A Missed Fortune

A Missed Fortune

Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Searle Kramer Jack White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent Stanley Blystone Nanette Bordeaux Vivian Mason Suzanne Ridgeway
Cinematography	Fayte M. Browne
Edited by	Henry DeMond
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	January 3, 1952 (1952-01-03) (U.S.)
Running time	16:06
Country	United States
Language	English

A Missed Fortune is the 137th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1952 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Shemp wins $50,000 for accidentally guessing the correct make of a car for a radio contest. The boys check in at the Hotel Costa Plente, and quickly spend their winnings. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items, which they systematically destroy. The hotel manager (Vernon Dent) discovers the destruction when he delivers a telegram to the stooges' suite; the telegram reveals that taxes withheld from Shemp's winnings reduce the $50,000 windfall to a minuscule $4.85.

Just then, three attractive gold diggers (Nanette Bordeaux, Vivian Mason, Suzanne Ridgeway), who are also guests at the hotel, connive their way into the boys' room. After twice being accidentally drenched with ice water thrown by the boys, the girls hit the stooges over the head with champagne bottles.

Production notes

Filmed over two days in 1951 (January 22-23), A Missed Fortune is a remake of 1938's Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb, using minimal stock footage.^[1] When Shemp falls onto the top of the bed, the footage is actually Curly borrowed from Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (Curly can be heard yelling during the fall). Additionally, Larry taking a bath as well as the close-up of Moe yelling "Get this Henry the VIII off my neck!" is also stock. A slight inconsistency can be noted, as the pattern on the wood changes from shot to shot. The glue Moe accidentally pours onto his hotcakes, "Stik Fast Glue", is the same product Curly writes a slogan for in Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb.

This is the last Three Stooges film to be released during Curly Howard's lifetime. He died on January 18, 1952.

References

↑ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 398-399; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4

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