Deconstructing The Rat Pack (Joey, the Mob, and the Summit)
A PEACH OF A PAIR (1934)
Film Pick of the Day
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Vaudevillans Emmy Cook and Shemp Butler have been thrown out of yet another theatre. The Woodburys have fired their cook and butler. So naturally, Shemp and Emmy mistake an employment agency ad as a booking for their act, and arrive at the Woodbury mansion in time to prepare and serve an elegant dinner party. Disaster looms as they cook their first turkey dinner, confuse alum for sugar, get drunk in the wine cellar, and accidentally baste the plum pudding with gasoline instead of brandy.
A PEACH OF A PAIR's turkey-stuffing gags were borrowed by director Lloyd French seven years later, and scripted for Curly Howard in French's screenplay of AN ACHE IN EVERY STAKE.
The closing blackface gag was edited from this film's presentation on the TNT cable network in the early 1990s. The Warner Archive DVD release is complete and unedited.
Details
Average Rating:   [ 8.55/10 ] 11 votes |
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| Featuring | Shemp Howard (Solo) |
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| Release Date | Saturday, December 29, 1934 |
| Studio | Vitaphone |
| Production Type | Short Subject |
| Duration | 20.5 min. |
