A Pain in the Pullman
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| Directed by | Preston Black |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Preston Black |
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Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bud Jamison James C. Morton Eddie Laughton Loretta Andrews Phyllis Crane Wilna Hervey |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | William A. Lyon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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19:46 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Pain in the Pullman is the 16th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1936 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
The Stooges are small-time actors traveling by train to an engagement—and fleeing the landlady for their unpaid rent. They are told to put their pet monkey, Joe, in the baggage car, but are afraid he will get hurt. They sneak Joe onto the Southern Pacific train with them, but Joe gets loose, And they have a hard time getting up to the berth bed by making a lot of noise and managing to awaken and annoy all of the train's passengers, including Mr. Paul Pain (James C. Morton) and Mr. Johnson the stage manager and boss (Bud Jamison), the latter of which routinely bonks his head on the upper berth upon awakening. Ultimately, a terrified Joe pulls the train's emergency cord, abruptly stopping the train in the process. The passengers then forcibly remove the Stooges from the train because they were fired for making a lot of noises and bringing their pet monkey onto the train and they land on three cows and hobble away.
A Pain in the Pullman is the longest Stooge short filmed, running at 19' 46"; the shortest is Sappy Bull Fighters, running at 15' 12". Filming was completed between April 29 and May 4, 1936.
This is the first short in which Moe, Larry, and Curly are actually referred to as "The Three Stooges" in the dialogue.
In the scene where Curly is coughing up a piece of crab shell, the actress sitting next to him starts to crack up, a rare occurrence in a Columbia short.
The closing shot of the Stooges leaping over a bush, and landing on a trio of bucking steers was reused at the end of A Ducking They Did Go. The same gag was used in the end of The Ren and Stimpy Show episode "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" (show creator John Kricfalusi was apparently a big fan of the Three Stooges, using a good number of Stooge gags as part of his tenure with Ren and Stimpy; the character of Stimpy is himself based on Larry).
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