Mummy's Dummies

Mummy's Dummies (1948)

In ancient Egypt, the Stooges are Honest Moe, Honest Shemp and Just Plain Larry used chariot dealers who use their half-wits to get in favor with the King.

Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the palace guard, they're brought to the palace to be executed, but instead become royal chamberlains after curing the King's toothache. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom.

Date of release
1948-11-04
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
16m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Edward Bernds

Casting

Interesting facts

Mummy's Dummies is a 1948 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 111th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

Mummy's Dummies was filmed on August 19–22, 1947. The film takes place during the reign of Pharaoh Rootentootin, played by the rather tall and rotund Vernon Dent, but in the film We Want Our Mummy, Rootintootin is said to be a midget.

Every Three Stooges short produced in the 1940s featuring Shemp Howard as the third Stooge was remade in the 1950s except for Mummy's Dummies.

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