Three Little Sew and Sews

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Three Little Sew and Sews
Directed by Del Lord
Produced by Jules White
Written by Ewart Adamson
Starring Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Harry Semels
James C. Morton
Phyllis Barry
Bud Jamison
Vernon Dent
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Editing by Charles Nelson
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States January 9, 1939
Running time 15' 47"
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Preceded by Mutts to You
Followed by We Want Our Mummy
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Three Little Sew and Sews is the 36th 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 as sailors employed in a ships' tailor shop. The three steal some officers' uniforms in order to go ashore. While pretending to be an Admiral, Curly and his "aides" (Moe and Larry) are tricked into stealing a submarine by a pair of spies. The Stooges eventually capture the spies, but whilst reenacting the capture for the real Admiral, Curly accidentally detonates a bomb.[1]

The Stooges knock two foreign spies (Phyllis Barry and Harry Semels) cold in Three Little Sew and Sews.
The Stooges knock two foreign spies (Phyllis Barry and Harry Semels) cold in Three Little Sew and Sews.

[edit] Notes

The title Sew and Sew is a play on "so and so," a softly worded insulting term for a person.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Garza, Janiss. Three Little Sew and Sews (1938) (HTML). New York Times Movies. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 140; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804

[edit] Further reading

  • Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
  • The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
  • 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).