Nertsery Rhymes
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| Directed by | Jack Cummings |
| Written by |
Moe Howard Ted Healy Matt Brooks |
| Starring |
Ted Healy Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bonnie Bonnell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 19' 12" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nertsery Rhymes (1933) is the first short film starring "Ted Healy and His Stooges", a musical comedy released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Some footage was from the unfinished MGM musical The March of Time (1930), which was originally to feature Healy and the Three Stooges.
This was one of two MGM Stooge shorts filmed utilized the then-experimental two-strip Technicolor process. This process would be used again in Hello Pop! (1933) featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges, and Roast Beef and Movies (1934) featuring just Curly. The use of color was predicated by the decision to recycle the "Moon Ballet" sequence from the unreleased color MGM feature The March of Time.[1]
Synopsis
The Stooges are children and Ted Healy is the father. Unable to sleep, the Stooges ask Healy to tell them a bedtime story. He proceeds to tell them of the "Ride of Paul Revere" as well as the "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe". Briefly veering away from the slapstick, there are two musical interludes pertaining to the stories.
Cast
- Ted Healy as Papa
- Moe Howard as One of the boys
- Larry Fine as One of the boys
- Curly Howard as One of the boys
- Bonnie Bonnell as The Good Fairy
Uncredited Cast
- Beth Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Betty Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Lottice Howell as Turn of a Fan Singer
- The Rounders as Woman in Shoe Quintet
- Ethelind Terry as The Woman in the Shoe
References
External links
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Look up nerts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Watch first half Nertsery Rhymes
- Watch second half Nertsery Rhymes
- Nertsery Rhymes at the Internet Movie Database
