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WAITING IN THE LURCH (1949)

Film Pick of the Day
Thursday, September 3, 2026

Eric Loudermilk Potts is a bridegroom who misses his own wedding because he can't stop chasing fire trucks. Fiancee Mae breaks up with him to marry milksop Wilber at her father's insistence. But Eric's butler Simmons is determined to help true love, and arranges for Eric to crash the wedding and win Mae back.

Remade with stock footage as THE FIRE CHASER (1954).

Details

Average Rating:

[ 6.17/10 ]   6 votes
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Release Date Thursday, September 8, 1949
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 15.75 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - September 3rd


Births

R. H. Bassett
(Music)

b. 1878

Oakland, CA

Robert Middlemass
(Actor)

b. 1883

New Britain, CT

Harry Hollingworth
(Actor)

b. 1888

Los Angeles, CA

Pat O'Malley
(Actor)

b. 1890

Forest City, PA

Ewing Scott
(Director)

b. 1897

Los Angeles, CA

Mantan Moreland
(Actor)

b. 1902

Monroe, LA

Maceo Anderson
(Actor)

b. 1909

Charleston, SC

Bill Couch
(Actor)

b. 1926

Asheville, NC

Spencer Quinn
(Actor)

b. 1930

Kentucky



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Fern Emmett
(Actress)

d. 1946   (50)

Los Angeles, CA

Ernest Hilliard
(Actor)

d. 1947   (57)

Santa Monica, CA

Eugene Pallette
(Actor)

d. 1954   (65)

Los Angeles, CA

Kathryn 'Kitty' McHugh
(Actress)

d. 1954   (51)

North Hollywood, CA

Geneva Sawyer
(Actress)

d. 1965   (54)

Orange County, CA

Georgie Cooper
(Actress)

d. 1968   (86)

Los Angeles, CA

Homer Van Pelt
(Still Photographer)

d. 1973   (68)

Reseda, CA

Leigh Smith
(Set Decoration)

d. 1975   (86)

Los Angeles, CA

Mel Sternlight
(Assistant Propman)

d. 1975   (59)

Los Angeles, CA

Arthur Schwartz
(Original Story)

d. 1984   (83)

Pennsylvania

Rusty Wescoatt
(Actor)

d. 1987   (76)

Los Angeles, CA

Frank Capra
(Actor)

d. 1991   (94)

La Quinta, CA

Carol Lynley
(Actress)

d. 2019   (77)

Los Angeles, CA



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