A Missed Fortune
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| A Missed Fortune | |
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Searle Kramer Jack White |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent Stanley Blystone Nanette Bordeaux Vivian Mason Suzanne Ridgeway |
| Cinematography | Fayte M. Browne |
| Editing by | Henry DeMond |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  January 3, 1952 |
| Running time | 16' 06" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Pest Man Wins |
| Followed by | Listen, Judge |
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A Missed Fortune is the 137th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
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[edit] Plot
Shemp wins $50,000 for accidentally guessing the correct make of a car for a radio contest. The boys quickly spend their loot, and check in at the Hotel Costa Plente. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items which they systematically destroy. In the process, three gold diggers connive their way into the boys' room, under the guise that they are three rich widows looking to remarry. This works perfectly, as Shemp quickly discovers that all the tax deductions reduce his winnings to a minuscule $4.85. The boys hastily agree to marry the ladies, who soon find out the Stooges are broke.
[edit] Notes
A Missed Fortune is a reworking of 1938's Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb [1].
[edit] References
- ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 398; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804
[edit] Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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