Production Information
Title: Flat Foot Stooges
Studio: Columbia
Short Number: 35
Release Date: December 05, 1938
Running Time: 15:5
“Hey, we’re doing the Corrigan!”
(Curly)
Flat Foot Stooges Short Take
The boys are firemen who still use a horse-drawn fire truck. A salesman named Fred Reardon tries to convice Fire Chief Kelly (Chester Conklin) to buy a motorized truck, but is turned down. Reardon plans to force a sale by planting gun powder in the Chief’s antique vehicle. But a duck consumes some of the explosive and lays a flammable egg that sets the fire station ablaze. Firemen Stooges to the rescue!… maybe?
Cast & Crew
| Directed by | Charley Chase |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Charley Chase |
| Written by | Charley Chase |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Dick Curtis Lola Jensen Chester Conklin Heinie Conklin Al Thompson |
| Music by | Ben Oakland, Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Art Seid |
Flat Foot Stooges Trivia
This short marked the debut of supporting actor Dick Curtis.
Source: Dick Curtis (Cast database)
Added by ProfessorStooge on 2010-06-07 12:24:53
Status: Confirmed
“Hey, we’re doin’ the Corrigan!” A reference to aviator “Wrong Way” Corrigan, who left NY for CA, and landed in Ireland.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
Added by BeAStooge on 2011-02-07 06:27:52
Status: Confirmed
Production Notes
Filmed on October 25–28, 1938,[1] the title Flat Foot Stooges is a pun on the 1938 jazz song “Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)“.[2]
A rarity among Stooge shorts, the boys are shown reciting dialogue incorrectly on several occasions, a result of director Charley Chase‘s rushed directing style. Chase rarely stopped for retakes in an effort to finish a film ahead of schedule.[2]
When Larry slides down the fire pole and is accidentally punched by Moe, he calls himself a “victim of circumstance”. This marks the first time a Stooge other than Curly says the line.
Upon realizing they are heading in the wrong direction, Curly quips “Hey, we’re doing the Corrigan!”, a reference to aviator Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan. Corrigan had recently returned from a transcontinental flight from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York to Long Beach, California. Instead of returning to New York, he bypassed it, and headed to Ireland.[2]
Flat Foot Stooges marks the first usage of “Three Blind Mice” as the Stooges’ title theme. However, this was not put to permanent use until We Want Our Mummy.
