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| runtime = 15' 55"
| runtime = 15' 54"
| country = United States
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==Plot==
==Plot==
The Stooges are trying to obtain their inheritance from their late uncle. Unfortunately, it has been swiped by con man Icabod Slipp ([[Kenneth MacDonald (American actor)|Kenneth MacDonald]]). The trio track Slipp down at the Circle Follies Theatre, and duke it out.[[Image:Loosellottttt.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Shemp appears to be the lucky one, ogling up to [[Suzanne Ridgeway]]]]
The Stooges are trying to obtain their inheritance from their late uncle. Unfortunately, it has been swiped by con man Icabod Slipp ([[Kenneth MacDonald (American actor)|Kenneth MacDonald]]). The trio track Slipp down at the Circle Follies Theatre, and duke it out.[[Image:Loosellottttt.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Shemp appears to be the lucky one, ogling up to [[Suzanne Ridgeway]], in ''Loose Loot'']]


==Production==
==Production notes==
The first half of ''Loose Loot'' consists of footage recycled from ''[[Hold That Lion!]]''.<ref name=solo>{{cite book | last = Solomon | first = Jon | authorlink = Jon Solomon | coauthors = | title = The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion | publisher = Comedy III Productions, Inc.| date = 2002| location = [[Glendale, California]] | url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971186804 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-9711868-0-4 | page = 418-419}}</ref>
*The first half of ''Loose Loot'' consists of footage recycled from ''[[Hold That Lion!]]''.

*Icabod Slipp's name appears on the door as "I. Slipp." This is a semantic parody on the [[Long Island]] town of [[Islip (town), New York|Islip, New York]].<ref>Shifres, Ed. ''The Three Stooges Journal'' #98 (2001) p. 10</ref>
Icabod Slipp's name appears on the door as "I. Slipp." This is a semantic parody on the [[Long Island]] town of [[Islip (town), New York|Islip, New York]].<ref>Shifres, Ed. ''The Three Stooges Journal'' #98 (2001) p. 10</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:16, 6 September 2013

Loose Loot
Directed byJules White
Written byFelix Adler
Jack White
Produced byJules White
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Kenneth MacDonald
Tom Kennedy
Emil Sitka
Nanette Bordeaux
Suzanne Ridgeway
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 2, 1953 (1953-04-02)
Running time
15' 54"
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Loose Loot is the 146th 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 trying to obtain their inheritance from their late uncle. Unfortunately, it has been swiped by con man Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald). The trio track Slipp down at the Circle Follies Theatre, and duke it out.

Shemp appears to be the lucky one, ogling up to Suzanne Ridgeway, in Loose Loot

Production notes

The first half of Loose Loot consists of footage recycled from Hold That Lion!.[1]

Icabod Slipp's name appears on the door as "I. Slipp." This is a semantic parody on the Long Island town of Islip, New York.[2]

References

  1. ^ Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Glendale, California: Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 418-419. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Shifres, Ed. The Three Stooges Journal #98 (2001) p. 10