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HIGHER THAN A KITE (1943)

Film Pick of the Day
Saturday, August 15, 2026

The Stooges join the RAF hoping to fly, but wind up as motor pool mechanics instead. After they destroy a Colonel's car, they hide in a "sewer pipe" which is actually a blockbuster bomb being loaded onto a plane. After the bomb is dropped behind enemy lines, Moe and Curly disguise themselves as German soldiers, while Larry dresses as a seductive (?) senorita. Marshal Boring falls for Larry in drag, as the Stooges plot to steal the Germans' war plans.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 9.08/10 ]   36 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Release Date Friday, July 30, 1943
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 17.5 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - August 15th


Births

Roger Imhof
(Actor)
b. 1875

Rock Island, IL

Jack Casey
(Actor)
b. 1888

County Roscommon, Ireland

Jean De Briac
(Actor)
b. 1891

Paris, France

Charles Tobias
(Lyrics)
b. 1898

New York, NY

Steve Carruthers
(Actor)
b. 1900

Reading, PA

Ned Washington
(Music)
b. 1901

Scranton, PA

Charles Gemora
(Actor)
b. 1903

Negros, Philippines

Jerome Cady
(Screenplay)
b. 1903

Cabell County, WV

Wayne Allen
(Music Arranger)
b. 1903

Eugene, OR

Frankie Van
(Actor)
b. 1904

New York

Loyal Griggs
(Effects Photographer)
b. 1906

Michigan

John B. Goodman
(Art Director)
b. 1907

Denver, CO

Robert Peterson
(Art Director)
b. 1909

Idaho Springs, CO

Signe Hasso
(Actress)
b. 1910

Stockholm, Sweden

Betty Andre
(Actress)
b. 1913

Nashville, TN

Huntz Hall
(Actor)
b. 1919

New York, NY

Nancy Worth
(Actress)
b. 1920

Milwaukee, MN

Rose Marie
(Actress)
b. 1923

New York, NY

Anne Rooney
(Actress)
b. 1925

San Jose, CA

Nina Shipman
(Actress)
b. 1938

Los Angeles, CA

Jennifer Howard
(Actress)
b. 1968

New York, NY


Deaths

Will Rogers
(Actor)
d. 1935   (55)

Point Barrow, Alaska Territory

Ben Hendricks, Jr.
(Actor)
d. 1938   (44)

Los Angeles, CA

George Hale
(Choreographer)
d. 1956   (55)

New York, NY

Jack Mather
(Actor)
d. 1966   (58)

Wauconda, IL

George Lloyd
(Actor)
d. 1967   (74)

Los Angeles, CA

Edward Kilenyi
(Musical Supervisor)
d. 1968   (84)

Tallahassee, FL

William Goetz
(Actor)
d. 1969   (66)

Los Angeles, CA

Duane Thompson
(Actress)
d. 1970   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Don Gohman
(Music)
d. 1974   (47)

New York, NY

Edmund Cobb
(Actor)
d. 1974   (82)

Woodland Hills, CA

Lea David Freeman
(Original Play)
d. 1976

Newt Jones
(Makeup)
d. 1983   (75)

Los Angeles, CA

Christine Nelson
(Actress)
d. 1988   (62)

Los Angeles, CA

Joe Palma
(Actor)
d. 1994   (89)

Poway, CA

Freddie Stewart
(Actor)
d. 2000   (75)

Woodland Hills, CA

Henry Batista
(Film Editor)
d. 2002   (88)

Palm Desert, CA

Biff Elliott
(Actor)
d. 2012   (89)

Studio City, CA

Jeanne Keyes Youngson
(Research Supervisor)
d. 2021   (96)

New York, NY

Peter Marshall
(Actor)
d. 2024   (98)

Encino, CA


Events

BOMBSHELL (Ted Healy) in production

1933-08-07 to 1933-09-15

PUNCH AND BEAUTY (Shemp Howard) was released

1936-08-15

HOME ON THE RAGE (Shemp Howard) in production

1938-08-15 to 1938-08-18

BOOBS IN ARMS in production

1940-08-15 to 1940-08-20

WHAT'S THE MATADOR? in production

1941-08-14 to 1941-08-18

CRAZY KNIGHTS (Shemp Howard) in production

1944-08-07 to 1944-08-26

SLAPPILY MARRIED (Joe DeRita) in production

1946-08-13 to 1946-08-16

PARDON MY BACKFIRE was released

1953-08-15

THE ROOKIE (Joe Besser) in production

1959-08-03 to 1959-08-21

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