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Myrt and Marge (film)

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Myrt and Marge
Directed byAl Boasberg
Produced byBryan Foy
Eddie Foy Jr.
StarringMyrtle Vail
Donna Damerel
Ted Healy
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Bonnie Bonnell
CinematographyJoseph Valentine
Edited byArthur Hilton
Distributed byUniversal Studios
Release date
  • December 4, 1933 (1933-12-04)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Myrt and Marge is a 1933 American Pre-Code Universal Studios feature film, starring Myrtle Vail and Donna Damerel. The film is noteworthy today because it co-stars Ted Healy and his Stooges, shortly before the trio split from him and became the Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine). The team included Bonnie Bonnell, who was a short-lived female Stooge.[1]

Synopsis

Film adaptation of the popular 1930s radio serial. Myrt Spear's (Myrtle Vail) touring vaudeville revue is full of talent and bound for Broadway, but low on funds. Conniving and lecherous producer Mr. Jackson (Thomas Jackson) helps the show so he can romance the young star, Marge Minter (Donna Damerel).

Myrt, and Marge's boyfriend Eddie Hanley (Eddie Foy, Jr.), step in to save the revue and Marge. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly are stagehands with hopes to join the show, but mostly deal with the antics of backstage crasher Bonnie. Also carrying over from the radio show was the comic-relief "pansy" character Clarence, played by Ray Hedge.

Radio program

Myrt and Marge was a popular radio serial created by and starring Myrtle Vail and Damerel. The show aired on CBS Radio from 1931 to 1946, and in syndication from 1946 to 1947.

Cast

Reception

The film was a box office disappointment for Universal.[2]

This film is shown in a scene from the 2000 film, O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

See also

References

  1. ^ Myrt and Marge notes, imdb.com; accessed July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ D. W. (Nov 25, 1934). "TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD". The New York Times. ProQuest 101193306.