- Restless Knights
Infobox Film
name = Restless Knights
caption =
director =Charles Lamont
writer =Felix Adler
starring =Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Geneva Mitchell Walter Brennan Stanley Blystone
cinematography =Benjamin H. Kline
producer =Jules White
editing =William A. Lyon
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|USFebruary 20 ,1935
runtime = 16' 11"
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by = "Horses' Collars "
followed_by = "Pop Goes the Easel "
amg_id = 1:228956
imdb_id = 0026925"Restless Knights" is the sixth
short subject starring Americanslapstick comedy team theThree Stooges . The trio made a total of 190 shorts forColumbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.Plot
Set in Medieval times, the Stooges learn they are of royal blood. They also learn of a plot by the prime minister to kidnap the queen. The Stooges become the queen's royal guards and vow to save the kingdom. However, they are sentenced to die when they fail to prevent the abduction and are blamed for the crime.
Notes
*As the Stooges' father slaps all three of them for their misbehavior, look closely, and you will find the father put Larry's candle out at the same time.
* After the Queen is abducted, Curly uses his talent by making childish faces and gestures in front of the enemy soldiers. He taunts them, individually, into chasing him back into the cave where the other stooges are waiting to ambush them. This type of skit was used in later films (usually when they got involved with gangsters).
*The title "Restless Knights" is an obvious pun on "restless nights," or chronicinsomnia . [Solomon, Jon. (2002) "The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion", p. 59; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804]References
Further reading
*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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