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Crash Goes the Hash
Crash Goes the Hash
Directed by	Jules White
Written by	Felix Adler
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Howard; Bud Jamison; Dick Curtis; Symona Boniface; Vernon Dent; Victor Travers
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Charles Hochberg
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 4, 1944 (U.S.)
Running time	17' 36"
Country	United States
Language	English

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Crash Goes the Hash is the 77th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Fuller Bull (Vernon Dent), the head of Daily News, an ailing newspaper company, confronts the reporters he hired for not getting him a story to keep up with a competing newspaper called the Daily Star Press. They tell him that the place was surrounded by rough guards and they're fired for it. Fuller Bull quickly catches three shirtmen (the Stooges) outside thinking they're reporters from the Star Press and immediately hires them to get a picture of visiting Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn (Dick Curtis). Word has it that Shaam has plans to marry local wealthy socialite Mrs. Van Bustle (Symona Boniface). The trio disguise themselves as servants, and work their way into a party being held at Mrs. Van Bustle's home in the honor of the prince.

Naturally, they all but sabotage the festivity. The inept trio serve hors d'œuvres consisting of peas and dog biscuits, and a turkey stuffed with a live parrot. The prince leaves in disgust, with the butler (Bud Jamison) following close behind. Undaunted, the Stooges manage to expose both the prince and butler as crooks who were planning to rob the house. The next day, the Stooges tells Fuller Bull that a man claiming to be Prince Shaam is not a prince and they had both him and the butler arrested. As a result of their findings, he is excited and tells the people to stop the presses for an extra. He gives the boys a large bonus and Mrs. Van Bustle thanks the boys for preventing her from a horrible fate.

Crash Goes the Hash is the 77th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Fuller Bull (Vernon Dent), the head of the ailing Daily News, confronts the reporters he hired for not getting him a story to keep up with a competing newspaper called the Daily Star Press. Fuller Bull catches three shirtmen (the Stooges) outside thinking they are reporters from the Daily Star Press and immediately hires them to get a picture of visiting Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn (Dick Curtis). Word has it that Shaam has plans to marry local wealthy socialite Mrs. Van Bustle (Symona Boniface). The trio disguise themselves as servants, and work their way into a party being held at Mrs. Van Bustle's home in the honor of the prince.

The Stooges all but sabotage the festivity by serving hors d'œuvres consisting of peas and dog biscuits, and a turkey stuffed with a live parrot. The prince leaves in disgust, with the butler (Bud Jamison) following close behind. Undaunted, the Stooges manage to expose both the prince and butler as crooks who were planning to rob the house.

The next day, the Stooges tells Fuller Bull that a man claiming to be Prince Shaam is not a prince and they had both him and the butler arrested. As a result of their findings, he is excited and tells the people to stop the presses for an extra. He gives the boys a large bonus and Mrs. Van Bustle thanks the boys for preventing her from marrying Shaam.

Curly fades

The Stooges made many public appearances during the height of World War II in support of the war effort. The demands of the heavy touring took its toll on Curly in particular, whose timing and energy began to deteriorate. In Crash Goes the Hash, Curly's speech is slightly slower and his falsetto had begun to lose its crisp high pitch. The dialogue spoken at the lemonade table where he covertly tells Larry to take a picture of the Prince features Curly speaking in his normal speaking voice, which is deeper in pitch than Moe or Larry's.^[1]

Production notes

Crash Goes the Hash was supporting actor Bud Jamison's final appearance in a Stooge film. A Type 2 diabetic in his later years, Jamison appeared in 16 more films before his untimely death in September 1944. As he was a devout Christian Scientist, Jamison refused to take insulin when the symptoms of his diabetes acted up. As a result, he went into diabetic shock and died at age 50.

Even though the story and screenplay is credited to Felix Adler, this film borrows considerable dialogue, situations, and even shot set-ups from the 1937 Columbia Short New News, starring Monte Collins and Tom Kennedy, which was written by Al Giebler, Elwood Ullman and Searle Kramer.^{[citation needed]}

Quotes

- Larry: "I've been running my legs off all morning 'til the cuffs on my pants are frayed."
- Moe: " 'Fraid of what?!"

- Curly: "What good is a $100 bogus?"
- Larry: "Not 'bogus.' 'Bonus!' Don't you know what 'bonus' is?"
- Curly: "Soiteny, Spanish! 'Bonus Naches!' Si, si, senor!"

