Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938): Cast & Plot
Violent Is the Word for Curly is a 1938 short comedy directed by Charley Chase, starring Curly Howard as Curly, Moe Howard and Larry Fine. It runs 18 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Director
- Charley Chase
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Violent Is the Word for Curly About?
The premise of Violent Is the Word for Curly without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
The stooges run a gas station and accidentally blow up the car of three European professors. Wearing the scholars’ clothes they arrive at Mildew, a women’s college, and are mistaken for the faculty. When the professors appear, the boys pitch an athletics program to the benefactor, ending in chaos when they get a nitroglycerin basketball.
Violent Is the Word for Curly Themes & Keywords
· 44 tags- gas station
- women's chorus
- slapstick comedy
- mistaken for a professor
- fictional college
- college
- women's college
- college professor
- basketball
- nitroglycerin
- tackled
- cigar smoking
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- reference to seabiscuit
- sprayed with water
- playing spoons
- playing violin
- male singer
- singing harmony
- falling into water
- jumping into water
- rotisserie
- ice cream truck
- frozen alive
- running out of gas
- wooden match
- gas in the radiator
- polishing head
- electric razor
- hood ornament
- cap and gown
- top hat
- mustard
- washing a car
- chauffeured limousine
- women's sports
- mistaken identity
- laboratory
- farce
- chauffeur
- buffet
- song
- exploding car
- nonsense song
- the three stooges
Violent Is the Word for Curly Cast & Characters
Curly Howard leads the cast as Curly, with Moe Howard as Moe and Larry Fine as Larry. Directed by Charley Chase; 7 actors are credited in all.
- Director Charley Chase
- Curly Howard as Curly
- Moe Howard as Moe
- Larry Fine as Larry
- Bud Jamison as Acme Service Station Owner (uncredited)
Also Starring in Violent Is the Word for Curly
· 3 more- Beatrice Blinn Brainy Astronomy Student (uncredited)
- Al Thompson Professor Frankfurter (uncredited)
- Samuel Adams Professor Feinstein (uncredited)
Violent Is the Word for Curly Plot Summary
What happens in Violent Is the Word for Curly from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
At Mildew College, a school exclusively for female students, the administration pursues a way to fund an athletic program by appealing to Mrs. Catsby, the principal benefactor. She remains wary of promoting sports for girls and instead chooses to allocate funds toward the salaries of three incoming Teutonic professors. Meanwhile, the Stooges—[Moe Howard], [Larry Fine], and [Curly Howard]—are on the payroll as attendants at the Acme Service Station [Bud Jamison], where their famously inept service soon spirals into a cascade of mishaps. Their bungling culminates in the destruction of a chauffeur-driven Packard owned by three elderly German passengers, forcing the trio to flee with the passengers’ luggage in an ice cream truck, kicking off a chaotic, cross-country escapade.
Full summary
The whole story of Violent Is the Word for Curly, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Violent Is the Word for Curly?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Which three actors make up the Three Stooges in this film?
Cars in Violent Is the Word for Curly
7 cars on screen, including the 1937 Divco SF and the 1937 Ford V8 De Luxe.
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1937 Ford V8 De Luxe Minor role -
1929 Packard Custom Eight Minor role -
1929 Cadillac Series 341-B Background role
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Movies Like Violent Is the Word for Curly
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Grips, Grunts and Groans, All the World’s a Stooge and The Three Stooges.
Violent Is the Word for Curly FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Violent Is the Word for Curly, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Violent Is the Word for Curly?
Violent Is the Word for Curly runs 18 minutes.
When was Violent Is the Word for Curly released?
Violent Is the Word for Curly was released on July 2, 1938.
Who directed Violent Is the Word for Curly?
Violent Is the Word for Curly was directed by Charley Chase.
More films by Charley Chase Who is in the cast of Violent Is the Word for Curly?
Violent Is the Word for Curly stars Curly Howard as Curly, Moe Howard as Moe and Larry Fine as Larry, among 7 credited actors.
Does Violent Is the Word for Curly have a post-credit scene?
No. Violent Is the Word for Curly has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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