Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Jules White

Writers:

Andrew Bennison (original screenplay)
Mauri Grashin (original screenplay)

Release Date:

6 October 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are tramps looking for handouts. Although the boys are down and out, Curly seems to get everything he wishes for...

Plot Keywords:

The Three Stooges | Slapstick | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Comingore	...	April Jenkins (uncredited)
James Craig	...	Swindler (uncredited)
Dick Curtis	...	Swindler (uncredited)
Richard Fiske	...	Mr. Johnson - Farmer (uncredited)
Lorna Gray	...	May Jenkins (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton	...	Swindler (uncredited)
Eva McKenzie	...	The Widow Jenkins (uncredited)
Dorothy Moore	...	June Jenkins (uncredited)
Victor Travers	...	Uncle Tim - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Directed by
Jules White

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Bennison		original screenplay
Mauri Grashin		original screenplay

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Henry Freulich

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Music Department
Ben Oakland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Image Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

18 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The only short in which Moe never hits Larry.

Quotes:

Curly: Don't look now, but I think we're about to be killed.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Oil's Well That Ends Well (1958)

Great Stooges short!

The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I have loved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. I love all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and Curly Joe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other great actors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! In My opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and is the all time funniest comedy team!

Oily To Bed, Oily to Rise is a great one with Curly! The part where the Stooges are in the barn is hilarious! I love the outside nature of the short film! Dick Curtis, Eddie Laughton, Richard Fiske, Eva McKenzie, and Victor Travers are in this one along with the beautiful Lorna Gray and Dorothy Moore! There is another Stooges short similar like this with Joe called Oil's Well That Ends Well which a decent short. Oily To Bed, Oily to Rise I strongly recommend!