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Flat Foot Stooges

  • 1938
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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard in Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
ComedyShort

The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants gun powder in one of the engines. The chi... Read allThe stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants gun powder in one of the engines. The chiefs daughter catches him and after a chase both are knocked unconscious. When a fire start... Read allThe stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants gun powder in one of the engines. The chiefs daughter catches him and after a chase both are knocked unconscious. When a fire starts, the stooges respond to the alarm, but don't realize its their firehouse that's burning!... Read all

  • Director
    • Charley Chase
  • Writer
    • Charley Chase
  • Stars
    • Moe Howard
    • Larry Fine
    • Curly Howard
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    538
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charley Chase
    • Writer
      • Charley Chase
    • Stars
      • Moe Howard
      • Larry Fine
      • Curly Howard
    • 10User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and Lola Jensen in Flat Foot Stooges (1938)

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    Moe Howard
    Moe Howard
    • Moe
    • (as Moe)
    Larry Fine
    Larry Fine
    • Larry
    • (as Larry)
    Curly Howard
    Curly Howard
    • Curly
    • (as Curly)
    Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis
    • Mr. Reardon
    Chester Conklin
    Chester Conklin
    • Fire Chief Kelly
    Lola Jensen
    • Miss Crickett Kelly
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Traffic Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Kernan Cripps
    Kernan Cripps
    • Fireman at Alarm Console
    • (uncredited)
    Bruce Mitchell
    • Fireman reading newspaper
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Myers
    Harry Myers
    • Man with Binoculars
    • (uncredited)
    Al Thompson
    Al Thompson
    • Volunteer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charley Chase
    • Writer
      • Charley Chase(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The first short to use "Three Blind Mice" as the Stooges' theme music.
    • Goofs
      Moe very obviously blows a line and momentarily drops character when he says to Curly: "What do you expect a fire mouse...uh...I mean, a fire house mouse to smell like, a petunia?"
    • Quotes

      Curly: Hey, we're doin' the Corrigan!

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    10/10
    One of the Best Stooges Shorts to be Helmed by Charley Chase
    In all honesty, this episode was another one of the Stooges's funniest installments. Based on some of the reviews I found on IMDb, it's also surprisingly underrated.

    Charley Chase is definitely no Del Lord or Jules White. But, helming the chairs of writer and director for this short, he created perhaps one of the liveliest Three Stooges episodes ever made. Whoever said that this episode wasn't funny must have cotton for brains, because I found it to be hilarious. The comedy landed with amazing fluency and timing throughout the short, and the plot tied together nicely. While I do admit that there may have been a sense of disorganization in the short, Chase nevertheless made it all work and actually made something fun out of it all.

    The performances of the cast were as entertaining and spritely as ever, if I may say. I mean, yes, the cast often spent a majority of the time interrupting or talking over each other, sometimes the Stooges even corrected themselves with what they're saying. In the long run, though, it made their performances funny, and it enhanced them with a human sense of accuracy. The Stooges themselves still had the best moments out of everyone, and it looked like they were having great time working on this short.

    In the end, "Flat Foot Stooges" was another member of the Three Stooges filmography that provided a really great time.
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    • Release date
      • December 5, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chamados para Apagarem as Chamas
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      16 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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