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Released October 06, 1939
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Columbia
18.33 min. (Short Subject)

Widow Jenkins has just sold her farm to three swindlers. Meanwhile, Curly has the uncanny talent of having his wishes come true, and when he wishes for a car, the boys find one... the swindlers' abandoned car. Driving to the Jenkins farm, they're treated to a nice meal and greeted by the woman's three beautiful daughters. To repay her for the hospitality, the Stooges attempt to fix the water pump and accidentally discover that the farm is sitting on oil. Realizing that the widow's been swindled, the boys set out to stop the crooks and win the hearts of her three daughters.

Reworked as OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1958) with Moe, Larry and Joe Besser.

Linda Winters ('June Jenkins') went on to bigger fame in Hollywood using the name Dorothy Comingore, costar of CITIZEN KANE.

Costar Adrian Booth Brian, aka Lorna Gray ('May Jenkins'), was a guest of the 1995 Three Stooges Convention, and the 2004 Fan Club Meeting, both held in Philadelphia; see The Three Stooges Journal # 75 (Fall 1995) and Journal # 110 (Summer 2004) for details.

Ms. Booth joined ten other actresses who worked with the Stooges, including Joan Howard, at a costar reunion held on Feb. 17, 2007 in Burbank CA; see The Three Stooges Journal # 121 (Spring 2007) for the story and photos.

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James Craig
3rd swindler

Richard Fiske
Mr. Johnson

Eva McKenzie
Mrs. Jenkins

Dorothy Moore
April Jenkins

Lorna Gray
May Jenkins

Linda Winters
June Jenkins


Jules White
Producer

Jules White
Director

Andrew Bennison
Story and Screenplay

Mauri Grashin
Story and Screenplay

Henry Freulich
Photography

Charles Nelson
Film Editor



















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