Booty and the Beast
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Written by | Felix Adler Jack White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Kenneth MacDonald Vernon Dent Heinie Conklin Dudley Dickerson Curly Howard |
| Edited by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 15:55 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Booty and the Beast is the 145th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1953 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
Plot
The Stooges inadvertently aid a safe-cracker (Kenneth MacDonald), who flees to Las Vegas with the stolen "booty." Realizing their error, the trio hop the train to Vegas to catch up with the thief, though not before accidentally freeing a lion from the baggage car. Eventually, the boys capture the nameless crook and retrieve the stolen money from him.
Production notes
Booty and the Beast was filmed in May 1952. The second half of the film consists of footage recycled from Hold That Lion!, which includes the cameo appearance by Curly Howard, who died on January 18, 1952. The title of the film is a parody of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.[1]
MacDonald's character in Hold That Lion was originally named Icabod Slipp: in Booty and the Beast, he is a nameless thug. Any references to Slipp are replaced with "He", "Him" or "that crook."[1]
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