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The Sitter Downers (1937)
The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts including a lot and a prefabricated house. They win the strike and get married, but the wives decree no honeymoon until the house is built. The boys have some problems with the construction, especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity that collapses when one post is accidentally moved.
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The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts including a lot and a prefabricated house. They win the strike and get married, but the wives decree no honeymoon until the house is built. The boys have some problems with the construction, especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity that collapses when one post is accidentally moved.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Ewart Adamson
In Theaters:11/26/1937
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Runtime:16 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
Del Lord
Director
Curly Howard
Curly
Larry Fine
Larry
Moe Howard
Moe
June Gittelson
Flora Bell (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
James C. Morton
Mr. Bell (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
Man on Street (uncredited)
Betty Mack
Cora Bell (uncredited)
Marcia Healy
Dora Bell (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Man on Street (uncredited)
Bert Young
Truck Driver (uncredited)
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