Some More of Samoa

Some More of Samoa
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Directed by	Del Lord
Written by	Elwood Ullman Harry Edwards
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Mary Ainslee Symona Boniface Louise Carver Duke York
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Edited by	Burton Kramer
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	December 4, 1941
Running time	16' 40"
Country	United States
Language	English

Some More of Samoa is the 59th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges run a tree doctors buisness (Elite Painless Tree Surgeons - The biggest grafters in town). They are employed by a rich old man to cure his Puckerless Persimmon tree. The Stooges decide that the tree is pining away for a mate. When told this, the old man offers them $10,000 if they can bring him a mate. He then tells them that only one other specimen of the tree exists, and it is found on the cannibal isle of Rhum Boogie.

The Stooges arrive on the isle of Rhum Boogie without Curly. Larry tells Moe that Curly has left to "have a date with a mermaid." Upon landing, Moe and Larry are soon captured by the cannibals living on the island. They are brought to see the tribe's king, only to discover that Curly has just been playing dice with the king and winning!

The king soon discovers that Curly has been cheating. He then demands that Curly marry his sister, or all three Stooges will be cooked that night in a "roast Stooge" stew. Curly is happy to oblige until he discovers that the king's sister is old and ugly. He then refuses to marry her, and the Stooges are doomed to become cannibal food.

Fortunately, the Stooges manage to escape the cannibals before they are cooked. While running away, Curly grabs the puckerless persimmon tree. After a run-in with an angry crocodile, the Stooges finally make it back to their boat. Unfortunately for them, their boat begins to sink as soon as they leave shore. The short ends with them desperately bailing water as they sink, while the cannibals' spears rain down on them from the shore.

Quotes

• • Larry (after being bitten on the foot by an alligator): I lost the end of my shoe!
  • Moe: The end of a shoe ain't important!
  • Larry: Well this one is! I think it had my toes in it!

Further reading

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
• The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon [2], (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [3](Citadel Press, 1994).
• The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [4] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
• One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [5], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).

In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Directed by	Jules White
Written by	Ewart Adamson Clyde Bruckman
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Dorothy Appleby Mary Ainslee Ethelreda Leopold Richard Fiske Vernon Dent Symona Boniface Eddie Laughton John Tyrrell Geneva Mitchell
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	October 16, 1941
Country	United States
Language	English

In the Sweet Pie and Pie is the 58th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Tiska (Dorothy Appleby), Taska (Mary Ainslee) and Baska (Ethelreda Leopold) Jones, three snippy society girls, are willed an inheritance so long as they are married. Their shrewd lawyer Diggin (Richard Fiske) suggests they marry three death row inmates (the Stooges) to retain the dough. When the boys are pardoned by the governor, the devious debutantes think up any excuse to divorce their new beaus. After enrolling the Stooges in an ill-fated dance lesson, Diggin suugests the girls throw a formal party, hoping the Stooges will make a shambles of the evening. They do, of course, and the evening ends with the Stooges first genuine pie fight.

Notes

• In the Sweet Pie and Pie marked the final appearance of supporting actor Richard Fiske. A perfect foil for the Stooges, Fiske's promising career was cut short when he was killed in action during World War II on August 10 1944 in LeCroix, France. Fiske was 28 years of age.
• The dancing lesson sequence was lifted from Hoi Polloi.
• The cell block footage would reappear in Beer Barrel Polecats.
• Several shots from the pie fight would reappear in Pest Man Wins.

Further reading

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [6], (Citadel Press, 1977).
• The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon [7], (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [8](Citadel Press, 1994).
• The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [9] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
• One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [10], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).