Production Information
Title: Fifi Blows Her Top
Studio: Columbia
Short Number: 184
Release Date: April 10, 1958
Running Time: 16:4
“I should have married that girl.” “Why didn’t you?” “She didn’t ask me!”
(Larry & Joe)
Fifi Blows Her Top Short Take
A depressed Joe is sulking about a lost love, Fifi, who he planned to marry years ago. The Stooges discover that Fifi has moved into the apartment across the hall and has locked herself out of her apartment. She also has a jealous husband who is a first class heel. Typical Stooge antics result in ruining Fifi’s dress, and dressing her in a pair of pajamas is an invitation for her husband to enter the scene. Hiding her from disaster, Fifi overhears her hubbie’s plans to divorce her, and slapstick mayhem ensues.
Cast & Crew
| Directed by | Jules White |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Felix Adler |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe Besser Vanda Dupre Philip Van Zandt Joe Palma Harriette Tarler Heinie Conklin Yvette Reynard Al Thompson Marie Monteil Christine McIntyre |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind |
Fifi Blows Her Top Trivia
- The final short to feature Phil Van Zandt, who committed suicide almost exactly one year after filming.
- Source: Phil Van Zandt (cast)
- Added by MR77100 on 2009-05-25 12:09:06
- Status: Confirmed
Production Notes
Fifi Blows Her Top is a primarily a reworking of Laurel and Hardy‘s Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) and Block-Heads (1938) while incorporating several stock scenes from the Stooges’ Love at First Bite (1950).New footage was filmed over two days on February 12–13, 1957.
Fifi Blows Her Top marks the final appearance of longtime foil Philip Van Zandt. The actor committed suicide a year after filming wrapped and did not live to see its release.
