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==Plot== ==Plot==
The indolent Stooges, roused from their slumber by the persistent demands of their spouses to seek gainful employment, serendipitously encounter Dr. Bright, the president of a company in dire need of salesmen for his novel concoction, Brighto. Marketed with the promise of rejuvenating aging bodies, Brighto is mistakenly perceived by the Stooges as a polish, prompting them to embark on an enthusiastic street-side campaign to showcase its purported efficacy to potential clients.
The snoring, layabout Stooges are awakened near midday by their wives, who demand that they find jobs. The boys soon stumble on company president Dr. Bright (Horace Murphy), who is in desperate need of salesmen for his new product called Brighto, which has the tagline "Brighto: makes old bodies new." Thinking the liquid is polish, the Stooges take to the streets where they eagerly demonstrate Brighto for prospective customers, but application of the product damages a policeman's (]) sleeve by Larry, destroys another man's shoe by Moe, and ultimately removes the paint from a man's (]) new car. The angry owner of the car joins with the policeman in hot pursuit of the salesmen.


Their fervent demonstrations regrettably yield calamitous outcomes: Larry inadvertently soils a policeman's attire, Moe damages a passerby's footwear, and the application of Brighto strips the paint from a gentleman's pristine automobile. Incensed by the trio's bungling antics, the aggrieved parties initiate a relentless pursuit, compelling the Stooges to seek refuge back at Dr. Bright's premises, where they voice their grievances about their near-capture. Despite Dr. Bright's rebuke, elucidating that Brighto is intended as a medicinal remedy rather than a polish, he accedes to grant the Stooges another opportunity to prove their salesmanship. Emboldened by this second chance, the Stooges infiltrate Los Arms Hospital, endeavoring to peddle Brighto to the ailing patients. Their entrepreneurial zeal, however, is met with further misfortune when they inadvertently confront the superintendent, who recognizes them as the culprits behind the vehicular paint damage and resumes the chase.
On the run, the Stooges return to Dr. Bright's office to complain that the polish is so bad they "almost got pinched". Dr. Bright admonishes the Stooges, telling them it is medicine, not polish. However, he still agrees to give them another chance as salesmen. Rejuvenated, the boys work their way into Los Arms Hospital and try to sell Brighto to the patients. Eventually, they enter the superintendent's office to try to make a sale, but the superintendent is the same man whose car's paint job was ruined, and another chase ensues. The Stooges try to escape into an elevator, but the man is inside, so the Stooges close the door on him and send him to the top floor by turning the elevator arrow. The boys then make a hasty exit by riding a hospital gurney into the street, where they use a blanket as a sail. After causing an auto accident, they run home, jump through a window into their bed, and resume sleeping.

In a bid to evade their pursuer, the Stooges ingeniously manipulate an elevator, dispatching the superintendent to an unintended destination before hastily absconding via a hospital gurney transformed into an improvised conveyance. Their flight culminates in a chaotic collision on the streets, prompting a precipitous retreat to the familiar comforts of home, where they seek solace in their beds, promptly resuming their interrupted repose.


==Cast== ==Cast==
===Credited===
{{Cast listing|
*] as Moe *] as Moe
*] as Larry *] as Larry
*] as Curly *] as Curly
===Uncredited===
*] as Moe's wife *] as Moe's wife
*] as Larry's wife *] as Larry's wife
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*] as Dr. Bright *] as Dr. Bright
*Betty McMahon as Dr. Bright's secretary *Betty McMahon as Dr. Bright's secretary
*Louise Carver as Lady by car
⚫ *] as Cop
*] as Shoe shine customer *] as Shoe shine customer
⚫ *] as Cop
*] as Man in small car *] as Man in small car
*] as Surgeon *] as Surgeon
*] as 2nd surgeon *] as 2nd surgeon
*], ] as Pursuing orderlies *], ] as Pursuing orderlies
*] as Patient in wheelchair *] as Patient in wheelchair
*] as Sleeping patient *] as Sleeping patient
*A. R. Haysel as Dandruff patient *A. R. Haysel as Dandruff patient
*] as Sleeping/Dandruff patients' attending nurse *] as Sleeping/Dandruff patients' attending nurse
*Chuck Callahan as Orderly in operating room
*Casey Columbo as Patient on hospital gurney
*Ella McKenzie as Desk nurse *Ella McKenzie as Desk nurse
*], Elaine Waters as Nurses<ref></ref>}} *], Elaine Waters as Nurses<ref></ref>


==Production notes== ==Production notes==
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1937 American short film by Del Lord

Dizzy Doctors
Directed byDel Lord
Screenplay byAl Ray
Story byCharlie Melson
Produced byJules White
Starring
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byCharles Nelson
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 19, 1937 (1937-03-19) (U.S.)
Running time17:41
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dizzy Doctors is a 1937 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 21st entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The indolent Stooges, roused from their slumber by the persistent demands of their spouses to seek gainful employment, serendipitously encounter Dr. Bright, the president of a company in dire need of salesmen for his novel concoction, Brighto. Marketed with the promise of rejuvenating aging bodies, Brighto is mistakenly perceived by the Stooges as a polish, prompting them to embark on an enthusiastic street-side campaign to showcase its purported efficacy to potential clients.

Their fervent demonstrations regrettably yield calamitous outcomes: Larry inadvertently soils a policeman's attire, Moe damages a passerby's footwear, and the application of Brighto strips the paint from a gentleman's pristine automobile. Incensed by the trio's bungling antics, the aggrieved parties initiate a relentless pursuit, compelling the Stooges to seek refuge back at Dr. Bright's premises, where they voice their grievances about their near-capture. Despite Dr. Bright's rebuke, elucidating that Brighto is intended as a medicinal remedy rather than a polish, he accedes to grant the Stooges another opportunity to prove their salesmanship. Emboldened by this second chance, the Stooges infiltrate Los Arms Hospital, endeavoring to peddle Brighto to the ailing patients. Their entrepreneurial zeal, however, is met with further misfortune when they inadvertently confront the superintendent, who recognizes them as the culprits behind the vehicular paint damage and resumes the chase.

In a bid to evade their pursuer, the Stooges ingeniously manipulate an elevator, dispatching the superintendent to an unintended destination before hastily absconding via a hospital gurney transformed into an improvised conveyance. Their flight culminates in a chaotic collision on the streets, prompting a precipitous retreat to the familiar comforts of home, where they seek solace in their beds, promptly resuming their interrupted repose.

Cast

Credited

Uncredited

Production notes

Filming of Dizzy Doctors was completed between December 9 and 12, 1936. The footage of the Stooges sailing on a gurney through the city streets would be reused in From Nurse to Worse.

The Stooges try to sell their medicine in the Los Arms Hospital; this is the same hospital seen in Men in Black.

This is the first of three Stooge shorts with the word "dizzy" in the title.

When Moe hits each of the skulls in turn each sounds a different note. The tones are a parody of the G-E-C pattern used for the NBC Chimes.

A colorized version of this film was released in 2006. It was part of the DVD collection entitled "Stooges on the Run".

References

  1. Dizzy Doctors at threestooges.net
  2. Pauley, Jim (2012). The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations. Solana Beach, California: Santa Monica Press, LLC. p. 79. ISBN 9781595800701.
  3. ^ Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 103. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.

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