Even as IOU explained

Even as IOU
Director:Del Lord
Producer:Del Lord
Hugh McCollum
Starring:Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Stanley Blystone
Ruth Skinner
Sharyn Moffett
Vernon Dent
Bud Jamison
Cinematography:L. William O'Connell
Editing:Paul Borofsky
Distributor:Columbia Pictures
Country:United States
Language:English

Even as IOU is a 1942 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 65th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are fraudulent individuals engaged in the illicit sale of counterfeit racing forms, exploit unsuspecting patrons by peddling expired documents. This duplicitous endeavor culminates in a confrontation with a disgruntled customer, precipitating their flight from law enforcement.

Amidst their flight, a fortuitous encounter with a destitute mother and her daughter prompts a benevolent gesture, as they utilize funds from the child's piggy bank to alleviate their financial distress.

Buoyed by the success of their altruistic deed, the Stooges subsequently find themselves embroiled in a sequence of events revolving around a horse race. Following an unexpected triumph in the race, their newfound prosperity is short-lived as they fall victim to the machinations of two swindlers, who deceive them into purchasing a retired racehorse named Seabasket.

Undeterred by their misfortune, the Stooges assume responsibility for the care of the aged horse, with Curly inadvertently ingesting a Vitamin Z pill intended for the equine. Miraculously, this mishap results in Curly's ostensible birthing of a new Equidae entity, subsequently heralded as a promising racehorse.

Cast

Credited

Production notes

Filming of Even as IOU was completed April 18–22, 1942.[1]

There are several references to The New Deal instituted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt:

The idea of Curly swallowing Vitamin Z and hatching a colt generates from the use of synthetic vitamins as dietary supplements, which was both popular and experimental in the early 1940s.[2]

Moe requesting an operator patch him through to "Ripley, yeah, believe it or not." This is one of the earliest mentions of Ripley's in popular media.[2]

The "ma-ma" doll gag had recently been used by Laurel and Hardy in 1940's Saps at Sea. It would be used again in the Stooges' 1951 short Scrambled Brains.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pauley, Jim . The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations . Santa Monica Press, LLC . 2012 . . 9781595800701.
  2. Book: Solomon, Jon. The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. 2002. 215. 0971186804.