A Merry Mix-Up

A Merry Mix-Up (1957)

Three sets of triplets, who have lost touch with each other, show up at a restaurant and confound their girlfriends.

The stooges appear in triplicate as three sets of triplets who were separated a long time ago. Their reunion causes confusion and troubles for various wives and sweethearts, but it all works out in the end.

Date of release
1957-03-28
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
16m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jules White

Casting

Interesting facts

A Merry Mix-Up is a 1957 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 177th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who appeared in 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

A Merry Mix-Up was filmed on May 14–16, 1956; it is a remake of Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936). Felix Adler provided the screenplay for both films.

The closing matte shot featuring all nine brothers standing side by side took careful planning to expose perfectly, giving the effect of three Moes, Larrys and Joes. To achieve this, each Stooge had to stand behind a specific marker before each shot was taken. For the final exposure, director Jules White suspected that Larry Fine was standing behind the wrong marker when compared to the previous two exposures.

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