Sing a Song of Six Pants
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Felix Adler |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent Harold Brauer Virginia Hunter Joe Palma Cy Schindell |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Editing by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  October 30, 1947 |
| Running time | 16' 54" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Brideless Groom |
| Followed by | All Gummed Up |
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Sing a Song of Six Pants is the 102nd 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.
[edit] Plot
The Stooges run a tailor shop that is about to be repossessed by the Skin and Flint Finance Corporation. When the Boys hear about a big reward for fugitive bank robber 'Terry "Slippery Fingers" Hargan' (Harold Brauer), they think that catching him might end their financial woes. Hargan conveniently ducks into their shop and leaves a suit with a safe combination in its pocket. After his girlfriend (played by Virginia Hunter) fails to retrieve the combination, Hargan returns with his henchmen, and a wild mêlée follows. The Stooges miss out on the reward but wind up with the crook's bankroll to pay off their debts.
[edit] Production details
- The title is a takeoff on "Sing a Song of Sixpence," the classic English nursery rhyme.
- Sing a Song of Six Pants was remade in 1953 as Rip, Sew and Stitch, using ample recylced footage from the original.
- The name of the tailor shop is 'Pip Boys,' a parody of the auto service chain Pep Boys. Also, the Stooges' names on the store window are written 'Lary (sic), Moe & Shemp,' paralleling the traditional listing of the Pep Boys' names as 'Manny, Moe & Jack.' (Note that Larry's name is, for some reason, spelled with only one r.)
- Director Jules White "guest-stars" as the voice of the radio announcer.
- Six Pants is one of four Stooge shorts that fell into the public domain after the copyright lapsed in the 1960s (the other three being Malice in the Palace, Brideless Groom, and Disorder in the Court). As such, these four shorts frequently appear on inexpensive video or DVD compilations.
[edit] 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).
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