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THE BLONDE BOMBER (1936)

Film Pick of the Day
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

The Palooka gang is out of money again, and Knobby and Johnny try to raise some quick cash by selling phony watches. Their first sale is their last, when a burly customer realizes he's been had. Next stop, Joe, Knobby and Punchy load up at a local diner, and Knobby has a scheme to skip out on the bill. Of course, the diner owner turns out to be their watch customer, and the boys make a hasty exit with the manager's waitress girlfriend in tow.

Knobby books Palooka into a local vaudeville house to put on some exhibition bouts. Of course, their friend from the diner is in the audience, with a bag of rotten tomatoes, and he's more than willing to come on stage when Knobby asks for a volunteer to box with Joe.

5th entry in the "Joe Palooka" series.

Shemp was paid $1500 for this short.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 7.00/10 ]   4 votes
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Release Date Saturday, November 28, 1936
Studio Vitaphone
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 21.2 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - September 29th


Births

Ted Lorch
(Actor)

b. 1873

Springfield, IL

Jess Willard
(Actor)

b. 1881

St. Clere, KS

Phil Tead
(Actor)

b. 1893

Somerville, MA

Ray Romero
(Makeup)

b. 1901

Texas

Gene Autry
(Actor)

b. 1907

Tioga, TX

M. J. Frankovich
(Actor)

b. 1909

Brisbee, AZ

Virginia Bruce
(Actress)

b. 1910

Minneapolis, MN

Anne Nagel
(Actress)

b. 1912

Boston, MA

Eddie Coke
(Actor)

b. 1913

Tulsa, OK

Stanley Kramer
(Producer)

b. 1913

Brooklyn, NY

John K. Kean
(Sound Engineer)

b. 1918

California

David Durand
(Actor)

b. 1921

Los Angeles, CA

Anita Ekberg
(Actress)

b. 1931

Malmo, Sweden

James Frawley
(Director)

b. 1936

Houston, TX



Deaths

Alan Brooks
(Actor)

d. 1936   (48)

Saranac Lake, NY

William Hedgcock
(Sound Technician)

d. 1947   (64)

Los Angeles, CA

Charles Carroll
(Sound Technician)

d. 1949   (64)

Los Angeles, CA

Lewis Howard
(Actor)

d. 1951   (32)

New York, NY

Harold Huber
(Actor)

d. 1959   (54)

New York, NY

Robert Burton
(Actor)

d. 1962   (67)

Woodland Hills, CA

Paul Crawley
(Associate Art Director)

d. 1966   (92)

Los Angeles, CA

Ludwig Donath
(Actor)

d. 1967   (67)

New York, NY

Edward Everett Horton
(Actor)

d. 1970   (84)

Encino, CA

Ray Binger
(2nd Unit Cameraman)

d. 1970   (81)

Orange County, CA

Tom Hanlon
(Actor)

d. 1970   (62)

Northridge, CA

William Lively
(Story and Screenplay)

d. 1973   (66)

Los Angeles, CA

Jack Stone
(Makeup)

d. 1983   (65)

Granada Hills, CA

Gordon Douglas
(Associate Director)

d. 1993   (85)

Los Angeles, CA

Stanley Brown
(Actor)

d. 2001   (87)

Los Angeles, CA

Jack Greening
(Actor)

d. 2010   (88)

Toledo, OH

Tony Curtis
(Actor)

d. 2010   (85)

Las Vegas, NV

Robert Lippert Jr.
(Executive Producer)

d. 2011   (83)

Pebble Beach, CA

Samuel M. Sherman
(Actor)

d. 2025   (85)

Freehold, NJ



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