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Released November 15, 1945
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Columbia
16.8 min. (Short Subject)

The boys are radio station janitors being chewed out by their boss. Fleeing from him after a disastrous attempt to repair a radiator, they end up in a recording studio. There, Curly (in drag) is mistaken for an opera singer by a woman who sees the boys lip-synching to a recording made earlier in the day by Alice Andrews (Christine McIntyre). Alice, against her father's wishes, wants a career as a radio singer. Hired to sing at a party that night, the Stooges bump into Signor Spumoni, who recognizes them as fakes. With Alice's help, the boys continue the masquerade... but not if Spumoni has anything to say about it!

This short marks Edward Bernds' writing/directing debut with the Stooges, based on release dates. Actually, Bernds directed A BIRD IN THE HEAD and THE THREE TROUBLEDOERS before this. He was able to convince McCollum and White to push MICRO-PHONIES forward in the release schedule. Ed went on to write and direct numerous Stooges shorts until 1952, when he left after Jules White fired producer Hugh McCollum.

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MICRO-PHONIES on IMDb

Christine McIntyre
Alice Andrews / Alice Van Doren

Lynton Brent
Mr. Allen

John Tyrrell
Recording engineer

Fred Kelsey
Mr. Dugan

Gino Corrado
Signor Spumoni

Heinie Conklin
Spumoni's pianist

Judy Malcolm
Receptionist

Symona Boniface
Mrs. Bixby

Ted Lorch
Masters

Sam Flint
Mr. Van Doren

Chester Conklin
Pianist at party

Frank Mayo
Party guest

Bess Flowers
Party guest

Unidentified MICRO-PHONIES 3
Mr. Wilks, flirting party guest


Edward Bernds
Story and Screenplay

Glen Gano
Director of Photography

Henry Batista
Film Editor

Charles Clague
Art Director



















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