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HULA-LA-LA (1951)

Film Pick of the Day
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

B. O. Pictures' president Mr. Baines wants to use the island of Rarabonga for his next musical extravaganza, but the natives don't know how to dance! So he sends studio choreographers Moe, Larry and Shemp to the south Pacific island as dance teachers. Unfortunately, the natives are head hunters under the control of witch doctor Varanu. On the run for their lives, the Stooges receive help from the King's daughter Luana, and attempt to gain the upper hand with a box of left-over World War II gernades guarded by a living three-armed totem idol.

The only Three Stooges short directed by producer Hugh McCollum.

The standard "3 Blind Mice" theme is replaced on the ending fadeout with the hula composition "Lu-Lu," composed by Ross DiMaggio and Nico Grigor; see The Three Stooges Journal # 96 (Winter 2000).

Details

Average Rating:

[ 8.69/10 ]   36 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
Release Date Thursday, November 1, 1951
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.1 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - March 17th


Births

Sid Grauman
(Actor)

b. 1879

Indianapolis, IN

Winifred Harris
(Actress)

b. 1880

Bedminster, England

Sam 'General' Savitsky
(Actor)

b. 1881

Krasnodar, Russia

David M. Thomas
(Producer)

b. 1882

Baltimore, MD

Frank Buck
(Actor)

b. 1888

Gainesville, TX

Slavko Vorkapich
(Special Effects)

b. 1894

Yugoslavia, Serbia

Paul McVey
(Actor)

b. 1898

Boston, MA

Dolly Tree
(Wardrobe)

b. 1899

Bristol, United Kingdom

Jay Eaton
(Actor)

b. 1899

Union, NJ

Ernie Besser
(Actress)

b. 1900

New York, NY

Joe Palma
(Actor)

b. 1905

New York, NY

Lillian Yarbo
(Actress)

b. 1905

Washington DC

Henry Bumstead
(Art Director)

b. 1915

Ontario, CA

Paul Horn
(Music)

b. 1930

New York, NY

Darlene Lucht
(Actress)

b. 1938

Franklin, WI



Deaths

Fred Allen
(Actor)

d. 1956   (61)

New York, NY

Frank Orth
(Actor)

d. 1962   (82)

Los Angeles, CA

Richard Reeves
(Actor)

d. 1967   (54)

Northridge, CA

Carroll Nye
(Actor)

d. 1974   (72)

North Hollywood, CA

Andrew Tombes
(Actor)

d. 1976   (90)

New York, NY

Farciot Edouart
(Process Photography)

d. 1980   (85)

Kenwood, CA

Paul 'Daffy' Dean
(Actor)

d. 1981   (67)

Springdale, AR

Lelah Tyler
(Actress)

d. 1984   (85)

Los Angeles, CA

Bill Newberry
(Art Director)

d. 1991   (79)

Los Angeles, CA

Kenneth Brown
(Actor)

d. 1997   (65)

Nevada

Ernest Gold
(Original Music)

d. 1999   (77)

Santa Monica, CA

Paul Campbell
(Actor)

d. 1999   (76)

Minneapolis, MN

William Witney
(Director)

d. 2002   (86)

Jackson, CA

Angela Stevens
(Actress)

d. 2016   (91)

Menifee, CA

Dick Dale
(Actor)

d. 2019   (81)

Loma Linda, CA



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