Soup to Nuts (1930)
71 mins | Comedy | 28 September 1930
Cast:
Ted Healy, Frances McCoy, Stanley Smith [ More ]Director:
Benjamin StoloffWriters:
Rube Goldberg, Howard J. GreenCinematographer:
Joseph ValentineEditor:
Clyde CarruthProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.The film was written by famed cartoonist, author and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883--1970), whose only other film writing was as a title writer for the 1926 comedy The Campus Flirt. Goldberg also had a brief appearance as himself in the 1937 film ^Artists and Models (see entries above). As noted in reviews, the story featured several of the sorts of oddball inventions for which Goldberg became famous.
Soup to Nuts also marked the first feature film appearance of Vaudeville comedian Ted Healy (1896--1937) and the actors then known as "His Stooges:" Shemp Howard (1895--1955), Harry "Moe" Howard (1897--1975) and Larry Fine (1902--1975). After parting with Healy, the trio was more commonly known as "The Three Stooges," appearing in many features, as well as dozens of short films from the 1930s into the 1950s, at various times featuring, Curly Howard, Joe Besser or Joe DeRita. ...
The film was written by famed cartoonist, author and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883--1970), whose only other film writing was as a title writer for the 1926 comedy The Campus Flirt. Goldberg also had a brief appearance as himself in the 1937 film ^Artists and Models (see entries above). As noted in reviews, the story featured several of the sorts of oddball inventions for which Goldberg became famous.
Soup to Nuts also marked the first feature film appearance of Vaudeville comedian Ted Healy (1896--1937) and the actors then known as "His Stooges:" Shemp Howard (1895--1955), Harry "Moe" Howard (1897--1975) and Larry Fine (1902--1975). After parting with Healy, the trio was more commonly known as "The Three Stooges," appearing in many features, as well as dozens of short films from the 1930s into the 1950s, at various times featuring, Curly Howard, Joe Besser or Joe DeRita.
"A hilarious jumble of nonsense about a crazy inventor and a lackadaisical fire company ending up in a comic fire." ( National Board of Review Magazine Sep ...
"A hilarious jumble of nonsense about a crazy inventor and a lackadaisical fire company ending up in a comic fire." ( National Board of Review Magazine Sep 1930).
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