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Soup to Nuts is an American Pre-Code feature film written by Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff, which marks the film debut of the original four members who would later, minus Ted Healy, go on to become known as The Three Stooges comic trio. Goldberg made a cameo appearance in the film as himself, opening letters in a restaurant.
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| Directed by | Benjamin Stoloff |
| Produced by | A. L. Rocket |
| Written by | Rube Goldberg |
| Starring | Ted Healy Charles Winninger Frances McCoy Lucile Browne Stanley Smith Hallam Cooley George Bickel William H. Tooker Shemp Howard Moe Howard Larry Fine Fred Sanborn |
| Music by | Cliff Friend James Monaco |
| Cinematography | Joseph Valentine |
| Edited by | Clyde Carruth |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Screenplay
Ted Healy is a salesman for the Schmidt Costume Shop who likes to hang out at the fire station where Moe (billed as "Harry Howard"), Larry and Shemp (along with Fred Sanborn) work. Old man Schmidt spends more time building crazy inventions (typical of devices by writer/cartoonist Rube Goldberg) than tending to his business; as a consequence he is bankrupt and his business is taken over by his creditors, who send a young man named Carlson to manage the business. Carlson immediately falls for Mr. Schmidt's niece, Louise, but she resists him.
Meanwhile, a certain General Avocado wants to organize a revolution in San Stevedore and comes to the costume shop to order uniforms; sadly his army flees in fright without paying at the sound of a child bursting a toy balloon. Ted also swings a deal with the Fire Department to supply costumes for the fireman's ball. Carlson wants to take Louise, so Ted hatches a plan to take Louise, and have himself and Carlson dressed alike, then switch places at the ball. When Louise learns of the switch, she runs back to the shop and locks herself in her room. Carlson chases her home, and unknowingly starts a fire while trying to persuade her to come out. The firemen (the Stooges) arrive to extinguish the blaze — with the unexpected help of one of Old Man Schmidt's inventions — and at last Louise and Carlson are a couple.
- Ted Healy as Ted
- Frances McCoy as Queenie
- Stanley Smith as Richard Carlson
- Lucile Browne as Louise
- Charles Winninger as Otto Schmidt
- Hallam Cooley as D. Quincy Throckmorton
- George Bickel as Gus Klein
- Shemp Howard as Fireman
- Larry Fine as Fireman
- Moe Howard as Fireman
- William H. Tooker as Ferguson
- Fred Sanborn as Mute Fireman
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