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THE CHOKE'S ON YOU (1936)

Film Pick of the Day
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Joe Palooka's training camp sets up a tent for exhibition shows on a Long Island seaside beach. Likewise the wrestling champ, Strangler Chokeovitch. Knobby, Johnny and Punchy's fooling around incurs Strangler's wrath, and Joe comes to their rescue by knocking the Strangler off his feet. Strangler wants revenge, and Knobby sets up an exhibition bout between them.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 8.00/10 ]   7 votes
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Release Date Saturday, September 12, 1936
Studio Vitaphone
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 21.1 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - October 14th


Births

Sam Rice
(Actor)

b. 1874

New York, NY

Loretta Russell
(Actress)

b. 1883

Cincinnati, OH

Jimmy Conlin
(Actor)

b. 1884

Camden, NJ

Clarence Muse
(Actor)

b. 1889

Baltimore, MD

Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Actor)

b. 1890

Denison, TX

Frank Conroy
(Actor)

b. 1890

Derby, Derbyshire, England

Nick Copeland
(Actor)

b. 1894

Omaha, NE

Ralph K. Spotts
(Recording)

b. 1900

Canton, OH

Harry Stuhldreher
(Original Story)

b. 1901

Massillon, OH

Allan Jones
(Actor)

b. 1907

Valley Forge, PA

James Bush
(Actor)

b. 1907

Greenfield, OH



Deaths

Kathrin Clare Ward
(Actress)

d. 1938   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Lowell Drew
(Actor)

d. 1942   (60)

Los Angeles, CA

Fritz Lieber
(Actor)

d. 1949   (67)

Pacific Palisades, CA

Everett Brown
(Actor)

d. 1953   (51)

Los Angeles, CA

Vangie Beilby
(Actress)

d. 1958   (86)

Alameda County, CA

Errol Flynn
(Actor)

d. 1959   (50)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Charles R. Althoff
(Actor)

d. 1962   (72)

Irvington, NJ

Bing Crosby
(Actor)

d. 1977   (74)

Madrid, Spain

Eddie Ness
(Actor)

d. 1983   (61)

Los Angeles, CA

Paul Fix
(Actor)

d. 1983   (82)

Los Angeles, CA

Spec O'Donnell
(Actor)

d. 1986   (75)

Woodland Hills, CA

Barbara Slater
(Actress)

d. 1997   (76)

Green Valley, AZ

William T. Hurtz
(Animation Director)

d. 2000   (81)

Van Nuys, CA

Sigrid Valdis
(Actress)

d. 2007   (72)

Anaheim, CA

Kathryn Adams
(Actress)

d. 2016   (96)

Mankato, MN



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