Shemp dangles from a 10th-floor phone wire—comedy gold or insurance nightmare?
The stooges are hired by a movie studio as publicity men. Their first assignment is to get publicity for Dolly Devore, a pretty starlet. They fake a kidnapping, but the cops won't believe their story. Then the girl is really kidnapped and the stooges must come to the rescue. Shemp winds up hanging out a tenth story window on an extending telephone.
Stunts
Shemp's window gag defies physics and OSHA.
Acting
Christine McIntyre plays straight woman to perfection.
Practical Effects
Real Hollywood backlot locations add authenticity.
Director
Edward Bernds
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of 73 shorts Shemp made after replacing Curly, proving the 'third Stooge' slot was cursed yet profitable.
The fake-kidnapping-for-publicity plot hilariously mirrored real 1950s Hollywood scandals—Columbia Pictures knew their audience.
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