Vagabond Loafers

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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Christine McIntyre in Vagabond Loafers (1949)

The stooges are the "Day and Night" plumbers. Called out to a fancy mansion where a society party is going on, they cross the electrical and water systems and generally ruin the place. Despi... Read allThe stooges are the "Day and Night" plumbers. Called out to a fancy mansion where a society party is going on, they cross the electrical and water systems and generally ruin the place. Despite their incompetent plumbing, they save the day by recovering a painting stolen by a pair... Read allThe stooges are the "Day and Night" plumbers. Called out to a fancy mansion where a society party is going on, they cross the electrical and water systems and generally ruin the place. Despite their incompetent plumbing, they save the day by recovering a painting stolen by a pair of thieves masquerading as party guests.

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7.3/10

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Moe Howard

Moe
(as Moe)

Larry Fine

Larry
(as Larry)

Shemp Howard

Shemp
(as Shemp)

Christine McIntyre

Mrs. Ethel Allen

Kenneth MacDonald

Mr. Allen

Symona Boniface

Mrs. Norfleet

Emil Sitka

Mr. Walter Norfleet

Dudley Dickerson

The Cook

Herbert Evans

Wilkes--Butler

Judy Malcolm

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writer
- Elwood Ullman
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Trivia
This was also Dudley Dickerson's final appearance in a Stooge short.

Goofs
In the stock footage where Larry is digging a hole in the front yard, it is clearly daytime, but the short takes place at night.

Quotes
The Cook: [to Mr. and Mrs. Allen in the hallway] Going somewhere?
Mrs. Allen: Just looking for a glass of water.
The Cook: Turn on anything! You'll get it.

Connections
Edited from A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)

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4/10

Pure mediocrity.

Formulaic remake omits the intro trial scene and police chase subplot, and drops the trio into a mansion with a leak during a ritzy dinner party. Here, the three really are plumbers by trade, sort of (Moe is even reading How To Be A Plumber!) Shemp traps himself in a cage built from the water pipes, exactly like Curly did in the original. Never would have expected that. Nor would I have expected to see the footage of the cook from the original, and Larry digging in the yard, lifted whole from the earlier short film.

Everything moves along too quickly here, everything seems rushed to its predictable conclusion. The theft of a valuable painting has been added as a subplot to pad out the run time. Mistaken identities ensue, but it all just ends up distracting and over-complicating what was originally a quite funny, simple story. Emil Sitka has the funniest line, "Short circuit, no doubt!"

Moe, to Larry: "What do you charge to haunt a house?" Larry: "How many rooms?"

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