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In Studio Stoops, the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard) are mistaken for publicity men by the head of B. O. Studios, and ordered to arrange publicity for the studio’s newest starlet, Dolly Devore (played by Stooge standard Christine McIntyre). The Stooges plan on a faked kidnapping, which is overheard by real crooks who decide to cash in on the setup. After the Stooges try to convince the press and the police about the ‘kidnapping,’ they are contacted by the real kidnappers, and the police won’t listen to their crying ‘wolf.’

The boys decide to rescue the girl themselves, with guns and money taken from the studio’s prop department. However, once the crooks realize that the Stooges aren’t really armed, the chase is on! While Moe and Larry decoy the crooks, Shemp takes the girl’s place in the closet (zipped up in a garment bag to boot) to give her a chance to escape. She does so, and Larry finds the police in a nearby room playing cards. Larry has a brilliant idea, and throws pastry at the cops, having them chase him as he leads the police to the kidnappers. In the meantime, Shemp was walked out of the closet onto the window ledge. After the crooks are captured, Shemp seemingly falls to his death—but instead he hangs outside of the hotel, suspended by a telephone cable, and finally ‘dropping in’ on another hotel guest. This entire routine is a tribute to Buster Keaton‘s So You Won’t Squawk.

Quotes from The Three Stooges‘ Studio Stooges

Moe (Moe Howard): Do I look like a termite? [pause] Don’t answer that!

Larry (Larry Fine): Gee, that Shemp was a swell guy.
Moe (Moe Howard): I’ll never forgive myself for pushing him around.

Moe (Moe Howard): Keep a stiff upper plate, kid!

I’m Brown, from The Sun
Shemp (Shemp Howard): Aw, that’s too bad, are you peeling?

Shemp (Shemp Howard): Keep your chin up; mine are down to my knees.

Larry (Larry Fine): Here’s yours. [handing Moe a gun]
Moe (Moe Howard): Careful with that! Where’d you get it, anyway.
Larry (Larry Fine): The same place I got the money ... from the studio. There was a room there marked ‘Property’, but it didn’t say whose.
Moe (Moe Howard): Well, finders keepers.

Gangster [To Shemp]: Who are you?
Shemp [grabbing sand from a ashtray and throwing it in his eyes]: I’m the sandman!

[Christine McIntyre is untying Larry and Moe, removes Larry’s gag]
Moe (Moe Howard):
Christine McIntyre: What did he say?
Larry (Larry Fine): He said, "Mmph mmph mmph!"
Christine McIntyre: Oh.

[thinking that Shemp has fallen to his death off a window ledge]
Moe (Moe Howard): Poor Shemp!
Larry (Larry Fine): And he had his good suit on, too.

Larry (Larry Fine): Gee, that Shemp was a swell guy.
Moe (Moe Howard): I’ll never forgive myself for pushing him around.

Moe (Moe Howard): Keep a stiff upper plate, kid!

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