Plane Nuts

Plane Nuts
Directed by	Jack Cummings
Written by	Ted Healy Matty Brooks
Starring	Ted Healy Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bonnie Bonnell Geneva Mitchell Mary Halsey Kathryn Crawford Loretta Andrews Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra
Cinematography	Busby Berkeley
Music by	Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 14, 1933 (1933-10-14)
Running time	19:41
Country	United States
Language	English

Plane Nuts is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest. The Stooges were billed as "Howard, Fine and Howard."

The musical numbers "Happy Landing" and "Dance Until Dawn" were lifted from the 1931 MGM feature film Flying High.

According to Moe Howard and Larry Fine, the film was originally planned as a feature film entitled Around the Worlds Backwards. A few individual 35mm frames survive of a scene with Healy and the Stooges piloting an airplane. Plane Nuts appears to be what would have been the feature's opening 2 reels, consisting of musical numbers recycled from other MGM films and a recreation of some of Ted Healy and His Stooges' stage act.

Cast

• Ted Healy as Himself
• Moe Howard as Moe
• Larry Fine as Larry
• Curly Howard as Curly
• Bonnie Bonnell as Woman with Flowers

Uncredited cast

• Albertina Rasch Dancers as Themselves
• Lorretta Andrews as Chorus Girl
• Mildred Dixon as Chorus Girl
• Mary Halsey as Chorus Girl

See also

• The Three Stooges filmography

External links

• Plane Nuts at IMDb
• The short film Plane Nuts is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.