- Knutzy Knights
Infobox Film
name = Knutzy Knights
caption =
director =Jules White
writer =Edward Bernds
Felix Adler
starring =Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Christine McIntyre
Ruth GodfreyVernon Dent Philip Van Zandt Jock Mahoney Joe Palma
cinematography =Ray Cory |
editing =Edwin H. Bryant
producer = Jules White
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|USSeptember 4 , 1954
runtime = 15' 22"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:147962
imdb_id = 0047153
preceded_by = "Pals and Gals "
followed_by = "Shot in the Frontier ""Knutzy Knights" is the 156th short subject starring American
slapstick comedy team theThree Stooges . The trio made a total of 190 shorts forColumbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.Plot
The Stooges are troubadours sent to cheer up the broken-hearted Princess Elaine (
Christine McIntyre ). Her father, the King, (Vernon Dent ) has pledged her hand in marriage to the Black Prince (Philip Van Zandt ), but she loves Cedric, the local blacksmith (Jock Mahoney ).The Stooges try to intervene for Cedric by serenading Elaine (they sing a variation on the Sextette from "
Lucia di Lammermoor ," with lyrics telling Elaine that Cedric is present and warning of the Black Prince's plot). They are captured by the king’s guards and condemned to be beheaded. Eventually the King realizes the plot and jails The Black Prince and his fellow plotter. Elaine is allowed to marry Cedric, and they all live happily ever after.Quotes
**The King: “My daughter marry a Smith?”
**Shemp: “Take it easy, your Majesty; millions of women marry Smiths every year.”Tidbits
*"Knutzy Knights" is a
remake of "Squareheads of the Round Table ", using ample footage from the original 1948 film.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 = 439
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]
*This is the last film featuring new footage of longtime Stooge foil Vernon Dent. Dent appeared in three more Stooge films after "Knutzy Knights", via recycled footage: "Bedlam in Paradise ", "Hot Stuff", and "Guns a Poppin! ".References
Further reading
*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806507233] , (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion"; by Jon Solomon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971186804] , (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg,Joan Howard Maurer , Greg Lenburg [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806509465] (Citadel Press, 1994).
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767905563] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581823630] , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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