Fright Night (1947 film)

Fright Night

Directed by	Edward Bernds
Produced by	Hugh McCollum
Written by	Clyde Bruckman
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Dick Wessel Claire Carleton Harold Brauer Cy Schindell Heinie Conklin Sammy Stein Stanley Blystone Dave Harper Tom Kingston
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Edited by	Paul Borofsky
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	March 6, 1947 (1947-03-06) (U.S.)
Running time	17:41
Country	United States
Language	English

Fright Night is the 98th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1947 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard, in his first starring role after returning to the act). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are managers of a beefy boxer named Chopper Kane (Dick Wessel), and they bet their bank roll on his next fight. When a gangster (Tiny Brauer) tells them to have Chopper lose (as he has a lot of money bet on his opponent Gorilla Watson) or they will lose their lives, the boys decide to play along. They try to soften Chopper up by feeding him rich food and having him spend time with their friend Kitty (Claire Carleton). The fight gets canceled when Kitty dumps Chopper for Gorilla and, in a fluke accident, Gorilla gets entangled with Moe and breaks his hand against a wall. The Stooges think they have put one over on the gangsters, only to have the bad guys corner them in a deserted warehouse. Instead of being rubbed out, the boys capture the crooks and get a reward.

Production notes

Fright Night marked the return of Shemp Howard to the Stooges, who had last performed with the act 17 years prior. Shemp agreed to rejoin the act until brother Curly Howard recovered enough to return to the Stooges (Curly never did).^[1]

Fright Night was filmed June 5-8, 1946. Production starting less than one month after brother Curly Howard suffered a stroke on May 6. The film was remade reworked in 1955 as Fling in the Ring, using ample stock footage.^[1] It was Shemp's favorite Stooge film.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 291; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4

External links

Fright Night at the Internet Movie Database
Fright Night at AllMovie

The Three Stooges

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Associated people	Edward Bernds Tiny Brauer Charley Chase Paul Garner Ted Healy Rich Koz Del Lord Hugh McCollum Frank Mitchell Joe Palma/Fake Shemp Fred Sanborn Elwood Ullman Jack White Jules White

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