Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)

Director:

Jules White

Writer:

Felix Adler (story)

Release Date:

30 October 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber...

Plot Keywords:

Tailor | The Three Stooges | Torture | Iron | Lifting Person In Air

Cast

Shemp Howard	...	Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Virginia Hunter	...	Hargan's Girlfriend
Tiny Brauer	...	Terry 'Slipperyfinger' Hargan (as Harold Brauer)
Vernon Dent	...	Detective

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

One of four shorts from The Three Stooges to fall into the public domain after their copyright was accidentally not renewed in the 1960s. The other three are Disorder in the Court (1936), Brideless Groom (1947) and Malice in the Palace (1949). That is why these four shorts are always featured on low-priced Stooges videos and DVDs and are never featured on any legit Stooges compilations.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Stooges are trying to figure out what the 'TH' logo on the inside pocket of the coat means, the position of Shemp's hair switches between shots from being untidy, to tucked behind his ears, and back again.

Quotes:

Moe: Terry Hargen was here! The bank robber was here!
Shemp: You're crazy. We got those clothes off one of the dummies.
[warningly, wagging his finger]
Shemp: No cracks.
[Moe bites Shemp's finger]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Neighbours: Sing a Song of Sick Pants (#1.4981)" (2006)

Good Laughs From Standard Stooges Material

Moe, Larry, and Shemp use comic timing and smooth interplay with each other and with the supporting cast to make this a good comedy that gets a lot of laughs from their standard repertoire of slapstick and gag ideas. The setting in a clothing store is used well, with many of the props featuring in the slapstick routines.

The story has the trio stumbling across a wanted criminal, even as they are in the midst of their own business problems. As usual, the Stooges are oblivious to most of what is going on, and yet that merely serves to make it impossible for their adversaries to outwit them. The effect is always funny, and especially so when combined with a little good slapstick.

It's easily among the better of the features that have Shemp replacing Curly. The pace is good, and the story is amusingly improbable. The material is familiar, but funny nonetheless.