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| name = Booty and the Beast | |
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| image = BootyandtheBeastTITLE.jpg| |
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| director = [[Jules White]] |
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| writers = [[Felix Adler]]<br>[[Jack White]] | |
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| starring = [[Moe Howard]]<br>[[Larry Fine (actor)|Larry Fine]]<br>[[Shemp Howard]]<br>[[Kenneth MacDonald]]<br>[[Vernon Dent]]<br>[[Heinie Conklin]]<br>[[Dudley Dickerson]]<br>[[Curly Howard]] | |
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| editing = [[Edwin H. Bryant]] |
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| producer = Jules White | |
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| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | |
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| released = {{flagicon|US}} [[March 5]], [[1953 in film|1953]] | |
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| country = {{USA}} |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| amg_id = 1:146924 |
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| imdb_id = 0045571 | |
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| preceded_by = ''[[Up in Daisy's Penthouse]]'' | |
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| followed_by = ''[[Loose Loot]]'' |
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'''''Booty and the Beast''''' is the 137th 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]]. |
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==Plot== |
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The Stooges inadvertently aid a safe-cracker ([[Kenneth MacDonald]]), who flees to [[Las Vegas]] with the stolen "booty." The trio realize their errorm, hop the train to Vegas (footage from ''[[Hold That Lion!]]'', and catch up with the [[thief]]. |
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==Notes== |
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*The second half of ''Booty and the Beast'' consists of footage recycled from ''[[Hold That Lion!]]''. |
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*The title of the film is a parody of the fairy tale ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''. |
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==Further reading== |
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*''Moe Howard and the Three Stooges''; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977). |
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*''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion''; by Jon Solomon (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002). |
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*''The Three Stooges Scrapbook''; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994). |
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*''The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons''; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002). |
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*''One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures''; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006). |
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[[Category:1953 films]] |
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[[Category:Three Stooges films]] |
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[[Category:Short films]] |
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[[Category:Black and white films]] |
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[[Category:Comedy films]] |
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[[Category:American films]] |
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[[Category:English-language films]] |
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===Trivia=== |
===Trivia=== |
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Revision as of 19:16, 27 November 2007
| Booty and the Beast | |
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| File:BootyandtheBeastTITLE.jpg | |
| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Kenneth MacDonald Vernon Dent Heinie Conklin Dudley Dickerson Curly Howard |
| Edited by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |  March 5, 1953 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Booty and the Beast is the 137th 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 inadvertently aid a safe-cracker (Kenneth MacDonald), who flees to Las Vegas with the stolen "booty." The trio realize their errorm, hop the train to Vegas (footage from Hold That Lion!, and catch up with the thief.
Notes
- The second half of Booty and the Beast consists of footage recycled from Hold That Lion!.
- The title of the film is a parody of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.
Further reading
- 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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Booty and the Beast was a Three Stooges short released in 1953.
Trivia
- This short contains a cameo of Curly Howard, which was stock footage from Hold That Lion! released in 1947. This film premiered after the death of Curly Howard.
- This was the first of two shorts released back to back that was a remake of the earlier Hold that Lion. This film contained a new first half, and retained the second half of the previous film.
External links
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