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The trio own a furniture shop ('''"Ye Olde Furniture Shoppee: Antiques Made While U |
The trio own a furniture shop ('''"Ye Olde Furniture Shoppee: Antiques Made While U "''') who are re-staining some furniture they have delivered to boarding house. While attending to their duties (and nearly destroying the furniture in the process), several boarders to the ' . |
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''A Snitch In Time'' is a particularly violent film for the Stooges. The topper remains 1943's ''[[They Stooge To Conga]]'', but ''A Snitch In Time'' runs a close second. Interestingly, this film was directed by [[Edward Bernds]], who always maintained that the Stooges did not have to be violent for the sake of being violent. Columbia short subject head and director [[Jules White]], on the other hand, was notorious for the excessive abuse in his shorts (''They Stooge To Conga'' being one of them). |
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Hugh McCollum |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Jean Willes Henry Kulky John L. Cason John Merton |
| Edited by | Henry DeMond |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |  December 7, 1950 |
Running time | 16 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
A Snitch In Time is the 128th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
Plot
The trio own a furniture shop ("Ye Olde Furniture Shoppee: Antiques Made While U Waite") who are re-staining some furniture they have delivered to client Miss Scudder's boarding house. While attending to their duties (and nearly destroying the furniture in the process), several new boarders at Miss Scudder's place are actually a trio of crooks who have just robbed a jewelry store. They decide to rob Miss Scudder as well when they discover she has several valuable heirlooms. The Stooges unravel the crooks' plot, and a battle ensues.
Ed Bernds and violence
A Snitch In Time is a particularly violent film for the Stooges. The topper remains 1943's They Stooge To Conga, but A Snitch In Time runs a close second. Interestingly, this film was directed by Edward Bernds, who always maintained that the Stooges did not have to be violent for the sake of being violent. Columbia short subject head and director Jules White, on the other hand, was notorious for the excessive abuse in his shorts (They Stooge To Conga being one of them).
Quotes
- Larry: "Hey Moe? I finished the drawer."
- Moe: "Well, whaddaya want me to do, kiss ya?"
- Larry (with a boyish smile): "Well..." *SLAP*
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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