Swing Parade of 1946 is a 1946 musical comedy film directed by Phil Karlson and released by Monogram Pictures. The film features Gale Storm, Phil Regan, and The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard), and musical numbers by Connee Boswell and the Louis Jordan and Will Osborne orchestras, including "Stormy Weather" and "Caldonia".
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Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Produced by | Lindsley Parsons Harry A. Romm Trem Carr |
Written by | Tim Ryan |
Starring | Gale Storm Phil Regan Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Edited by | Richard Currier |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Screenplay
The Three Stooges. as dishwashers, help an aspiring singer, Carol Lawrence (Storm), and a nightclub owner, Danny Warren (Regan), find love.
The Stooges rework several bits they performed with Ted Healy at MGM: the plumbing sequences are adapted from Meet the Baron and some of the waiter gags are borrowed from Beer and Pretzels.
Swing Parade of 1946 was filmed near the end of Curly Howard's career. The 42-year-old comedian had suffered a series of minor strokes several months prior to filming, and his performances in their Columbia shorts at that time were often halting and slow. By the time of Swing Parade of 1946, he had lost a considerable amount of weight, and had difficulty maintaining his trademark falsetto voice. However, he appears somewhat more healthy and animated in this film, possibly due to The Stooges' supporting roles being less strenuous than in the shorts, where Curly was in virtually ever scene. He is also billed as "Jerome Howard" in the credits, for the first time in many years.
Director Nicholas Ray worked on the screenplay. His work was uncredited. This was Ray's only collaboration with the Three Stooges.
- The Three Stooges filmography