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Filming for ''Mutts to You'' took place from March 30 to April 2, 1938.<ref name=pauley>{{cite book | last = Pauley | first = Jim | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations | publisher = Santa Monica Press, LLC | year = 2012 | location = [[Solana Beach, California]] | pages = 166 | url = http://www.santamonicapress.com/index.php?page_name=threestooges&page_type=book&show=desc&hide0=excerpt&hide1=author&hide2=reviews&hide5=number5 | doi = | id = | isbn = 9781595800701}}</ref> The film title is a pun on the insult "Nuts to you!"<ref name=solomon>{{cite book | last = Solomon | first = Jon | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion | publisher = Comedy III Productions, Inc | year = 2002 | location = [[Glendale, California]] | pages = 138 | url = http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Three-Stooges-Filmography-Companion/dp/0971186804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201570359&sr=1-1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-9711868-0-4}}</ref> The Stooges would also become babysitters of sorts in ''[[Sock-a-Bye Baby]]'', ''[[Three Loan Wolves]]'', and ''[[Baby Sitters Jitters]]''.<ref name=solomon/> |
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The title ''Mutts to You'' is a pun on the insult "Nuts to you!"<ref name=solomon>Solomon, Jon. (2002) ''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion'', p. 138; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4</ref> |
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The Stooges would also become babysitters of sorts in ''[[Sock-a-Bye Baby]]'', ''[[Three Loan Wolves]]'', and ''[[Baby Sitters Jitters]]''.<ref name=solomon/> |
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[[File:Muttstoyou1938.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Stooges give a dalmatian a fine pedicure in ''Mutts to You'']] |
[[File:Muttstoyou1938.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Stooges give a dalmatian a fine pedicure in ''Mutts to You'']] |
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Revision as of 03:13, 3 January 2014
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| Directed by | Charley Chase |
| Written by | Al Giebler Elwood Ullman |
| Produced by | Charley Chase Hugh McCollum |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bess Flowers Bud Jamison Vernon Dent Lane Chandler Cy Schindell |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Edited by | Art Seid |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 18' 02"[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mutts to You is the 34th 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
The trio run a dog grooming business who use a conveyor belt contrivance. On their way home, the Stooges pick up what they believe to be an abandoned baby on a front doorstep. When the trio realize that the mother (Bess Flowers) had simply locked herself out and was simply in the back of house looking for an extra house key, they become frantic.
In an effort to quietly work their way to the police station with the infant, Moe and Larry disguise Curly as the baby's mother, crowning him "Mrs. O'Toole." Unfortunately, kindly Policeman O'Halloran (Bud Jamison) strikes up a conversation with the Irish mother, leading the boys to eventually get cold feet and run. After they are caught, the father of the child (Lane Chandler) recognizes the Stooges as the local dog groomers and all is forgiven.
Production notes
Filming for Mutts to You took place from March 30 to April 2, 1938.[2] The film title is a pun on the insult "Nuts to you!"[1] The Stooges would also become babysitters of sorts in Sock-a-Bye Baby, Three Loan Wolves, and Baby Sitters Jitters.[1]
When Officer O'Halloran notices Moe and Larry disguised as Chinese laundrymen he stops them and begins asking questions. Moe responds with some mock Chinese while Larry responds with a mixture of Yiddish and English: "Ikh bin ah China boychik fun Slobodka un Ikh bet dir 'hak mir nit ah chaynik' and I don't mean efsher". The phrase is Yiddish for "I am a Chinese kid from Slobodka and I beg you don't bother me and I don't mean maybe." Moe follows this with, "He from China, East Side," a reference to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, which was predominantly Jewish at the time.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Glendale, California: Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 138. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.
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External links
- Mutts to You at IMDb
- Mutts to You at AllMovie
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