Production Information
Title: No Census, No Feeling
Studio: Columbia
Short Number: 50
Release Date: October 04, 1940
Running Time: 16:6
“Good morning, sir. I’m the census taker. Are you married or happy?”
(Moe)
No Census, No Feeling Short Take
The Stooges, upon escaping from the police after another random act of unintentional vandalism, suddenly find themselves employed as census takers. Making their rounds, they help out a bridge club party where Curly has spiked the punch with alum (thinking it was sugar), and invade the field of a football game to census the players.
Resorting to unconventional methods, they disguise themselves as footballers and infiltrate the game, only to find themselves entangled in the match. In a bid to retrieve the ball and glean information, they resort to a chaotic sequence of events involving ice cream and a frenzied chase, ultimately fleeing the stadium pursued by the irate football team.
Cast & Crew
| Directed by | Del Lord |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Del Lord |
| Written by | Harry Edwards Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent Symona Boniface Max Davidson John Tyrrell Bruce Bennett |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Art Seid |
Production Notes
No Census, No Feeling was filmed on May 25–29, 1940.The film title is a parody on the expression “No sense, no feeling”.
Curly confuses “census” for “the censor“, thinking he is working for Will H. Hays.
In one scene, Curly believes that it is Independence Day in October, claiming that “you never can tell; look what they did to Thanksgiving!“. This is a reference to an event in 1939 when Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to an earlier Thursday in November to lengthen the Christmas shopping season. This act angered many and, after some time, the holiday ended up moving to the fourth Thursday of November which just happens to be on the last Thursday of November most years. In 1940 and 1941, the holiday was on the third Thursday of November.
A colorized version of this film was released in the 2004 DVD collection entitled “Stooged & Confoosed.”
