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Hoi Polloi
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Hoi Polloi

Aug 29, 1935
0h 19m
★ 7.1

Meet the new darlings of society!

Overview

A professor bets that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen. After many attempts to teach them etiquette, he brings them to a fancy society party. The stooges' new found manners don't last very long, and the party quickly degenerates. By the end, the other guests have adopted stooge-like behavior and the stooges leave as gentlemen.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Curly Howard

Curly

Curly Howard

Larry Fine

Larry

Larry Fine

Moe Howard

Moe

Moe Howard

Phyllis Crane

Nichols' Daughter (uncredited)

Phyllis Crane

Mary Dees

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mary Dees

Poppy Wilde

Woman with Cigar Smoker (uncredited)

Poppy Wilde

Bud Jamison

Butler (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Gino Corrado

Maître d' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Party Guest (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Robert Graves

Prof. Nichols (uncredited)

Robert Graves

Harry Holman

Prof. Richmond (uncredited)

Harry Holman

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