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Oil's Well That Ends Well
Oil's Well That Ends Well
	File:OilsWellTITLE.jpg
Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Joe Besser
Cinematography	Irving Lippman
Edited by	Edwin H. Bryant
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	December 4, 1958
Running time	16' 09"
Country	United States
Language	English

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Oil's Well That Ends Well is the 188th 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 Stooges have lost their jobs. Adding insult to injury, they received a letter from Dad with the news that he requires surgery. To help pay for the operation, the father suggests the boys search for uranium on his mining property. The boys locate the uranium, but run afoul of a load of dynamite. Then, when they are trying to fix the water pump, it starts gushing oil. Joe tries to cork it by sitting on it, but he is sent flying into the air. When he wishes it would stop, it does, much to Moe and Larry's dismay. Joe manages to get the oil started again, and boys are in the dough.

Quotes

Joe: "I'm an unsuccessful cork."

Notes

Though technically a reworking of Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise, none of the original plot was is featured in this short. In addition, the only recylced footage utilized in Oil's Well That Ends Well is the shot of Curly riding the oil gusher up into the sky.

Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).

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   | name           = Oil's Well That Ends Well |
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+  | director       = [[Jules White]]|
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   | starring       = [[Moe Howard]]<br>[[Larry Fine (actor)|Larry Fine]]<br>[[Joe Besser]] |
-  | producer       = [[Jules White]] |
+  |  = [[ ]]|
+  | editing        = [[Edwin H. Bryant]]|
+  | producer       = Jules White |
   | distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]] |
-  | released       = [[Dec 4]], [[1958]]  |
+  | released       = [[ 4]], [[1958]] |
-  | country        = {{USA}} |
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-  | language       = [[English language|English]] |
+  | language       = [[English language|English]]
+  | amg_id         = 1:150747
-  | followed_by = ''[[Triple Crossed]]'' (1959) |
-  | imdb_id        = ? |
+  | imdb_id        =  |
+  | preceded_by = ''[[Flying Saucer Daffy]]'' |
+  | followed_by = ''[[Triple Crossed]]''
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+'''''Oil's Well That Ends Well''''' is the 188th short subject starring American [[slapstick]] comedy team [[Three Stooges]]. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for [[Columbia Pictures]] between [[1934 in film|1934]] and [[1959 in film|1959]].
 ==Plot==
+The Stooges have lost their jobs. Adding insult to injury, they received a letter from Dad with the news that he requires surgery. To help pay for the operation, the father suggests the boys search for [[uranium]] on his mining property. The boys locate the uranium, but run afoul of a load of dynamite. Then, when they are trying to fix the water pump, it starts gushing oil. Joe tries to cork it by sitting on it, but he is sent flying into the air. When he wishes it would stop, it does, much to Moe and Larry's dismay. Joe manages to get the oil started again, and boys are in the dough.
-A remake of [[Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise]] from 1939.   [[The Three Stooges]] Find oil on their farm.
-==Cast==
-*[[Moe Howard]]
-*[[Larry Fine (actor)|Larry Fine]]
-*[[Joe Besser]]
 ==Quotes==
-"I'm an unsuccessful cork" --Joe, when he can't stop the oil gusher by sitting on it.
+"I'm an unsuccessful cork"
 ==Notes==
+Though technically a reworking of ''[[Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise]]'', none of the original plot was is featured in this short. In addition, the only recylced footage utilized in ''Oil's Well That Ends Well'' is the shot of Curly riding the oil gusher up into the sky.
-When Joe rides the oil gusher up into the sky a close look shows it's Curley, not Joe in the scene, spliced from a much earlier episode, [[Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise]].
-==External links==
-*{{imdb title|0026000}}
-*[http://www.threestooges.com ThreeStooges.com]
+==Further reading==
-[[Category:1957 films]]
+*''Moe Howard and the Three Stooges''; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
-[[Category:Short films]]
+*''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion''; by Jon Solomon (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
+*''The Three Stooges Scrapbook''; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
+*''The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons''; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
+*''One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures''; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
+[[Category: films]]
 [[Category:Three Stooges films]]
-[[Category:List of Three Stooges shorts]]
+[[Category: ]]
 [[Category:Black and white films]]
+[[Category: films]]
 [[Category:American films]]
 [[Category:English-language films]]
+{{1950s-comedy-film-stub}}