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Columbia Shorts 1948

107. FIDDLERS THREE



 

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Rl. May 6 / Prod. No. 4070 / 17 m / p d Jules White / st scr Felix Adler / ad Jack Corrick / ph Allen Siegler / e Edwin Bryant / a Charles Clague / C: Vernon Dent (King Cole), Phil Van Zandt (Mergatroyd, the Magician), Virginia Hunter (Princess Alicia), Sherry O'Neil (Girl in Box), Joe Palma (Guard), Harold Breen (Shemp's Stand-in), Johnny Kascier (Moe's Stand-in) and Joe Murphy (Larry's Stand-in)

SYN: In the Kingdom of Coleslawvania, the Stooges, as King Cole's personal fiddlers, ask for permission to marry Princess Alicia's three handmaidens. Their request is granted under the condition that Alicia weds Prince Galiant first. But Mergatroyd the Magician gets wind of Alicia's wedding plans, and tries to overthrow King Cole in a master plan to marry Alicia himself. Mergatroyd then kidnaps Alicia, promising the King he'll make her appear (out of nowhere) in his magician's box in exchange for her hand in marriage. When Alicia escapes, however, the Stooges take her place in the box, exposing Mergatroyd's evil plan and seizing him on the spot.

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- Did you know that in an especially rough physical stunt, Stooge dummies are tossed into the fray?

 

FN: Remade as Musty Musketeers (5/13/54), using stock footage.