Swing Parade of 1946
Swing Parade of 1946 | |
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Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Written by | Tim Ryan |
Produced by | Lindsley Parsons Harry A. Romm Trem Carr |
Starring | Gale Storm Phil Regan Moe Howard Larry Fine Jerome Howard |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Edited by | Richard Currier |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Swing Parade of 1946 is a 1946 musical comedy film directed by Phil Karlson and released by Monogram Pictures. The film features Gale Storm, Phil Regan, and The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard), Edward Brophy and musical numbers by Connee Boswell and the Louis Jordan and Will Osborne (singer) orchestras, including "Stormy Weather" and "Caldonia".
Premise
The Three Stooges, as dishwashers, help an aspiring singer, Carol Lawrence (Storm), and a nightclub owner, Danny Warren (Regan), find love.
Three Stooges appearance
The Stooges rework several bits they performed with Ted Healy at MGM: the plumbing sequences are adapted from Meet the Baron and some of the waiter gags are borrowed from Beer and Pretzels.[1]
Swing Parade of 1946 was filmed over a period of 24 days between July 30 and August 25, 1945.[1] 42-year-old Curly Howard had suffered a series of minor strokes several months prior to filming, and his performances in their Columbia shorts at that time were often sluggish and lethargic. By the time of Swing Parade of 1946, he had lost a considerable amount of weight, and had difficulty maintaining his trademark falsetto voice. However, he appears somewhat more healthy and animated in this film, possibly due to The Stooges' supporting roles being less strenuous than in the shorts, where Curly was in virtually every scene.[2] He is also billed as "Jerome Howard" in the credits, for the first time in many years.
Director Nicholas Ray worked uncredited on the screenplay. This was Ray's only collaboration with the Three Stooges.
See also
References
- ^ a b Swing Parade of 1946 at threestooges.net
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff; Howard Maurer, Joan; Lenburg, Greg; (1982). The Three Stooges Scrapbook, p. 77, Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-0946-5
External links
- 1946 films
- 1946 musical comedy films
- 1946 romantic comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American films
- American romantic musical films
- The Three Stooges films
- Monogram Pictures films
- Films directed by Phil Karlson
- 1940s romantic musical films
- American black-and-white films
- Romantic musical film stubs