How High Is Up? (1940)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Del Lord

Writer:

Elwood Ullman (story)

Release Date:

26 July 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are the 'Minute Menders', three tinkers who live under their car. The boys decide to drum...

Plot Keywords:

Riveter | Slapstick | The Three Stooges

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Bennett	...	Workman with Leaky Lunchpail (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb	...	Construction Foreman (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Mr. Blake (uncredited)
Cy Schindell	...	Workman with Blake (uncredited)
Duke York	...	Workman (uncredited)
Bert Young	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Elwood Ullman		story and screenplay

Produced by
Del Lord	....	producer
Hugh McCollum	....	producer

Cinematography by
Allen G. Siegler

Film Editing by
Art Seid		(as Arthur Seid)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1940) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In the scene in which Curly is hit on the head with a rubber hammer when he is stuck in the sweater, if you look closely, Larry cracks up and laughs at the last BONK! on Curly's head. When Curly says, "Don't mind ME! DON'T MIND ME!!" He stares up at Moe, in which Moe starts to crack up as well and hides his face from the camera. Then the scene is cut to a close up.

Quotes:

Moe: [sarcastically] Three of the best riveters who ever riveted. Why didn't you tell them you were a groundhog?
Curly: Listen, you laugh when you say that!
Moe: HA, HA, HA.
[slaps Curly]

Movie Connections:

Edited into Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)

Good Three Stooges short! Hilarious!

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!

One of the most hilarious Three Stooges shorts is How High is Up? In this short are Vernon Dent, Cy Schindell, and Bert Young. The acting by these actors are good especially by Dent, and Schindell. There are many funny scenes here that I think most Three Stooges fans will love! In My opinion this one of the most different Three Stooges shorts. I recommend this one to all!