Product Details

• Actors: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Bud Jamison, James C. Morton
• Directors: Jack White (II)
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304372477
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,725 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"A Pain in the Pullman" (1936, short number 16 in the Columbia series) starts with the team rehearsing a number--very badly, of course--which leads to their eviction and subsequent chaos on a train, thanks to the boys and their monkey. The old business of two or more crammed in an upper berth is repeated, but there is a fairly original sequence with a crab dinner (Curly preferring the shells).

"Gents Without Cents" (1944, number 81), on the other hand, is fabulous. It starts also with a rehearsal number--the immortal "Niagara Falls... slowly I turned" routine that would be repeated with Lou Costello in Lost in a Harem. They meet a winsome trio of acrobatic dancers and give a show at a war plant. When another act can't make it, the boys volunteer--and it seems the props and scenery are all ready and the other actor even knows his lines! The complete "Niagara Falls" routine is performed, including a short skit that is the ancestor of a similar Monty Python "Who will volunteer to die?" episode. Even the ending is hilarious as they are off to their honeymoons and Curly makes the fatal mistake of reading the road sign: Niagara Falls.

"Termites of 1938" (1938, number 28) has only an opening routine with an elaborate mousetrap to distinguish it. A high-society dame mistaking these exterminators for an escort service takes up the rest. There is a long, not very funny sequence in which an English lord decides to take his cue for table manners from the Stooges, with predictable results. But "Gents" makes this Columbia entry an excellent choice. --Frank Behrens

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good sampler of the Stooges' brand of slapstick, April 27, 2000

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Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 Stooges: Pain in the Pullman [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN has vaudevillians Moe, Larry, and Curly traveling by train. Of course, it isn't quite as simple as that, as the trip becomes a nightmare for all concerned. GENTS WITHOUT CENTS is notable for their famous rendition of the burlesque chestnut "Slowly I Turned" and for the dance specialties by Lindsay, Laverne, and Betty. TERMITES OF 1938 finds the Stooges as exterminators mistaken for professional escorts. If you know the Stooges, you'll know what to expect in these three shorts.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch........", February 24, 2002

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Lana Durbin (Riverview, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3 Stooges: Pain in the Pullman [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN (1936) - An excellent stooge short! This would have to be one of my favorite Curly shorts. The scene where the stooges are trying to get up into their tiny top bunk is hilarious!

GENTS WITHOUT CENTS (1944) - a very good short. This is the one with the memorable Niagara Falls routine.

TERMITES OF 1938 (1938) - A stooge classic! The stooges, as exterminators, are mistaken for escorts! Another excellent short!

A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN, GENTS WITHOUT CENTS, and TERMITES OF 1938: All 3 are stooge gems. Definitely add this one to your collection!

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Stooges video "A Pain in the Pullman", January 12, 2011

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D. Highfield - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 Stooges: Pain in the Pullman [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video - a collector's item - with the Three Stooges at their best. I use it to further the education of my grandchildren.