We Want Our Mummy (1939)

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Searle Kramer (original screenplay)
Elwood Ullman (original screenplay)

Release Date:

24 February 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rootin-Tootin for which a museum will pay a $5000 prize...

Plot Keywords:

Mummy | Midget | The Three Stooges | Egyptology | Slapstick

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe / Radio Voice (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dick Curtis	...	Gang Leader (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Dr. Crowell (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch	...	Thug in Mummy Outfit (uncredited)
James C. Morton	...	Museum Curator (uncredited)
Robert Williams	...	Professor Tuttle (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Searle Kramer		original screenplay
Elwood Ullman		original screenplay

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Allen G. Siegler

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Music Department
Leigh Harline	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Ben Oakland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Grant Still	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

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

Runtime:

USA:18 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Quotes:

Moe: [what looks like the tomb of Rootin Tootin] Hey, he's the real McCoy!
Larry: McCoy, I thought his name was Rootin Tootin.
[Moe raises his fist at Larry]
Curly: Hey fellas, I found it.
Larry: Found what?
Curly: A tisket a tasket,
[holds up a basket]
Curly: that green and yellow basket. NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK!
[Moe gives him an open hand shove in the face]
Curly: Oh!
[...]

Fun Short

We Want Our Mummy (1939)

*** (out of 4)

The Three Stooges play detectives who are given the case of going to Egypt and locating the mummy known as King Rootin-Tootin. A museum will pay $5000 for him but what the boys don't know is that there is a curse with it. This is a pretty good short for the Stooges, although it certainly doesn't rank among their best work. The highlight is certainly the scene where Curly smashes the mummy and has to wrap himself up and take its place. Another funny sequence involves the boys taking a taxi from the Bronx to Egypt. The scene where Moe takes out a telescope to see the desert but ends up seeing something else is also hilarious.