Plane Nuts Explained

Plane Nuts
Director:	Jack Cummings
Starring:	Ted Healy Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bonnie Bonnell Geneva Mitchell Mary Halsey Kathryn Crawford Loretta Andrews Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra
Music:	Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields
Cinematography:	Busby Berkeley
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Plane Nuts is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 14, 1933. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest. The Stooges were billed as "Howard, Fine and Howard."

Cast

• Ted Healy as himself
• Moe Howard as Moe
• Larry Fine as Larry
• Curly Howard as Curly
• Bonnie Bonnell as Woman with Flowers

Uncredited cast

• Albertina Rasch Dancers as Themselves
• Lorretta Andrews as Chorus Girl
• Mildred Dixon as Chorus Girl
• Mary Halsey as Chorus Girl
• Nelly Loren as showgirl

Production notes

The musical numbers "Happy Landing" and "Dance Until Dawn" were lifted from the 1931 MGM feature film Flying High.^[1]

The Stooges and Healy were to appear in a segment where they fly around the world backwards, but it was cut from the final version. This footage is discussed, with production photos, in Leonard Maltin's 1990 television documentary The Lost Stooges.^[1]

See also

• The Three Stooges filmography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plane Nuts . threestooges.net .