Hokus Pokus

Hokus Pokus (1949)

The Stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair.

Date of release
1949-05-05
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jules White

Casting

Interesting facts

Hokus Pokus is a 1949 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 115th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

Hokus Pokus was filmed on March 23–26, 1948, and released over 13 months later on May 5, 1949. It was remade as Flagpole Jitters (1956), using ample stock footage. It is noteworthy that these two iterations diverge notably in their denouements: while Mary's fraudulent character is foregrounded in the former, the latter portrays her as genuinely paraplegic.

The Stooges make a reference to Sing Sing Correctional Facility, in which Shemp believes he has hypnotized Moe into thinking he is locked up in the infamous prison. The character name 'Svengarlic' is a parody of 'Svengali,' the name of a fictional character in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.

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