Matri-Phony
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| Matri-Phony | |
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| Directed by | Harry Edwards |
| Produced by | Del Lord Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Monte Collins Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent Monte Collins Majorie Deanne Cy Schindell Eddy Chandler Max Wagner |
| Cinematography | George Meehan |
| Editing by | Paul Borofsky |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  July 2, 1942 |
| Running time | 17' 10" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | What's the Matador? |
| Followed by | Three Smart Saps |
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Matri-Phony is the 63rd short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges live in "Ancient Erysipelas," where they run Ye Olde Pottery shop. The powerful Emperor Octopus Grabus (Vernon Dent) is in search for a new wife again, with his sights set on redheads. Lovely Diana (Majorie Deanne), who has kindled Grabus' interest, hides out in the Stooges' shop. A palace guard catches onto the scheme and all are brought to Grabus. The boys help Diana escape, while Moe and Larry convince Curly to dress up as Octopus's prospective bride. These two then destroy the nearly-blind Grabus, who cannot see past his nose. The Stooges make a rapid escape by jumping out a palace windows, but end getting caught, upside-down, on the spears of three guards.
[edit] Notes
- The title Matri-Phony is a pun on the word "matrimony."[1]
- Matri-Phony is the first Stooge film to employ the accordion-based, driving version of "Three Blind Mice." This faster theme would be used until the end of 1944.[1]
[edit] Goof
When the Stooges are hanging upside down from the guards' spears, you can clearly hear what appears to be director Harry Edwards telling Larry "Larry, grab the.....". Larry was the only one who was not grabbing onto his guard's trousers, so once the yell was heard off-screen, Larry quickly grabbed the pants.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc, 211. ISBN 0971186804.
[edit] Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [2](Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [3](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [4], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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