Finishing up on COLUMBIA NOIR #2, which once again allowed me to indulge my dumb/glorious idea of pairing each noir with one of the many Three Stooges shorts that Columbia were churning out at the same time… [thread]
FRAMED is a punchy lil noir involving a murder plot, mistaken identity, a gold-digging blonde, and a great deal money. UP IN DAISY’S PENTHOUSE also involves a murder plot, mistaken identity, a gold-digging blonde, and a great deal money.
711 OCEAN DRIVE stars Edmund O’Brien as a telephone repairman who makes an unexpected career switch. THREE SAPPY PEOPLE stars the Three Stooges as telephone repairmen who make an unexpected career switch (albeit less criminal than Ed O’B).
THE MOB sees Broderick Crawford as a cop assuming a blue-collar job and going undercover to thwart criminal activities. HOT STUFF sees the Stooges as a secret agents who assume blue-collar jobs and go undercover to thwart criminal activities.
AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD, a noir with island intrigue and Rita Hayworth, is joined by SAVED BY THE BELLE, a Stooges comedy with island intrigue and a Senorita Rita.
TIGHT SPOT features courtroom drama and an isolated hideaway beset by deadly intruders, while IDIOTS DELUXE features courtroom comedy and an isolated hideaway beset by a deadly intruder (a bear, not mobsters).