The Big Idea (1934 film)

The Big Idea
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byTed Healy
Matty Brooks
StarringTed Healy
The Three Stooges
Bonnie Bonnell
Muriel Evans
Heinie Conklin
Lew Harvey
Jimmy Hollywood
Eddie Bartell
Henry Taylor
Tut Mace
MGM Dancing Girls
Music byL. Wolfe Gilbert
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 12, 1934 (1934-05-12) (U.S.)
Running time
19:15
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Big Idea is the fifth and last of five short films starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 12, 1934.

Production

Like other shorts Healy and the Stooges filmed at MGM, stock footage was utilized to fill out the 20 minutes of time. For The Big Idea, MGM used musical numbers edited out of the feature films Dancing Lady (1933), which ironically had a supporting role by Healy and a cameo by the Stooges, and Going Hollywood (1933).[1]

This is one of the last films and the fifth and final musical-comedy short subject in which the Three Stooges appeared with longtime partner Ted Healy. By the time of the release of The Big Idea, the Three Stooges had signed a new contract with Columbia Pictures to do a series of comedy short films without Healy, beginning with Woman Haters (1934).

See also

References

  1. ^ threestooges.net

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