Quiz Whizz
Quiz Whizz | |
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Directed by | Jules White |
Produced by | Jules White |
Written by | Searle Kramer |
Starring |
Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe Besser Gene Roth Greta Thyssen Milton Frome Emil Sitka Bill Brauer |
Cinematography | Irving Lippman |
Editing by | William A. Lyon |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 15' 25" |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Quiz Whizz is the 183rd 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.
Plot
Sweepstakes winner Joe is taken to the cleaners by con men G. Y. Prince (Milton Frome) and R. O. Broad (Bill Brauer) by investing his winnings in Consolidated Fujiyama California Smog Bags. The Stooges head to their offices to get Joe's money back. Instead, they find two sympathetic businessmen (the two crooks, in disguise) who offer to pay back the losses if Moe, Larry and Joe will pose as juvenile wards for a rich and eccentric millionaire, Montgomery M. Montgomery (Gene Roth). But Montgomery is actually Prince's and Broad's gang leader, and plotting to kill the Stooges.
Production notes
Quiz Whizz features Moe and Larry's more "gentlemanly" haircuts, first suggested by Joe Besser. However, these had to be used sparingly, as most of the shorts with Besser were remakes of earlier films, and new footage had to be matched with old. However, in Quiz Whizz, Larry's frizz is combed back, while Moe retained his sugarbowl bangs.[1]
Quotes
- Moe (frantically): "I'd like to report a missing person. Name? Joe Besser. Height? Well, he's about 5-foot-5 by 5-foot-5. Color of hair? Skin!"
References
- ↑ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 502-503; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4
External links
- Quiz Whizz at the Internet Movie Database
- Quiz Whizz at allmovie