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The Knife of the Party is a black-and-white short film starring Shemp Howard. The comedy was filmed at Van Beuren Studios and released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 16, 1934.

The Knife of the Party
Directed by	Leigh Jason
Written by	Art Jarrett, Sr. H.O. Kusell
Produced by	Amadee J. Van Beuren Monroe Shaff Meyer Davis
Starring	Lillian Miles Jack Good Shemp Howard James Fox Charles Senna The Girl Friends Gertrude Mudge Leo Kennedy Rogers & Anthony
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Music by	Harold Spina Johnny Burke
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Shemp Howard and His Stooges

Shemp Howard makes an odd appearance as the lead stooge of four smack-around stooges. This act was presumably either a casting decision by the filmmakers or a short-lived act put together by Shemp. Shemp had been the original second stooge with Moe as First and Kenneth Lackey as the original third stooge. Three Stooges Shemp later left the act to be replaced by his brother Curly Howard, then returned after Curly retired in the wake of a series of strokes.

This feature appears on the Three Stooges DVD The Three Stooges: Greatest Hits and Rarities.

Cast

• Lillian Miles - Donna
• Jack Good - Walter Brown
• Shemp Howard and his Stooges
  • James Fox - Stooge
  • Charles Senna - Stooge
• The Girl Friends - Singing Trio
• Gertrude Mudge - Mrs. Dora
• Leo Kennedy - bit role
• Rogers & Anthony - bit roles
• Bill Lawley - bit role
• Eddie Roberts - bit role
• Sybil Byrne - bit role[1]

Music

The songs, by Harold Spina (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics),[2][3] include "Whistle While You Work" (not to be confused with the song made famous three years later in Walt Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs).[4]

References

External links

• The Knife of the Party at IMDB
• The Knife of the Party at threestooges.net

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