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HOKUS POKUS (1949)

Film Pick of the Day
Monday, August 24, 2026

The Stooges are taking care of Mary, their downstairs neighbor who is confined to a wheelchair after an accident. What they don't know is that Mary is faking her injuries for the insurance money. The boys have jobs hanging posters at a theater, where they run into The Great Svengarlic. They try to talk him into curing Mary, but instead he hypnotizes them for a publicity stunt, and sends them out on a flagpole to dance many stories above the street. When Svengarlic is knocked out by a bicyclist, the Boys come to and find themselves clinging to the flagpole for dear life.

Remade as FLAGPOLE JITTERS (1956), with stock footage.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 8.90/10 ]   40 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
Release Date Thursday, May 5, 1949
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.3 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - August 24th


Births

Charles Sellon
(Actor)
b. 1870

Boston, MA

Frank Craven
(Actor)
b. 1875

Boston, MA

Paul Irving
(Actor)
b. 1877

Boston, MA

Lew Kelly
(Actor)
b. 1879

St. Louis, MO

Earl Derr Biggers
(Characters)
b. 1884

Warren, OH

Hal G. Evarts
(Novel)
b. 1887

Topeka, KS

Tom London
(Actor)
b. 1889

Louisville, KY

Fred Rose
(Lyrics)
b. 1897

Evansville, IN

Olga Collings
(Hair Stylist)
b. 1897

New York

Richard Bartell
(Actor)
b. 1897

Philadelphia, PA

Jimmie Fidler
(Actor)
b. 1900

St. Louis, MO

Preston Foster
(Actor)
b. 1900

Ocean City, NJ

Albert Deano
(Wardrobe Manager)
b. 1901

Tangipahoa, LA

Eddie Prinz
(Choreographer)
b. 1901

St. Louis, MO

James Knott
(Camera Operator)
b. 1901

Canada

Rodd Redwing
(Actor)
b. 1904

New York, NY

Donald Douglas
(Actor)
b. 1905

Kinleyside, Scotland

Gil Perkins
(Actor)
b. 1907

Melbourne, Australia

Henry DeMond
(Film Editor)
b. 1908

Massachusetts

Linda Winters
(Actress)
b. 1913

Los Angeles, CA

Hal Smith
(Actor)
b. 1916

Petoskey, MI

Mickell Novack
(Screenplay)
b. 1917

Darlene Ottum
(Actress)
b. 1923

St. James, MN

Penny Edwards
(Actress)
b. 1928

Jackson Heights, Brooklyn, NY

Robert Ellis
(Actor)
b. 1933

Chicago, IL

Allyson Ames
(Actress)
b. 1937

Dallas, TX

Eric Lamond
(Actor)
b. 1949



Deaths

Edna Waldron
(Actress)
d. 1940   (27)

Los Angeles, CA

Carmen LaRoux
(Actress)
d. 1942   (32)

Los Angeles, CA

Cy Schindell
(Actor)
d. 1948   (41)

Los Angeles, CA

Barry Norton
(Actor)
d. 1956   (51)

Los Angeles, CA

Lorena Carr
(Actress)
d. 1964   (52)

Los Angeles, CA

Amanda Randolph
(Actress)
d. 1967   (70)

Duarte, CA

Mike McKeever
(Actor)
d. 1967   (27)

Montebello, CA

D. Ross Lederman
(Director)
d. 1972   (77)

Los Angeles, CA

Louis Prima and His Orchestra
(Actor)
d. 1978   (67)

New Orleans, LA

Pat Paterson
(Actress)
d. 1978   (68)

Phoenix, AZ

Rudy Schrager
(Musical Score)
d. 1983   (82)

Santa Monica, CA

Dennis King Jr.
(Actor)
d. 1986   (65)

Las Vegas, NV

Margie Liszt
(Actress)
d. 1992   (83)

Laguna Hills, CA

Reggie Dvorak
(Actor)
d. 1994   (86)

Las Vegas, NV

Gary Crosby
(Actor)
d. 1995   (62)

Burbank, CA

Bill Catching
(Actor)
d. 2007   (81)

Somerton, AZ

Vivian Mason
(Actress)
d. 2009   (91)

Seattle, WA

Jack Hayes
(Orchestration)
d. 2011   (92)

Coeur d'Alene, ID

Steve Franken
(Actor)
d. 2012   (80)

Los Angeles, CA

Andre Blay
(Special Thanks)
d. 2018   (81)

Bonita Springs, FL

Joe E. Tata
(Actor)
d. 2022   (85)

Woodland Hills, CA


Events

ON THE WAGON (Shemp Howard) was released

1935-08-24

ALL THE WORLD'S A STOOGE in production

1940-08-24 to 1940-08-28

MOONLIGHT AND CACTUS (Shemp Howard) in production

1943-08-16 to 1943-08-31

CRAZY KNIGHTS (Shemp Howard) in production

1944-08-07 to 1944-08-26

UNCIVIL WAR BIRDS in production

1945-08-24 to 1945-08-28

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