Rockin' thru the Rockies

Infobox Film
name = Rockin' thru the Rockies


caption =
director = Jules White
writer = Clyde Bruckman
starring = Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Lorna Gray
Kathryn Sheldon
Bud Jamison
Dick Curtis
Dorothy Appleby
Linda Winters
producer = Jules White
cinematography = Henry Freulich
editing = Art Seid
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|US March 8, 1940
runtime = 17' 24"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:229011
imdb_id = 0032995
preceded_by = "You Nazty Spy!"
followed_by = "A Plumbing We Will Go"

"Rockin' thru the Rockies" is the 45th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are guides (circa late 1800s), who are helping a trio christened "Nell's Belles" travel across the the Rocky Mountains to San Francisco, the location of their next performance. While preparing some corned beef, a group of Indians urge them to get off their land as soon as possible. Since Curly scared off the horses earlier, the group are stuck there for the night. Unfortunately, snow falls while they asleep. They awake to discover a bear has devoured their food supply, so the three hapless guides try unsuccessfully to catch some fish in a nearby frozen lake. The fishing expedition is interrupted by Nell (Kathryn Sheldon), who discovers the Belles — Lorna Gray, Dorothy Appleby and Linda Winters — have been kidnapped by the Indians. The Belles manage to escape, and the troupe leaves the Indians' land quickly.

Notes

The title of this film is often mistaken for the Stooges' 1945 starring feature film "Rockin' in the Rockies".cite book
last = Solomon
first = Jon
authorlink = Jon Solomon
coauthors =
title = "The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion"
publisher = Comedy III Productions, Inc
date = 2002
location =
pages = 317
url = http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Three-Stooges-Filmography-Companion/dp/0971186804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201570359&sr=1-1
doi =
id =
isbn = 0971186804]

References

Further reading

*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0806507233] , (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0806509465] (Citadel Press, 1994).
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0767905563] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1581823630] , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).