Fine Art of Boxing, The (No Stooge in the Ring)
Ted Healy is an aggravated producer trying to put on his stage show The Ted Healy Follies, but of course he and his stagehand (Ed Brophy) get little cooperation from Ted's three sons, the Stooges, or a tempermental musician (Henry Armetta), and backstage nuisance Bonnie. At the climax of the show the Stooges slip out onto the stage under the hoop skirt of the star vocalist, ruining the scene and the show.
In December 2012, a 35mm nitrate print was found in a private film collection in Australia. Prior to that, the only known print/negative was presumed lost in MGM's 1967 vault fire.
Filmed in 2-strip Technicolor. The use of Technicolor was due to footage of musical numbers from earlier MGM feature films. I'm Sailing on a Sunbeam is from IT'S A GREAT LIFE (1929). The source of Moon Ballet is uncertain, possibly from the unreleased MGM revue feature THE MARCH OF TIME (1930).

Ted Healy
Father

Jerry Howard
Son

Larry Fine
Son

Moe Howard
Son

Bonnie Bonnell
Bonny

Henry Armetta
Italian musician

Edward Brophy
Brophy

Grace Hayes
Miss Hayes

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Strongman

The Albertina Rasch Girls
Dancers

Ann Dvorak
Albertina Rasch dancer

Lawrence Gray
I'm Sailing on a Sunbeam singer

Unidentified HELLO POP 1
Stagehand

Unidentified HELLO POP 2
Backstage guard

Unidentified HELLO POP 3
Musician

Unidentified HELLO POP 4
Backstage actors

Jack Cummings
Director

Ted Healy
Story

Matty Brooks
Story and Screenplay

Dimitri Tiomkin
Music

Ballard MacDonald
Music and Lyrics

Al Goodhart
Music and Lyrics

Dave Dreyer
Music and Lyrics

Albertina Rasch
Choreographer

Oscar Radin
Orchestra Conductor
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