The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of dis... Read allThe stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
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- Moe
- (as Moe)
- Larry
- (as Larry)
- Curley
- (as Curley)
- Prof. Fuller
- (uncredited)
- Art Student
- (uncredited)
- Art Student
- (uncredited)
- Model in Tights
- (uncredited)
- Art Student
- (uncredited)
- Bearded Man
- (uncredited)
- Shop Keeper
- (uncredited)
- Girl Playing Hopscotch
- (uncredited)
- Woman in Car
- (uncredited)
- Girl Playing Hopscotch
- (uncredited)
- Man Curly Asks for a Meal
- (uncredited)
- Art Student
- (uncredited)
- Laughing Art Student
- (uncredited)
- Plainclothesman
- (uncredited)
- Model in Black Gown
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe two little girls playing hopscotch are the daughters of Larry Fine and Moe Howard. Before Moe's daughter Joan died in 2021 she was the oldest living person to have appeared on screen with her uncle Curly.
- GoofsJust before Moe asks Larry how to spell "chrysanthemum," his clip-on tie falls off. When he is seen again being accused of stealing the shopkeeper's brooms, his tie is clipped on again.
- Quotes
Larry: [after Moe has whistled for he and Curley to come to his side] What's the matter?
Moe: How do you spell "chrysanthemum"?
Larry: [thinks for a moment, looking confused]
Moe: Oh, ignorant, eh?
[slaps Larry, turns to Curley]
Moe: How do you spell it?
Curley: [very quickly] C-h-r-y-s-a-n-t-h-e-m-u-m.
Moe: [pause] Why weren't you here a minute ago?
[slaps Curley]
- Alternate versionsIn 2006, a computer colorized version was released as part of Columbia's "ChromaChoice" collection in a DVD entitled "The Three Stooges: Stooges on the Run".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jump 'N the Saddle Band: The Curly Shuffle (1983)
Lord had been one of Keystone Cops characters early in the Mack Sennett studio days, appearing as the squad's driver. Once the Depression shut down the Sennett facility, Lord worked for producer Hal Roach before he saw himself employed at a relative's used car dealership. Producer Jules White talked with Lord who was showing him a Buick when he realized who the salesman was. He had Columbia hire him to work with the Stooges. Lord shaped many aspects of the trio's on-screen antics, which lasted until he moved onto other projects in 1948.
"Pop Goes the Easel," a takeoff of the Stooges' earlier "Pop Goes the Weasel" short, finds the Stooges chased by a police detective who mistakes them for broom thieves. The three seek refuge in an art class, where they pose as French art students. Cornered in the studio, Curly dresses for the first time as a woman, a disguise he adopts in several future episodes (Moe and Larry also are seen in drag). Moe debuts his fist maneuver as he presents his clutch hand in front of Curly, asking "See this?" Curly hits the fist by exclaiming "Yeah," only to have Moe swing his arm broadly before he bops Curly on top of the head. In another stroke of genius, Moe commands Curly to pick two fingers. He innocently selects the index and middle finger, only to see Moe poke him in the eyes.
In another scene that rarely has Moe slapping others besides his two sidekicks, a circle of art students surrounds the three as clay is flung in every direction. Moe asks, "Who started this?" Larry responsed, "You did!" Moe's reaction is to yell "Oh Yeah?" which he proceeded to whip his open-hand around, slapping several bystanders in the face.
The highlight of "Pop Goes the Easel," however, is the clay fight involving everyone in the room and those who are entering. On a variation of the classic pie fights seen in earlier comedy shorts, clay is seen in abundance in the studio since it's used mostly for the student sculptors. Larry shows that clay, which is used for sculpturing, can also be made into a three dimensional painting by throwing a clump onto the canvas. He misses, hitting one of the Stooges, setting off a madcap scene where everyone throws clay everywhere.
In an earlier scene, while the Stooges are being chased by the detective on the city sidewalks, two girls are playing hopscotch. One is Larry's daughter, Phyllis, and the other was Jean, Moe's daughter. Jean Howard Maurer was seven at the time of filming and became a character actress who wrote two books on the Three Stooges and co-authored three more. Living to 94, she was the last living person to appear alongside her uncle Curly on screen. Jean died in September 2021.
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- May 8, 2023
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- Вот идет... мольберт
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- Runtime20 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1