Spook Louder
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| Spook Louder | |
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| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Produced by | Del Lord Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Stanley Blystone Lew Kelly Symona Boniface Theodore Lorch Stanley Brown Charles Middleton Shirley Patterson |
| Cinematography | John Stumar |
| Editing by | Paul Borofsky |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  April 2, 1943 |
| Running time | 15' 59" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Dizzy Detectives |
| Followed by | Back from the Front |
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Spook Louder is the 69th 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 are traveling salesmen trying their best to sell their "Miracle Reducing Machine," which essentially shakes and rattles off the pounds (as Curly's demonstrates). As luck would have it, the boys stumble on the home of Graves the inventor (Theodore Lorch), who assumed the Stooges are the new caretakers. Graves is on his way to Washington, D.C. to test his new death ray machine, and leaves his eerie spooky mansion in the hands of the trio. Naturally, spies disguised in Halloween costumes show up once Graves departs. The Stooges are on edge the entire time, particularly because mysterious cream pies come flying out of thin air.
[edit] Notes
- During World War II, the Stooges made a few comedies that engaged in propaganda against on the then-enemy Japanese, including Spook Louder, Booby Dupes and The Yoke's on Me, which no longer reflect America's official relationship with Japan.[1]
- The title Spook Louder is a pun combining the request "speak louder" with the "spooks" of the mansion.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc, 226. 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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