So Long Mr. Chumps is a 1941 short subject directed by Jules White
starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard,
Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 53rd 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 inept but
honest street cleaners. When they come across an envelope filled with
oil bonds in the trash, they return them to their owner, B.O. Davis
(John Tyrrell). The grateful Davis offers them a five thousand dollar
reward if they can find an honest man with executive abilities. An
honest dog ultimately leads them to a weeping girl (Dorothy Appleby),
who explains that her sweetheart has been unfairly jailed. The best
way to talk to him, the Stooges figure, is to get arrested themselves.
They land in the clink and track down their man, Percy Pomeroy (Eddie
Laughton). With some black paint, they make their prison outfits look
like guard uniforms and make their escape. Just as they are leaving,
Davis is coming in â€" handcuffed to a detective and revealed as "Lone
Wolf Louie, the biggest bond swindler in America." The Stooges wind up
back in jail, breaking rocks over Curly's head.So Long Mr. Chumps was
filmed on July 25â€"30, 1940. The film title is a parody of the film
Goodbye, Mr. Chips. The jail sequences were reused in Beer Barrel
Polecats.When the Stooges drop their iron balls that are chained to
their legs, the sounds that are heard are again the NBC Chimes, a gag
recycled from the team's 1937 short Back to the Woods.
starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard,
Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 53rd 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 inept but
honest street cleaners. When they come across an envelope filled with
oil bonds in the trash, they return them to their owner, B.O. Davis
(John Tyrrell). The grateful Davis offers them a five thousand dollar
reward if they can find an honest man with executive abilities. An
honest dog ultimately leads them to a weeping girl (Dorothy Appleby),
who explains that her sweetheart has been unfairly jailed. The best
way to talk to him, the Stooges figure, is to get arrested themselves.
They land in the clink and track down their man, Percy Pomeroy (Eddie
Laughton). With some black paint, they make their prison outfits look
like guard uniforms and make their escape. Just as they are leaving,
Davis is coming in â€" handcuffed to a detective and revealed as "Lone
Wolf Louie, the biggest bond swindler in America." The Stooges wind up
back in jail, breaking rocks over Curly's head.So Long Mr. Chumps was
filmed on July 25â€"30, 1940. The film title is a parody of the film
Goodbye, Mr. Chips. The jail sequences were reused in Beer Barrel
Polecats.When the Stooges drop their iron balls that are chained to
their legs, the sounds that are heard are again the NBC Chimes, a gag
recycled from the team's 1937 short Back to the Woods.
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