Quiz Whizz

Quiz Whizz

Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Searle Kramer
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe Besser Gene Roth Greta Thyssen Milton Frome Emil Sitka Bill Brauer
Cinematography	Irving Lippman
Edited by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	February 13, 1958 (1958-02-13) (U.S.)
Running time	15:25
Country	United States
Language	English

Quiz Whizz is the 183rd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1958 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe Besser). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Sweepstakes winner Joe is taken to the cleaners by con men G. Y. Prince (Milton Frome) and R. O. Broad (Bill Brauer) by investing his winnings in Consolidated Fujiyama California Smog Bags. The Stooges head to their offices to get Joe's money back. Instead, they find two sympathetic businessmen (the two crooks, in disguise) who offer to pay back the losses if Moe, Larry and Joe will pose as juvenile wards for a rich and eccentric millionaire, Montgomery M. Montgomery (Gene Roth). But Montgomery is actually Prince's and Broad's gang leader, and plotting to kill the Stooges.

Production notes

Filmed on May 2-3, 1957,^[1] Quiz Whizz features Moe and Larry's more "gentlemanly" haircuts, first suggested by Joe Besser. However, these had to be used sparingly, as most of the shorts with Besser were remakes of earlier films, and new footage had to be matched with old. However, in Quiz Whizz, Larry's frizz is combed back, while Moe retained his sugarbowl bangs.^[2]

Quotes

Moe (frantically): "I'd like to report a missing person. Name? Joe Besser. Height? Well, he's about 5-foot-5 by 5-foot-5. Color of hair? Skin!"

References

↑ Quiz Whizz at threestooges.net
↑ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 502-503; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4

External links

Quiz Whizz at the Internet Movie Database
Quiz Whizz at AllMovie
Quiz Whizz at threestooges.net

The Three Stooges

Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Shemp Howard Joe Besser Joe DeRita

Works	The Three Stooges filmography The Three Stooges Collection Jerks of All Trades The New Three Stooges episodes The Three Stooges Scrapbook Kook's Tour Moe Howard and the Three Stooges

Related topics	List of supporting actors in Three Stooges films The Three Stooges in popular culture Yogi Bear and the Three Stooges Meet the Mad, Mad, Mad Dr. No-No The Robonic Stooges Stoogemania "Swinging the Alphabet" "The Curly Shuffle" 1984 arcade game 1987 video game 2000 TV movie 2012 feature film

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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