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Alex Film Society presents Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 2 & 8 pm 12th Annual Three Stooges® Big Screen Event At Your Soivice—Professional Mayhem with the Stooges FALSE ALARMS (1936) includes the never-miss combination of Cast: Moe, Larry & Curly, Vernon Dent, spiked punch, tamales, cream puffs (of Symona Boniface, course!) and a powder puff for good Max Davidson, Bruce Bennett, Elinor measure. Though the party ends in ruins, Vandivere. The Stooges, once again the Stooges actually manage to collect dodging the cops, somehow get jobs for “curing” Mrs. Rumsford. Chalk up as census takers and wind up in a fancy one for the Boys! Featuring an interview mansion. Moe and Larry join a bridge with Adrian Booth! game while Curly masquerades as a cook, getting “puckered” results. On the CALLING ALL CURS (1939) lam again, the Boys, now disguised as football players, try to take the census at a stadium. Naturally, they wind up in the Director: Del Lord. Writer: John Grey. middle of the game. Cast: Moe, Larry & Curly, Stanley Blystone, June Gitleson, Eddie SPOOKS (1953) In 3-D! Laughton. As firemen, the Boys are a Director: Jules White. Cast: Moe, three-alarm catastrophe. They’ve got Larry & Shemp, Phil Van Zandt, Tom one more chance to shape up or they’ll Kennedy, Norma Randall. The Stooges be kicked off the force. Undeterred, are private detectives hired to find Curly sneaks out to visit, Maisy, his missing Bea Bopper. Disguised as girlfriend. Maisy’s pals also need dates pie salesmen, they end up wandering but Moe and Larry are stuck at the around a mad scientist’s mansion. The station. Curly pulls a fire alarm to bring Director: Jules White. Writers: Elwood Boys confront a gorilla and various other the Boys on the run, but they miss the Ullman & Searle Kramer. bad guys who aim cleavers, pitchforks, truck and instead grab the Captain’s Cast: Moe, Larry & Curly, Lynton Brent, even hypodermic needles right at them brand new car. They get back to the Cy Schindell, Willa Pearl Curtis, before they throw a few punches of their station with Curly, but not without Beatrice Blinn. The Stooges run a own and rescue Ms. Bopper.(One of disastrous results. pet hospital and are taking care of a two Stooge shorts originally filmed in wealthy Mrs. Bedford’s poodle, Carçon. 3-D.) THREE SAPPY PEOPLE (1939) Dognappers steal the poodle and the Boys first try disguising a mutt as the As in year’s past, many thanks to missing dog. When that doesn’t work, our Three Stooges, Deluxe A-1 Blue they use the mutt as a bloodhound to Ribbon Selection Committee: Joe track down the crooks. After a fight, the Adamson, Leonard Maltin (who is on Boys manage to find Garçon who also the committee only to give us some has a surprise for them. semblance of legitimacy) Joe Furey, Steve McCoy, Kurt Lamond and the NO CENSUS, NO FEELING (1940) irrepressible Michael Schlesinger. Our program would not be possible without the support of the Alex Theatre, Sony Repertory (for the prints) and C3 Entertainment, Inc., the Stooges’ Director: Jules White. Writer: Clyde licensing firm. Nor, would it be possible, Bruckman. Cast: Moe, Larry & Curly, or as much fun, without all of you Three Richard Fiske, Lorna Gray (Adrian Stooges Fans. Without your hard Booth), Don Beddoe, Bud Jamison. earned bucks this labor of love would The Stooges are telephone repairmen never have made it for these past 12 who are mistaken for psychiatrists and years. Laugh and enjoy! are hired by wealthy Mr. Rumsford to treat his impulsive young wife. They are Director: Del Lord. Writers: Harry Frank Gladstone, Alex Film Society invited to her birthday dinner, which Edwards & Edward Ullman Alex Film Society P O Box 4807 Glendale, CA 91222 www.AlexFilmSociety.org ©2009 AFS ® Alex Film Society presents The Dozenal Three Stooges Big Screen Event! November 28, 2010 AtAtAt YourYourYour SoiviceSoiviceSoivice ProfessionalProfessionalProfessional MayhemMayhemMayhem withwithwith thethethe StoogesStoogesStooges SPOOKS Coming Attractions Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 2 pm & 8 pm only Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 2 pm & 8 pm only THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE MOVES HIS CAMERAS INTO THE YEAr’s BIG LAUGH, MUSIC AND GIRL SHOW! THE ICY BLACKNESS OF THE UNEXPLORED! MarX Bros: A Day at the races ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S PSYCHO A horse doctor (Groucho) Alfred Hitchcock used his television crew, shot in black and white on a posing as a regular doctor— tight schedule and produced one of the along with Chico and most terrifying films in Hollywood history. Harpo—help a young woman Anthony Perkins defined the loony Norman (Maureen O’Sullivan) keep Bates whose devotion to his dead mother a private sanitarium from has murderous intent. Janet Leigh and a foreclosure with the help of photo double endured hundreds of camera a misfit racehorse. Perennial setups to produce the shower scene that is foil Margaret Dumont is still taught in editing master classes. The on hand as a rich, fussy murderous set pieces are so well done that sanitarium patient. audiences still jump with fright even when (M-G-M 1937) they know what is coming. Robert Bloch penned the original novel and Bernard Herrmann’s score adds punch at just the For tickets call 818-243-2539 right moments. (Univ. 1960) www.alexfilmsociety.org.