1936 THREE STOOGES 8mm film HALF SHOT SHOOTERS

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for offer
Right off I'll say not my area of expertise
As found a canister marked "3 STOOGES"
As no other identifying info was present I unwound til I found the title HALF SHOT SHOOTERS 1936  8mm
Reel is approx 5 1/2" if that helps   Kodak Safety Film
Seems in very good cond.
Inquire with any questions and I'll try and oblige      Loved the Stooges
Half Shot Shooters
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Half Shot Shooters
Directed by
Preston Black
Produced by
Jules White
Written by
Clyde Bruckman
Starring
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Stanley Blystone
Vernon Dent
Edward LeSaint
Harry Semels
Heinie Conklin
Lew Davis
Cinematography
Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by
Charles Hochberg
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
April 30, 1936 (U.S.)
Running time
18
:
28
Country
United States
Language
English
Half Shot Shooters
is a 1936
short subject
directed by
Preston Black
starring American
slapstick
comedy team
The Three Stooges
(
Moe Howard
,
Larry Fine
and
Curly Howard
). It is the 14th entry in the series released by
Columbia Pictures
starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
Contents
1
Plot
2
Production notes
3
Quotes
4
References
5
External links
Plot
[
edit
]
The film opens in 1918, where, upon receiving medals for "wounds in action" (being beaten up by their sergeant after sleeping through an attack), the Three Stooges are discharged from the army immediately following the end of
World War I
; they subsequently take revenge on Sgt. MacGillicuddy (
Stanley Blystone
) in retribution for his attack and overall poor treatment of them.
The film then cuts to 1935. The Stooges are traveling the streets hungry and are tricked into signing up for the army again. Unfortunately for them, MacGillicuddy is again the sergeant in charge. In the office of their colonel at the army base they have been sent to, the still-hungry Stooges fall upon some tomatoes MacGillicuddy had brought in. He orders them to throw away the tomatoes, and, demonstrating, throws one away himself, inadvertently hitting the colonel. As punishment, MacGillicuddy is ordered to polish
spittoons
.
Moe, Larry, and Curly are then assigned to
coast artillery
, and begin practicing their "skills", such as they are. They first hit a smokestack, followed by a house, a bridge, and lastly,
a battleship
, which just happens to be the flagship of a navy admiral. Sgt. MacGillicuddy and a group of officers rush up to investigate; when they question the Stooges as to whom is responsible for hitting the admiral's flagship, Moe and Larry hits, slaps and kicks Curly for shooting the wrong target. The vengeful sergeant asks them to line up for a photo shoot. The Stooges agree, glad to be rewarded for their sharp shooting, and pose as Sgt. MacGillicuddy swings a
deck gun
at them and fires, leaving three pairs of smoking boots behind.
Production notes
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Half Shot Shooters
was filmed on March 18–21, 1936.The film's title is a pun on
Half Shot at Sunrise
(1930), an
RKO Radio Pictures
movie with
Wheeler & Woolsey
.
This film marked the inaugural appearance of
Vernon Dent
, who appeared in more Stooge shorts than any other supporting actor. It also marked the final appearance of the old Columbia Pictures logo of a woman bearing a torch during the credits.
Unusually for one of their films, the Three Stooges are killed at the end of
Half Shot Shooters
. This plot device was used sporadically through their films, also being implemented in 1939's
Three Little Sew and Sews
and 1940's
You Nazty Spy!
, among others.
Dick Wessel
had a minor role as a gunnery soldier but made his first appearance as a character in 1947's
Fright Night
.
Half-Shot Shooters
has been criticized for its sadistic violence executed against the Stooges, with MacGillicuddy breaking Moe's arm, deafening all three, and then killing them at the conclusion.
Quotes