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== Production notes == |
== Production notes == |
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''What's the Matador?'' was [[remade]] in 1959 as ''[[Sappy Bull Fighters]]'', using minimal [[stock footage]] from the original. |
''What's the Matador?'' was [[remade]] in 1959 as ''[[Sappy Bull Fighters]]'', using minimal [[stock footage]] from the original. |
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The film's title is a pun on the question "what's the matter?" The film itself is inspired by the popularity of the 1941 film ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]''.<ref name=solomon>Solomon |
The film's title is a pun on the question "what's the matter?" The film itself is inspired by the popularity of the 1941 film ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]''.<ref name=solomon>Solomon Jon The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion Comedy III Productions, Inc, 0-9711868-0-4</ref> While bullfighting is the reference, the two stories otherwise have nothing in common. |
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The Stooges have a frustrating exchange with an old Mexican local ( |
The Stooges have a frustrating exchange with an old Mexican local (Don Zelaya) when they ask if he has seen Dolores. Though his lengthy Spanish response seems unintelligible to them, he actually says the following: |
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*"Go down the street three blocks, turn right and go two more blocks, turn right, cross the square, and turn right. Walk down that street until you find an alley, but keep walking. Go down that street until you find another alley, but do not enter that alley. Turn right. There you will find a river. Do me a favor: jump into the river and drown yourself!"<ref name=solomon/> |
*"Go down the street three blocks, turn right and go two more blocks, turn right, cross the square, and turn right. Walk down that street until you find an alley, but keep walking. Go down that street until you find another alley, but do not enter that alley. Turn right. There you will find a river. Do me a favor: jump into the river and drown yourself!"<ref name=solomon/> |
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Written by | Saul Ward Jack White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Suzanne Kaaren Harry Burns Dorothy Appleby John Tyrrell Cy Schindell Eddie Laughton Don Zelaya |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 16' 16" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
What's the Matador? is the 62nd 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 Stooges are vaudeville entertainers who trek to Mexico to perform their gag bull fight shtick, with Curly as the brave matador, and Moe and Larry dressed in a bull costume. Along the way, they cross paths with attractive senorita Dolores Sanchez (Suzanne Kaaren). They also cross paths with her jealous and hot-tempered husband José (Harry Burns). In an act of revenge for Curly flirting with Dolores, José pays the bullring attendants to release a live bull into the ring. Moe and Larry flee the ring, but Curly is unaware of the switch. He eventually head-butts the wild animal, and is paraded out of the ring to the rousing cheers of "Olé, Americano!"
Production notes
What's the Matador? was filmed on August 14-18, 1941. It was remade in 1959 as Sappy Bull Fighters, using minimal stock footage from the original.[1]
The film's title is a pun on the question "what's the matter?" The film itself is inspired by the popularity of the 1941 film Blood and Sand.[1] While bullfighting is the reference, the two stories otherwise have nothing in common.
The Stooges have a frustrating exchange with an old Mexican local (Don Zelaya) when they ask if he has seen Dolores. Though his lengthy Spanish response seems unintelligible to them, he actually says the following:
- "Go down the street three blocks, turn right and go two more blocks, turn right, cross the square, and turn right. Walk down that street until you find an alley, but keep walking. Go down that street until you find another alley, but do not enter that alley. Turn right. There you will find a river. Do me a favor: jump into the river and drown yourself!"[1]
References
- ^ a b c Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Glendale, California: Comedy III Productions, Inc. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.
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