| Nertsery Rhymes | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Cummings |
| Written by |
Moe Howard Ted Healy Matt Brooks |
| Starring |
Ted Healy Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bonnie Bonnell |
| Color process | Two-color Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 20:07 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nertsery Rhymes is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges, released on July 6, 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the first of five short films the comedy team made for the studio.
Plot
The Stooges play Ted Healy's children who refuse to go to sleep unless they are told a bedtime story. Healy first tries singing a comic version of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which ultimately fails putting the young lads to sleep. Healy's date, the Good Fairy ( Bonnie Bonnell) then tells them her own bedtime story, courtesy of a musical revue.
The trio eventually turn in for the evening, only to have Curly request a second bedtime story. Healy and the Good Fairy then proceed to tell the children about The Woman in the Shoe. When that fails to work, a frustrated Healy smacks the three lads over the head with a rubber mallet, knocking them unconscious. After Healy leaves on a date with the Good Fairy, the trio woke up and also went on a date with three dancing girls, ending the story.
Cast
- Ted Healy as Papa
- Moe Howard as son 1
- Larry Fine as son 2
- Curly Howard as son 3
- Bonnie Bonnell as The Good Fairy
Uncredited cast
- Beth Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Betty Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Lottice Howell as Turn of a Fan Singer
- The Rounders as Woman in Shoe Quintet
- Ethelind Terry as The Woman in the Shoe
Production notes
Nertsery Rhymes was the first of three MGM Stooge-related shorts filmed using the two-color Technicolor process, originally billed as Colortone Musical Revues. [1] This process would also be used in Hello Pop! (1933), again starring Healy, Bonnell and the Stooges, as well as Roast-Beef and Movies (1934), a film featuring Curly Howard's only known solo appearance apart from the Stooges. [1] The use of color was predicated on the decision to build plot devices in Nertsery Rhymes around the following discarded Technicolor musical numbers from 1930 MGM films:
- "The Woman in the Shoe" from the musical Lord Byron of Broadway;
- "The Turn of a Fan" from the unreleased feature The March of Time. [1]
References
External links
- Nertsery Rhymes at IMDb
- Nertsery Rhymes at AllMovie
- Nertsery Rhymes at the TCM Movie Database
- Nertsery Rhymes on Dailymotion
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| Nertsery Rhymes | |
|---|---|
|
Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Cummings |
| Written by |
Moe Howard Ted Healy Matt Brooks |
| Starring |
Ted Healy Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bonnie Bonnell |
| Color process | Two-color Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
|
Running time | 20:07 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nertsery Rhymes is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges, released on July 6, 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the first of five short films the comedy team made for the studio.
Plot
The Stooges play Ted Healy's children who refuse to go to sleep unless they are told a bedtime story. Healy first tries singing a comic version of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which ultimately fails putting the young lads to sleep. Healy's date, the Good Fairy ( Bonnie Bonnell) then tells them her own bedtime story, courtesy of a musical revue.
The trio eventually turn in for the evening, only to have Curly request a second bedtime story. Healy and the Good Fairy then proceed to tell the children about The Woman in the Shoe. When that fails to work, a frustrated Healy smacks the three lads over the head with a rubber mallet, knocking them unconscious. After Healy leaves on a date with the Good Fairy, the trio woke up and also went on a date with three dancing girls, ending the story.
Cast
- Ted Healy as Papa
- Moe Howard as son 1
- Larry Fine as son 2
- Curly Howard as son 3
- Bonnie Bonnell as The Good Fairy
Uncredited cast
- Beth Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Betty Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Lottice Howell as Turn of a Fan Singer
- The Rounders as Woman in Shoe Quintet
- Ethelind Terry as The Woman in the Shoe
Production notes
Nertsery Rhymes was the first of three MGM Stooge-related shorts filmed using the two-color Technicolor process, originally billed as Colortone Musical Revues. [1] This process would also be used in Hello Pop! (1933), again starring Healy, Bonnell and the Stooges, as well as Roast-Beef and Movies (1934), a film featuring Curly Howard's only known solo appearance apart from the Stooges. [1] The use of color was predicated on the decision to build plot devices in Nertsery Rhymes around the following discarded Technicolor musical numbers from 1930 MGM films:
- "The Woman in the Shoe" from the musical Lord Byron of Broadway;
- "The Turn of a Fan" from the unreleased feature The March of Time. [1]
References
External links
- Nertsery Rhymes at IMDb
- Nertsery Rhymes at AllMovie
- Nertsery Rhymes at the TCM Movie Database
- Nertsery Rhymes on Dailymotion
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