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A HIT WITH A MISS (1945)

Film Pick of the Day
Saturday, August 29, 2026

Playing violin at McGurn's cafe in exchange for a bowl of soup, Prof. Perriwinkle's rendition of Pop Goes the Weasel turns waiter Rameses (Shemp Howard) into a fighting whirlwind, knocking out customer Killer Kilduff (Joe Palma), the boxing champ. Promoter Jonesy immediately signs Rameses and Perriwinkle, and the three set out to make Rameses the new champ. At the championship bout, the Prof's violin is smashed and he begins a mad rush to find another source of the magic tune. Rameses is left to stall and keep Kilduff from pounding him into the canvas.

Professor Perriwinkle is played by former Hal Roach director and screenwriter Charley Rogers, a life-long friend of Stan Laurel's who appeared in several L&H comedies, notably as the butler in OUR WIFE (1931).

A remake of PUNCH DRUNKS (1934). A couple of the longer shots of Prof running are stock footage of Larry Fine from that Three Stooges comedy.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 8.38/10 ]   13 votes
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Release Date Thursday, December 13, 1945
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.4 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - August 29th


Births

John Ince
(Actor)
b. 1878

New York, NY

Gus Glassmire
(Actor)
b. 1879

Philadelphia, PA

Charles Van Enger
(Director of Photography)
b. 1890

Port Jervis, NY

Frank Lackteen
(Actor)
b. 1895

Beirut, Lebanon

George Macready
(Actor)
b. 1899

Providence, RI

Howard Shoup
(Gowns)
b. 1903

Dallas, TX

Roy Brent
(Actor)
b. 1903

Lafayette, LA

John Hoffman
(Montage Sequences)
b. 1904

Budapest, Hungary

James E. Newcom
(Film Editor)
b. 1905

Wayne, IN

Joe Sawyer
(Actor)
b. 1906

Guelph, Canada

Al Williams
(Actor)
b. 1909

Arizona

Edmond Kelso
(Story)
b. 1910

Sacramento, CA

Stanley E. Johnson
(Film Editor)
b. 1913

Ingrid Bergman
(Actress)
b. 1915

Stockholm, Sweden

Murray Pollack
(Actor)
b. 1918

New York

Lane Bradford
(Actor)
b. 1922

Yonkers, NY

George Sabbagh
(Actor)
b. 1930

Toledo, OH


Deaths

Charles Maynard
(Film Editor)
d. 1944   (46)

Burbank, CA

Jerome 'Blackjack' Ward
(Actor)
d. 1954   (63)

Los Angeles, CA

Ingrid Bergman
(Actress)
d. 1982   (67)

London, England

Evelyn Ankers
(Actress)
d. 1985   (67)

Haiku, Maui, HI

Dixie Dunbar
(Actress)
d. 1991   (72)

Miami Beach, FL

Rose Hobart
(Actress)
d. 2000   (94)

Woodland Hills, CA

Rosella Towne
(Actress)
d. 2014   (96)

Hamden, CT


Events

MEN IN BLACK in production

1934-08-29 to 1934-09-01

HOI POLLOI was released

1935-08-29

MOONLIGHT AND CACTUS (Shemp Howard) in production

1943-08-16 to 1943-08-31

Olsen & Johnson's SONS O'FUN with Joe Besser closes on Broadway after a 1-&-3/4 years run

1943-08-29

THE GHOST TALKS in production

1947-08-26 to 1947-08-29

SPACE SHIP SAPPY in production

1956-08-27 to 1956-08-29

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