External links

Crash Goes the Hash at IMDb
Crash Goes the Hash at AllMovie

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   | writer         = [[Felix Adler (screenwriter)|Felix Adler]]|
   | starring       = [[Moe Howard]]<br>[[Larry Fine]]<br>[[Curly Howard]]<br>[[Bud Jamison]]<br>[[Dick Curtis]]<br>[[Symona Boniface]]<br>[[Vernon Dent]]<br>[[Victor Travers]]|
-  | cinematography = [[George Meehan]] |
+  | cinematography = George Meehan |
-  | editing        = [[Charles Hochberg]] |
+  | editing        = Charles Hochberg |
   | producer       = Jules White |
   | distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]] |
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 Naturally, they all but sabotage the festivity. The inept trio serve [[hors d'œuvre]]s consisting of [[peas]] and dog biscuits, and a [[turkey]] stuffed with a live [[parrot]]. The prince leaves in disgust, with the butler ([[Bud Jamison]]) following close behind. Undaunted, the Stooges manage to expose both the prince and butler as crooks who were planning to rob the house. The next day, the Stooges tells Fuller Bull that a man claiming to be Prince Shaam is not a prince and they had both him and the butler arrested. As a result of their findings, he is excited and tells the people to stop the presses for an extra. He gives the boys a large bonus and Mrs. Van Bustle thanks the boys for preventing her from a horrible fate.
+'''''Crash Goes the Hash''''' is the 77th [[short subject]] starring American [[slapstick]] comedy team [[the Three Stooges]]. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for [[Columbia Pictures]] between 1934 and 1959.
+====
+Fuller Bull ([[Vernon Dent]]), the head of the ailing ''Daily News'', confronts the reporters he hired for not getting him a story to keep up with a competing newspaper called the ''Daily Star Press''. Fuller Bull catches three shirtmen (the Stooges) outside thinking they are reporters from the ''Daily Star Press'' and immediately hires them to get a picture of visiting Prince Shaam of Ubeedarn ([[Dick Curtis]]). Word has it that Shaam has plans to marry local wealthy socialite Mrs. Van Bustle ([[Symona Boniface]]). The trio disguise themselves as servants, and work their way into a party being held at Mrs. Van Bustle's home in the honor of the prince.
+The Stooges all but sabotage the festivity by serving [[hors d'œuvre]]s consisting of peas and dog biscuits, and a turkey stuffed with a live parrot. The prince leaves in disgust, with the butler ([[Bud Jamison]]) following close behind. Undaunted, the Stooges manage to expose both the prince and butler as crooks who were planning to rob the house.
+The next day, the Stooges tells Fuller Bull that a man claiming to be Prince Shaam is not a prince and they had both him and the butler arrested. As a result of their findings, he is excited and tells the people to stop the presses for an extra. He gives the boys a large bonus and Mrs. Van Bustle thanks the boys for preventing her from marrying Shaam.
 ==Curly fades==
-During the height of World War II, the Stooges were constantly making public appearances in support of the [[war effort]].  As a result, Curly in particular began to slowly deteriorate and show signs of age and stress lines on his face, even though he was only 41.  The demands of the heavy touring schedule were coupled with his wild lifestyle that he had begun to maintain since his divorce in 1940, and eventually lead to his initial [[stroke]] in 1945 and his debilitating stroke during the filming of [[Half-Wits Holiday]] in 1947.  In this episode, while still quick and agile with the physical comedy, Curly's speech is slightly slower and his character voice had begun to lose its crisp high pitch.  The scene at the lemonade table where he covertly tells Larry to take a picture of the Prince can be particularly startling for viewers familiar with his child-like [[falsetto]], as he briefly uses his normal speaking voice, which is even deeper in pitch than either Larry or Moe's voices.
+       the      in support of the [[war effort]]. The demands of the heavy touring      in ,   and    . In   the , Curly's speech is slightly slower and his  had begun to lose its crisp high pitch. The  at the lemonade table where he covertly tells Larry to take a picture of the Prince     his normal speaking voice, which is deeper in pitch than  or 's .
+==Production notes==
+''Crash Goes the Hash'' was supporting actor [[Bud Jamison]]'s final appearance in a Stooge film. A [[Diabetes mellitus type 2|Type 2 diabetic]] in his later years, Jamison appeared in 16 more films before his untimely death in September 1944. As he was a devout [[Church of Christ, Scientist|Christian Scientist]], Jamison refused to take [[insulin]] when the symptoms of his diabetes acted up. As a result, he went into diabetic shock and died at age 50.
+Even though the story and screenplay is credited to [[Felix Adler (screenwriter)|Felix Adler]], this film borrows considerable dialogue, situations, and even shot set-ups from the 1937 Columbia Short ''New News'', starring [[Monte Collins]] and [[Tom Kennedy]], which was written by [[Al Giebler]], [[Elwood Ullman]] and [[Searle Kramer]].
-==Notes==
-*''Crash Goes the Hash'' was supporting actor [[Bud Jamison]]'s final appearance in a Stooge film. A [[Diabetes mellitus type 2|Type 2 diabetic]] in his later years, Jamison appeared in 16 more films before his untimely death in September 1944. As he was a devout [[Church of Christ, Scientist|Christian Scientist]], Jamison refused to take [[insulin]] when the symptoms of his diabetes acted up. As a result, he went into diabetic shock and died at age 50.
-*Even though the story and screenplay is credited to [[Felix Adler (screenwriter)|Felix Adler]], this film borrows considerable dialogue, situations, and even shot set-ups from the 1937 Columbia Short ''[[New News]]'', starring [[Monte Collins]] and [[Tom Kennedy]], which was written by [[Al Giebler]], [[Elwood Ullman]] and [[Searle Kramer]].
-==Rare triple slap==
-This short features a rare triple delivered to the Stooges by Mrs. Van Bustle ([[Symona Boniface]]).
 ==Quotes==
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 **'''Curly''': "What good is a $100 bogus?"
 **'''Larry''': "Not 'bogus.' 'Bonus!' Don't you know what 'bonus' is?"
-**'''Curly''': "Soitainly, Spanish! 'Bonus Naches!' Si, si, senor!"
+**'''Curly''': ", Spanish! 'Bonus Naches!' Si, si, senor!"
 == External links ==

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Associated people	Felix Adler Edward Bernds Tiny Brauer Clyde Bruckman Charley Chase Paul Garner Ted Healy Rich Koz Del Lord Norman Maurer Hugh McCollum Christine McIntyre Frank Mitchell Joe Palma/Fake Shemp Fred Sanborn Emil Sitka Greta Thyssen Elwood Ullman Jack White Jules White
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