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Released November 24, 1939
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Columbia
17.75 min. (Short Subject)

Boxing promoter Pat Patrick (Shemp Howard) turns up on his sister's doorstep, looking for a place to stay until he can find a new fighter and earn a few bucks. He's surprised to find that his nephew Terry Kelly (Noah Beery Jr.) is a natural boxer, and decides to promote him. But Terry's late father was a boxer, and he and Pat are afraid that Mrs. Kelly will object to her son's choice. So Pat promotes him under the name "Spider Lewis," and books a fight with contender Kid Benson, who turns out to be the brother of Terry's girlfriend Kitty. Complicating matters further, Mrs. Kelly's priest Father Donovan has an extra ticket, and wants to treat his favorite parishioner to a night at the fights.

First entry in Columbia's "Glove Slingers" series, an attempt by Jules White to produce short subjects driven by story, more than gags.

The "Glove Slingers" shorts were not particularly successful, and the series lasted for only a few years. The casting of Shemp as 'Pat Patrick' was possibly due to his participation in Vitaphone's "Joe Palooka" series as 'Knobby Walsh,' but Shemp only appeared in one "Glove Slingers" installment after this.

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Noah Beery Jr.
Terry Kelly

Shemp Howard
Uncle Pat Patrick

Paul Hurst
Chuck Brenner

Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Kelly

Cy Schindell
Charlie Benson

Johnny Kascier
Benson's assistant manager

Mushy Callahan
Benson's sparring partner

Betty Campbell
Kitty Benson

Robert Sterling
Warehouseman taking bets

Charles Dorety
Warehouseman

Victor Travers
Father Donovan

Richard Fiske
Ring announcer

Bob Ryan
Referee

Bert Young
Timekeeper

George Gray
Spectator

Jack Hill
Spectator


Jules White
Director

Jules White
Producer

Louis Sarecky
Story and Screenplay

George Meehan
Director of Photography

James Sweeney
Film Editor

Loyal Griggs
Technical Assistant

Morris W. Stoloff
Musical Director



















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