Idle Roomers
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Directed byDel Lord
Written byDel Lord
Elwood Ullman
Produced byHugh McCollum
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Christine McIntyre
Vernon Dent
Duke York
Eddie Laughton
CinematographyGlen Gano
Edited byHenry Batista
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
United States July 15, 1944
Running time
16' 49"
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

Idle Roomers is the 80th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

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Three live-size wax figures depicting the Stooges as they appeared in Idle Roomers.

The Stooges are bellhops at "Hotel Snazzy Plaza," and pound each other in order to get some face time with an attractive woman (the lovely Christine McIntyre, in her debut appearance with the team). Unfortunately, she has a mean-tempered husband (Vernon Dent) who happens to excel in knife throwing. The husband is also secretly importing Lupe the Wolf Man (Duke York) who goes berserk when her hears music. Later on, when Curly is cleaning their room, he snaps on the radio, and the wolf man goes on the rampage.

Notes

Further reading

  1. ^ The Making of the Stooges, narrated by Steve Allen (1984)
  2. ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 246; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804