Three Arabian Nuts

Infobox Film
name = Three Arabian Nuts


caption =
director = Edward Bernds
writer = Elwood Ullman
starring = Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Vernon Dent
Philip Van Zandt
Dick Curtis
Wesley Bly
cinematography = |
editing = Edwin H. Bryant
producer = Hugh McCollum
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|US January 4, 1951
runtime = 15' 43"
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by = "A Snitch in Time"
followed_by = "Baby Sitters Jitters"
amg_id = 1:146058
imdb_id = 004412

"Three Arabian Nuts" is the 129th 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 warehouse workers who are assigned to delivering some Arabian antiques for a Mr. Bradley (Vernon Dent). While unpacking the goods at Mr. Bradley's house, Shemp stumbles upon a magic lamp that he, at first, dubs a "syrup pitcher." After giving the lamp a cleaning, a genie appears (Wesley Bly), startling Shemp. Calling the genie "genius," the Stooges are pursued two Arabian thugs (Philip Van Zandt, Dick Curtis) who are after the magic lamp.

External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=f88fqsLgeQk&feature=related Watch "Three Arabian Nuts" - first half.]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=wj7WO9eXM5U&feature=related Watch "Three Arabian Nuts" - second half.]

Further reading

*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806507233] , (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"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).