Nertsery Rhymes
Nertsery Rhymes is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges, released on July 6, 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the first of five short films the comedy team made for the studio.
Plot
The Stooges play Ted Healy's children who refuse to go to sleep unless they are told a bedtime story. Healy first tries singing a comic version of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which ultimately fails putting the young lads to sleep. Healy's date, the Good Fairy then tells them her own bedtime story, courtesy of a musical revue.The trio eventually turn in for the evening, only to have Curly request a second bedtime story. Healy and the Good Fairy then proceed to tell the children about The Woman in the Shoe. When that fails to work, a frustrated Healy smacks the three lads over the head with a rubber mallet, knocking them unconscious. After Healy leaves on a date with the Good Fairy, the trio woke up and also went on a date with three dancing girls, ending the story.
Cast
- Ted Healy as Papa
- Moe Howard as son 1
- Larry Fine as son 2
- Curly Howard as son 3
- Bonnie Bonnell as The Good Fairy
Uncredited cast
- Beth Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Betty Dodge as Turn of a Fan Dancer
- Lottice Howell as Turn of a Fan Singer
- The Rounders as Woman in Shoe Quintet
- Ethelind Terry as The Woman in the Shoe
Production notes
- "The Woman in the Shoe" from the musical Lord Byron of Broadway;
- "The Turn of a Fan" from the unreleased feature The [March of Time (film)|The March of Time].