Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
Moe Howard
- Moe
- (as Moe)
Larry Fine
- Larry
- (as Larry)
Curly Howard
- Curly
- (as Curly)
Beatrice Blinn
- Mimi
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Fire Captain Ashe
- (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
- Maisie
- (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
- Mechanic
- (uncredited)
June Gittelson
- Minnie
- (uncredited)
George Gray
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Sol Horwitz
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
- Helpful Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Elaine Waters
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Bert Young
- Car Delivery Man
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen the trio are out on the street in front of the firehouse, there is a policeman standing in the background directing cars to continue on without making a right turn into the scene being shot. There is also a Safeway grocery store on that background street, and later on a Max Factor Make-up Salon (opened in 1935) and Bekins Van Lines truck, the last two possibly product placements or merely coincidence. Next to the Safeway is an Emergency medical center. Across the street from the fire station is a chiropractor's office.
- GoofsWhen Moe is helping Minnie out of the car trunk, she accidentally kicks the actress behind her in the jaw. Looking closely at that actress's face, she can be seen to hold back a grin.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Rental Reviews: The Three Stooges: A Retrospective (2019)
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FALSE ALARMS (Del Lord, 1936) **1/2
This one finds The Three Stooges as firemen though, of course, they prefer to sleep their way through work
or else attempt to keep appointments with their girls (one of whom is obese and highly irritating)! Many a film or cartoon has dealt with this theme, poking fun at a serious subject via the mayhem caused by either incompetent firemen or the engine's various equipment such as water-hoses and ladders. As always, The Stooges manage to fall foul of their boss especially when, at the climax, they borrow and wreck his brand-new automobile! In essence, this vehicle like much of The Three Stooges' work (at least, from what I've seen so far) is harmless but, at the same time, unsympathetic
and, besides, has little rewatchability value for me.
helpful•07
- Bunuel1976
- Feb 9, 2008
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- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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