Nutty but Nice is a 1940 short subject directed by Jules White
starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard,
Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 47th entry in the series
released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190
shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.The Stooges are working as
singing waiters at a restaurant and meet two doctors (Vernon Dent,
John Tyrrell) who ask them to cheer up Betty Williams, a little girl
who is sick from grief because her father (Ned Glass), a bank cashier,
has been kidnapped while delivering $300,000 worth of bonds. The
Stooges pay a visit to Betty dressed up as little girls with blonde
sausage curls, but they fail to cheer her up. The Stooges then
volunteer to go out and find the girl's missing father. The doctors
give them a brief description of the father (middle-aged, bald-spot,
an anchor tattoo, and 5'10" in his stocking feet). He and Betty like
to yodel to each other, something Curly seems rather adept at.The
Stooges waste no time in stopping every suspect in sight and giving
them the Stooge third degree. Frustrated, Curly starts yodeling, and
after a few maladies that befall him (water, a flower pot, and a chair
all crashing on his head), the boys hear a response from a radio that
one of the kidnappers, Butch (Cy Schindell), has on. Butch is guarding
Betty's father who is gagged and tied to a bed. Mistaking the yodeling
cowboy on the radio for the cashier, the Stooges follow the sounds and
intercede, knock out Butch, and free Betty's father.Just then, three
other members of the gang return. The Stooges and the father barricade
the room door and use the dumbwaiter to escape to the basement. The
four men follow them downstairs where a fight ensues, plunging
everything into darkness, leaving only Curly fully conscious afterward
to light a candle. The cashier is reunited with Betty, who recovers
from her lethargy, and the pair, along with the two doctors, are
serenaded at the restaurant by the Stooges.
starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard,
Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 47th entry in the series
released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190
shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.The Stooges are working as
singing waiters at a restaurant and meet two doctors (Vernon Dent,
John Tyrrell) who ask them to cheer up Betty Williams, a little girl
who is sick from grief because her father (Ned Glass), a bank cashier,
has been kidnapped while delivering $300,000 worth of bonds. The
Stooges pay a visit to Betty dressed up as little girls with blonde
sausage curls, but they fail to cheer her up. The Stooges then
volunteer to go out and find the girl's missing father. The doctors
give them a brief description of the father (middle-aged, bald-spot,
an anchor tattoo, and 5'10" in his stocking feet). He and Betty like
to yodel to each other, something Curly seems rather adept at.The
Stooges waste no time in stopping every suspect in sight and giving
them the Stooge third degree. Frustrated, Curly starts yodeling, and
after a few maladies that befall him (water, a flower pot, and a chair
all crashing on his head), the boys hear a response from a radio that
one of the kidnappers, Butch (Cy Schindell), has on. Butch is guarding
Betty's father who is gagged and tied to a bed. Mistaking the yodeling
cowboy on the radio for the cashier, the Stooges follow the sounds and
intercede, knock out Butch, and free Betty's father.Just then, three
other members of the gang return. The Stooges and the father barricade
the room door and use the dumbwaiter to escape to the basement. The
four men follow them downstairs where a fight ensues, plunging
everything into darkness, leaving only Curly fully conscious afterward
to light a candle. The cashier is reunited with Betty, who recovers
from her lethargy, and the pair, along with the two doctors, are
serenaded at the restaurant by the Stooges.
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