Fine Art of Boxing, The (No Stooge in the Ring)
Universal Studios panics when Olsen & Johnson return to Hollywood to produce the film version of CRAZY HOUSE, and bans them from the studio. "Universal's # 1 comedy team is here." "Oh, Abbott & Costello... send 'em in!" So Ole & Chic, with help of former Universal director 'Mac' MacLean (Patric Knowles), create their own production company, Miracle Pictures... "If you can watch our movie, it must be a Miracle!" The boys want Cass Daley to star, but accidentally sign her identical cousin Sadie Silverfish instead, and then cast former carhop waitress Marjorie Nelson, aka Marjorie Wyndingham, as their new romantic singing sensation. Their financing partner, millionaire Col. Merriwether (Percy Kilbride), is actually penniless and nuttier than a fruitcake. The businessmen providing studio and facilities (Richard Lane, Billy Gilbert, Chester Clute, Andrew Tombes) know the truth about Merriwether, plan an attachment on the film when Merriwether can't pay the bills, and then sell CRAZY HOUSE to the highest bidder. When Ole & Chic get wise, the fight goes to court, with Edgar Kennedy doing his patented slow burn as the Judge.
Shemp Howard costars as 'Mumbo', an O&J stooge who hilariously touts a deal in every reel... "Wanna buy a beehive? You won't get stung."... "Wanna buy an anchor? Fresh off the boat."
Rounding out the cast are cameos from virtually every actor on contract at Universal, musical entertainment from Allan Jones, Count Basie, the Glenn Miller Singers, and Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce appear as (who else?) Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Ole Olsen
Himself

Chic Johnson
Himself

Patric Knowles
Edmund 'Mac' MacLean

Martha O'Driscoll
Marjorie Wyndingham

Cass Daley
Sadie Silverfish

Cass Daley
Herself

Thomas Gomez
N. G. Wagstaff

Percy Kilbride
Col. Cornelius Merriwether

Edgar Kennedy
Judge

Richard Lane
Hanley

Billy Gilbert
Sid Drake

Andrew Tombes
Horace L. Gregory

Shemp Howard
Mumbo

Freddie Sanborn
Jumbo

Hans Conried
Roco

Eddie Kane
Bixby

Chester Clute
Mr. Fud

Robert Emmett Keane
Attorney Scatterby

Pierre Watkin
Prosecuting attorney

Franklin Pangborn
Hotel clerk

Joseph A. Crehan
Mogey

Jacqueline Dalya
Baby Sandy

Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson

Thelma Carpenter
Herself

Alan Curtis
Himself

Allan Jones
Himself

Louise Allbritton
Herself

Andy Devine
Himself

Robert Paige
Himself

Lon Chaney Jr.
Himself

Turhan Bey
Himself

Gale Sondergaard
Herself

Johnny Mack Brown
Himself

Evelyn Ankers
Herself

Leo Carrillo
Himself

Leighton Noble
Himself

Marion Hutton
Herself

The Glenn Miller Singers
Themselves

The Modernaires
Themselves

Count Basie and His Orchestra
Themselves

Jimmy Rushing
Himself

The Delta Rhythm Boys
Themselves

Tony De Marco
Himself

Sally De Marco
Herself

Chandra Kaly and His Dancers
Themselves

Nick Cochrane's Musical Cowhands
Themselves

Ramsay Ames and Her Tropicanans
Themselves

John Hamilton
Cass Daley's Director

Lew Kelly
Policeman

Billy Bletcher
Policeman

Lane Chandler
Policeman

Hank Mann
Keystone Kop

Heinie Conklin
Keystone Kop

Charles Middleton
Sheriff

Frank Hagney
Studio cop

Frank Penny
Fireman

Jerry Mandy
Bank robber

Earle Hodgins
Barker

Paul McVey
Studio executive

Fred Niblo
Studio executive

Jack Rice
Dentist

Tiny Ward
Dead End character

Gene Roth
Dead End character

Duke York
Dead End character

Sammy Stein
Dead End character

Jack Norton
Drunk

Bess Flowers
Woman in nightclub

Emmett Vogan
Col. Merriwether's observer

Bobby Barber
Bald man

William H. O'Brien
Bald man

Brooks Benedict
Photographer

Spec O'Donnell
Bellhop

Paul Newlan
Strongman

Ray Walker
Radio host

Robert Barron
Beachcomber

Douglas Wood
Bidder

Jimmie Lucas
Stooge

Eddie Polo
Stooge

Francis Sayles
Stooge

Jimmy Aubrey
Stooge

Martha Tilton
Marjorie's singing voice

Harold DeGarro
Stilt walker

George Beatty
Theater manager

Ezelle Poule
Impersonator

Ben Frommer
Impersonator

Harry Powers
Waiter

Florence Mayo
Pansy the horse, 1/2

Andy Mayo
Pansy the horse, 1/2

Grace McDonald
War movie assistant

Edmund Mortimer
Man in hotel lobby

Ethelreda Leopold
Woman watching talent show

Charles Dorety
Man in row boat

Harry Ward
Comedy violinist

Joe Van
Comedy harpist

Jack Barnett
Dancer

Edgar Barrier
Studio actor

Edward F. Cline
Director

Howard Christie
Assistant Director

Erle C. Kenton
Producer

Frederic I. Rinaldo
Screenplay

Robert Lees
Screenplay

Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography

Arthur Hilton
Film Editor

Harold MacArthur
Art Director
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John B. Goodman
Art Director

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director

Paul Neal
Sound Technician

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

A. J. Gilmore
Set Decoration

Charles Previn
Musical Director

Ted Cain
Music Supervisor

Larry Russell
Orchestrator

Frank Skinner
Orchestrator

Jim Mundy
Orchestrator

Mitchell Parish
Music and Lyrics

Gus Kahn
Music and Lyrics

Jerry Seelen
Music and Lyrics

Dan Shapiro
Music and Lyrics

Lester Lee
Music and Lyrics

Milton S. Rosen
Music

Don Raye
Lyrics

Gene de Paul
Lyrics

George Hale
Choreographer

Vera West
Gowns

John P. Fulton
Effects Photographer
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