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Shorts Containing Stooge Stand- Ins
Dog Hambone:
Curlyfan:
I watched Grips, Grunts & Groans since my last posting. Near the beginning, when they are running away from the railroad cops (or whatever those guys were), they are running up the street toward the camera, then turn left in front of the gym, & bowl over the baby carriage (which seems to me to be in poor taste, but that's another topic for another day). Those 3 guys running are NOT our boys. I noticed the Larry stunt double in particular.
I'm not sure why they used stunt doubles to fall on a sidewalk (although I personally would have!), since Moe & Larry got tackled on a sidewalk in Slippery Silks, & Moe & Larry also tripped over a hose & fell onto a sidewalk in Mutts To You (both of which were filmed after Grips, Grunts & Groans), & there were others I'm sure.
Dog Hambone:
I spotted a stunt double for Curley in the short, "In the Sweet Pie & Pie". I checked the filmography to see if this was previously noted, & the list above, but it's not there. It looks like the Curley stunt double in "Disorder in the Court" with the dark skull cap. It is in the scene where they rip up of section of the hardwood floor to make triple decker bunkbeds. As usual, Curley ends up on top. He can't get up there, so he stacks tables & chairs, climbs up, & jumps on the top bunk. I don't need to tell anyone what happens next. The fellow that does the climbing & jumping onto the top bunk is the stunt double. (Also, it looks like there are dummy stunt doubles in the middle & lower bunks when the beds collapse).
goofontheroof:
What about in Even As IOU?
the bit where Curly is in the ground and the car bonks him on the back of the head?.. a head full of hair as well :D
JazzBill:
In the short, "So Long Mr. Chumps". There is a stand in for Curly when he is supposed to be going through the empty window frame.
JazzBill:
In the short "Who Done It?" There is a stunt double mixed in with the real Shemp, in the bit when Shemp is flopping around after being poisoned by Christine McIntyre. It was spliced together very well, but you can tell it's not Shemp doing all those flips.
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