Moe insisted on doubles for he and the boys or they wouldn't shoot it at all. Larry's tooth was knocked out by actor Joseph Young, Curly broke a leg as he rode down the dumbwaiter, and even more broken limbs during the scene where the boys and the cameraman are tackled. Loyola University's football team is featured during the game-action scenes.Ī number of injuries occurred during the filming of this short. The site today is occupied by CBS Television City. They are hired to join gangster Walter Long’s football team for a sure-fire win.įilmed at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles. The Stooges are vagrants who are mistaken as The Three Horsemen, Boulder Dam University's top football players. Story and Screenplay-Felix Adler and Griffin Jay Much of the dialog during the operation scene was ad-libbed by the Stooges. The opening title music is "I THOUGHT I WANTED YOU" by Archie Gottler and Edward Eliscu. This is the first "Official" Three Stooges comedy. The Stooges are devoted doctors who try to live up to the motto “For Duty and Humanity”, much to the dismay of thier supervisor, Dr. They would also receive an on-screen story credit for the remake A HIT WITH A MISS (1945) starring Moe and Curly's brother, Shemp Howard.
PUNCH DRUNKS is the only Three Stooges comedy to credit the boys for the story (Moe added Larry and Curly's names to the outline). The original choice of song that turns Curly into a madman was STARS & STRIPES FOREVER, however, that was changed during production because POP GOES THE WEASEL was in the public domain.īelow is Moe Howard's original, four page hand-written treatment, where he refers to his character as "Bangs" and Larry's as "Fuzzy". The original working title was (A) SYMPHONY OF PUNCHES, a story Moe Howard scribbled on hotel stationary.
THREE STOOGES GOLF WITH YOUR FRIENDS PICTURE PROFESSIONAL
With the help of fight promoter Moe and fiddler Larry, mild-mannered waiter Curly becomes a professional prize fighter who gains the strength of 10 men every time the tune POP GOES THE WEASEL is played.leaving anyone within arms reach a target for his swinging punches.
Story-Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Jerry Howard This is the only "Musical Novelty" to be syndicated by Screen Gems as part of their Three Stooges television package. After the Stooges popularity began to rise, the short's opening titles were altered a bit to open with the famous Stooges title card.
The reason for this is because WOMAN HATERS is an entry in Columbia's "Musical Novelties" series. The dialog throughout is spoken entirely in rhyme.
Here they take the names of Tom, Jim and Jack.Īctress Marjorie White was killed in an automobile accident shortly after production. The boys are not known as Moe, Larry and Curly in this short.