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==Tidbits==
==Tidbits==
*''Knutzy Knights'' was a reworking of ''[[Squareheads of the Round Table]]'', using ample footage from the original [[1948 in film|1948]] film.
*''Knutzy Knights'' was a reworking of ''[[Squareheads of the Round Table]]'', using ample footage from the original [[1948 in film|1948]] film <ref>Solomon, Jon. (2002) ''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion'', p. 439; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804</ref>.
*This is the last film featuring new footage of longtime Stooge foil Vernon Dent. Dent appeared in three more Stooge films after ''Knutzy Knights'', via recycled footage: ''[[Bedlam in Paradise]]'', ''[[Hot Stuff (1956 film)|Hot Stuff]]'', and ''[[Guns A Poppin]]''
*This is the last film featuring new footage of longtime Stooge foil Vernon Dent. Dent appeared in three more Stooge films after ''Knutzy Knights'', via recycled footage: ''[[Bedlam in Paradise]]'', ''[[Hot Stuff (1956 film)|Hot Stuff]]'', and ''[[Guns A Poppin]]'' <ref>Solomon, Jon. (2002) ''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion'', p. 439; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804</ref>.

==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==

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Knutzy Knights
File:KnutzyKnightsTITLE.jpg
Directed byJules White
Produced byJules White
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Christine McIntyre
Ruth Godfrey
Vernon Dent
Philip Van Zandt
Jock Mahoney
Joe Palma
CinematographyRay Cory
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
United States September 4, 1954
Running time
15' 22"
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

Knutzy Knights is the 156th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are troubadours sent to cheer up the broken-hearted Princess Elaine (Christine McIntyre). Her father, the King, (Vernon Dent) has pledged her hand in marriage to the Black Prince (Philip Van Zandt), but she loves Cedric, the local blacksmith (Jock Mahoney).

The Stooges try to intervene for Cedric by serenading Elaine (they sing a variation on the Sextette from "Lucia di Lammermoor," with lyrics telling Elaine that Cedric is present and warning of the Black Prince's plot). They are captured by the king’s guards and condemned to be beheaded. Eventually the King realizes the plot and jails The Black Prince and his fellow plotter. Elaine is allowed to marry Cedric, and they all live happily ever after.

Quotes

    • The King: “My daughter marry a Smith?”
    • Shemp: “Take it easy your Majesty; millions of women marry Smiths every year.”

Tidbits

References

  1. ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 439; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804
  2. ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 439; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804

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).