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Stooges sets: An update (A look at Woman Haters)
Hammond Eggar:
--- Quote from: stooged and confused on October 21, 2007, 01:11:37 PM ---I'm pretty sure that the same train set in "Woman Haters" was reused for "A Pain In The Pullman." Yes?
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You may have something there. It would need to be confirmed, though. When I watched Twentieth Century recently, it was obvious to me which sets had been recycled for Woman Haters. None of the train sets in A Pain in the Pullman look like anything from Twentieth Century, but that doesn't mean the sets weren't reused for the later short. If anyone can confirm this, it would be appreciated. Thanks.
Actually, I doubt those sets were reused for only one short. Larry's mentioning of the apartment set(s) in Pal Joey got me thinking. Among the later Shemp titles, and some Besser, as well, you'll find shorts set in an apartment. Perhaps some sets were recycled for multiple shorts, as opposed to just one short? :-\
Right now I'd like to start compiling a list of all the Stooges shorts, and finding the names of the films from which the sets originated. We already know of the Twentieth Century/Woman Haters connection. If possible, I'd love to do this chronologically, which would take me now to Punch Drunks. Does anyone have any theories as to the source for the sets used in this short? Was there a Columbia feature film in 1934 with a boxing theme? Your help is appreciated. [pie]
Giff me dat fill-em!:
Well, Mr. Eggar, it seems that your discovery of the Twentieth Century/Woman Haters link was a fortuitous circumstance. I went to "The Complete Three Stooges", but found no references therein concerning sets or locations for Woman Haters OR Punch Drunks. It appears you should put on your gumshoes for these efforts ...
Hammond Eggar:
--- Quote from: Giff me dat fill-em! on October 21, 2007, 10:55:54 PM ---Well, Mr. Eggar, it seems that your discovery of the Twentieth Century/Woman Haters link was a fortuitous circumstance. I went to "The Complete Three Stooges", but found no references therein concerning sets or locations for Woman Haters OR Punch Drunks. It appears you should put on your gumshoes for these efforts ...
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The connection between Twentieth Century and Woman Haters has already been discovered and confirmed. I want to find other examples of films whose sets were later reused in Three Stooges shorts. The way Larry talked in his 1973 interview made it sound as if all the sets used for Stooges shorts originated in various Columbia feature films. To my knowledge, no Stooges author or researcher/historian has ever addressed this topic. It won't be an easy task. I would look at the year a particular short was produced/released. Then I would conduct research on Columbia films of that year, based on what sets were used in the Stooges comedy, and the plot, as well. For example, since Punch Drunks relates to boxing, I would look to see if Columbia released a feature in 1934 that also had a boxing theme. Larry gave us a couple of examples already. Now it's up to me, and anyone else interested, to do the real grunt work. [pie]
stooged and confused:
I just went back and looked at "Woman Haters" and "A Pain In The Pullman" ...no question about it..it's the same train set!
stooged and confused:
In an interview I conducted with Norman and Joan Howard Maurer, they discussed the re-use of sets from bigger budget Columbia films. Story lines/plots were created around them for utilization in Three Stooges shorts. They mentioned several times about the grand castle set from the film "Lorna Doone" that was used in "Hot Scots" with Shemp, for example.
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