Idle Roomers (1943)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Del Lord (story)
Elwood Ullman (story)

Release Date:

15 July 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe'...

Plot Keywords:

Slapstick | Werewolf | Mirror | The Three Stooges | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Duke York	...	Lupe the Wolf Man
Christine McIntyre	...	Mrs. Leander
Vernon Dent	...	Mr. Leander
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joanne Frank	...	Hazel (uncredited)
Esther Howard	...	Hazel's Roommate (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton	...	Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

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

Produced by
Hugh McCollum	....	producer

Cinematography by
Glen Gano

Film Editing by
Henry Batista

Art Direction by
Charles Clague

Makeup Department
Clay Campbell	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1944) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Screen Gems Television
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Also Known As:

The Three Stooges Meet the Wolf Man

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Quotes:

Hazel's roommate: Wolf! Wolf! Ahhhhhh!
Curly: Who, me? I resemble that remark.
Moe: I told you your face scares people. Why don't you throw it away?
[looks behind him and sees Lupe the Wolf Man]
Moe: Yaaaa... aaaa... aaaa!
[runs off]
Curly: [mockingly] Yaaaaaa... Hey lady. I ain't that ugly. Or am I?
[Curly goes to the mirror and sees Lupe in broken mirror frame]
Curly: Naaaaaaaa! Oh no! I think you got something there, I just scared myself!
Curly: [looks again, feels his chin and Lupe does the same thing] I need a shave but I don't feel any whiskers.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)

Very funny three stooges short

This three stooges short I think is one of the best and funniest there is of the three stooges. the funniest parts in this episode is when Curly is taking that big box that has the wolfman in it up to the owners room and when he gets to the floor that he is suppose to go to Larry is behind a door pulling in the rug Curly is walking on and Curly says "Whoa its a long way to that door" then it goes to Larry who is still pulling the rug in and does not know Curly is walking on it and says "This thing must be glued down" I think that is one of the funniest scenes in this short and another part where Curly looks in a broken mirror that the wolfman is standing behind and Curly thinks that wolfman is him. This short is real funny. If your a big fan of the three stooges and haven't seen this one but heard of it I strongly suggest you watch it if it ever comes on AMC.