys are the $100,000 sweepstakes winners. When the crooks give chase, the stooges hide in a sporting goods store where Curly shoots a dummy, which they mistake for a real person. The boys decide to bury the "body" in a pet cemetery, but the cemetery owner arrives from a costume party with his partners, all dressed as spooks, and they proceed to scare the devil out of the stooges. Written by Mitch Shapiro <mshapiro@a.crl.com>  

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Fly | Patent | Pet Cemetery | Costume Party | Dummy  | See more »

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Comedy | Short

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Quotes

Curly: [falls down] Yaaah!
Cheatham's Secretary: Are you hurt?
Curly: I think I've been stabbed.
[gets up]
Cheatham's Secretary: [pulls ball of yarn and knitting needles out of his seat] Well look what you did to my knitting needles.
Curly: It didn't do me much good either.
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References The Jazz Singer (1927) See more »