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'''''How High is Up?''''' is a [[1940 in film|1940]] [[Three Stooges]] film in which the stooges work as riveters on a skyscraper under construction |
'''''How High is Up?''''' is a [[1940 in film|1940]] [[Three Stooges]] film in which the stooges work as riveters on a skyscraper under construction |
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Larry: What tools?<br/> |
Larry: What tools?<br/> |
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Moe: The tools we've been using for the past ten years!<br/> |
Moe: The tools we've been using for the past ten years!<br/> |
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Larry: Oh, those tools. |
Larry: Oh, those tools. |
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==Further reading== |
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*''Moe Howard and the Three Stooges''; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806507233], (Citadel Press, 1977). |
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*''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion''; by Jon Solomon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971186804], (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002). |
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*''The Three Stooges Scrapbook''; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806509465](Citadel Press, 1994). |
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*''The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons''; by Michael Fleming [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767905563](Broadway Publishing, 2002). |
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*''One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures''; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581823630], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006). |
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Revision as of 18:01, 12 November 2007
| How High is Up? | |
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| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Written by | Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | July 26, 1940 |
Running time | 17 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
How High is Up? is a 1940 Three Stooges film in which the stooges work as riveters on a skyscraper under construction
Plot
The stooges are looking for ways to make money and wander onto a construction site and poke holes on the bottom of lunch boxes. and offer to fix the holes for money. They are then chased onto the actual site and blend in with a crowd of people looking for work. Larry states that they are good riveters and the foreman sends them to work on the 97th floor. They do a lousy job and part of the building collapses when the foreman leans against a beam. He chases them and the stooges escape by parachuting off the building and landing in their car.
Quotes
This film contains a memorable set of lines repeated in other Stooges films.
Moe: Get the tools
Larry: What tools?
Moe: The tools we've been using for the past ten years!
Larry: Oh, those tools.
Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon [2], (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [3](Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [4](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [5], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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