Directed by Jules White, "In the Sweet Pie and Pie" is a very funny Three Stooges short starring Curly, Moe, and Larry. In fact, it marks the first appearance of a pie-throwing free-for-all in a Stooge film. There had been a few previous Stooge melees involving clay ("Pop Goes the Easel" [1935]) and cream puffs ("Slippery Silks" [1936] and "Three Sappy People" [1939]), but never a bona fide pie fight, until the making of "In the Sweet Pie and Pie."
Highlights: The Stooges' dance lesson scene, which is stock footage from "Hoi Polloi" (1935), is a classic. The Stooges' "hanging" is nothing more than a jolly spectator sport, complete with a radio commentator and a refreshment vendor (Lynton Brent) passing out programs. During the pie fight, one of the party guests (Eddie Laughton) talks about his bravery in a lion fight while he gets plastered with pies.
"In the Sweet Pie and Pie" is well worth checking out. As usual, the Stooges are pretty darn funny! Moe and Larry attempted another pie fight with Curly in "Half-Wits Holiday" (1947), but poor Curly suffered a stroke and had to be taken home before the pie fight was filmed.
Highlights: The Stooges' dance lesson scene, which is stock footage from "Hoi Polloi" (1935), is a classic. The Stooges' "hanging" is nothing more than a jolly spectator sport, complete with a radio commentator and a refreshment vendor (Lynton Brent) passing out programs. During the pie fight, one of the party guests (Eddie Laughton) talks about his bravery in a lion fight while he gets plastered with pies.
"In the Sweet Pie and Pie" is well worth checking out. As usual, the Stooges are pretty darn funny! Moe and Larry attempted another pie fight with Curly in "Half-Wits Holiday" (1947), but poor Curly suffered a stroke and had to be taken home before the pie fight was filmed.