Fright Night (film)
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Dick Wessel Claire Carleton Harold Brauer Cy Schindell Heinie Conklin Sammy Stein Stanley Blystone Dave Harper Tom Kingston |
| Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
| Editing by | Paul Borofsky |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  March 6, 1947 |
| Running time | 17' 41" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Half-Wits Holiday |
| Followed by | Out West |
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Fright Night is the 98th 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.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges are managers of a beefy boxer named Chopper Kane (Dick Wessel), and they bet their bank roll on his next fight. When a gangster (Tiny Brauer) tells them to have Chopper lose or they will lose their lives, the boys decide to play along. They try to soften Chopper up by feeding him rich food and having him spend time with their friend Kitty (Claire Carleton). The fight gets canceled when Kitty dumps Chopper for his opponent and the two boxers engage in some pre-match fisticuffs that result in a broken hand for the opponent. The Stooges think they have put one over on the gangsters, only to have the bad guys corner them in a deserted warehouse. Instead of being rubbed out, the boys capture the crooks and get a reward.
[edit] Shemp Howard returns
Fright Night marked the return of Shemp Howard to the Stooges. It had been 14 years since he had worked with brother Moe Howard and partner Larry Fine. Critics have noted how naturally Shemp picked up where he had left, falling into the Stooge routines almost effortlessly.
[edit] Notes
- Fright Night was reworked in 1955 as Fling in the Ring, using ample stock footage.
[edit] Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [2](Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [3](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [4], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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