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A BIRD IN THE HEAD (1946)

Film Pick of the Day
Saturday, July 11, 2026

Moe, Larry and Curly are three paperhangers who are out of a job after they wreck Mr. Beedle's apartment, but Prof. Panzer offers to take care of them for the rest of their lives. He wants to transplant Curly's brain into Igor, his gorilla!

Production of A BIRD IN THE HEAD was postponed for a day when Columbia studios closed down when President Franklin Roosevelt died.

Moe refers to Igor the Gorilla as Ingagy. INGAGY was the title of a low budget horror film about a monster gorilla.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 6.63/10 ]   43 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Release Date Thursday, February 28, 1946
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 17.25 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - July 11th


Births

Ralph M. DeLacy
(Associate Art Director)
b. 1886

San Jose, CA

Alfred E. Green
(Director)
b. 1889

Perris, CA

Thomas Mitchell
(Actor)
b. 1892

Elizabeth, NJ

Benjamin Kline
(Photography)
b. 1894

Birmingham, AL

Walter Wanger
(Producer)
b. 1894

San Francisco, CA

Johnny Marvin
(Actor)
b. 1897

Butler, OK

Eddie Schubert
(Actor)
b. 1898

Milwaukee, WI

Antrim Short
(Actor)
b. 1900

Cincinnati, OH

Harry Von Zell
(Actor)
b. 1906

Indianapolis, IN

Irene Hervey
(Actress)
b. 1909

Venice, CA

Sally Blane
(Actress)
b. 1910

Salida, CO

Carl Christian
(Actor)
b. 1911

Pittsburgh, PA

Gus Levene
(Orchestrator)
b. 1911

Dallas, TX

Bruce MacFarlane
(Actor)
b. 1913

Seattle, WA

Allen Ray
(Actor)
b. 1915

Salt Lake City, UT

Gene Evans
(Actor)
b. 1922

Holbrook, AZ

Norman Abbott
(Actor)
b. 1922

New York, NY

Bernard Punsly
(Actor)
b. 1923

New York, NY


Deaths

James Murray
(Actor)
d. 1936   (35)

New York, NY

King Baggot
(Actor)
d. 1948   (68)

Los Angeles, CA

Buddy G. DeSylva
(Music and Lyrics)
d. 1950   (55)

Los Angeles, CA

Charles Lawton Jr.
(Assistant Photographer)
d. 1965   (61)

Pacific Palisades, CA

Sy Devore
(Wardrobe)
d. 1966   (58)

Dan Wolheim
(Actor)
d. 1968   (78)

South Miami, FL

Guy C. Verhille
(Costume Design)
d. 1983   (53)

N. Hollywood, CA

Cyril McLaglen
(Actor)
d. 1987   (87)

Ferris, CA

Milton Krims
(Original Story)
d. 1988   (84)

Woodland Hills, CA

Roy Ringwald
(Music)
d. 1995   (84)

Palos Verdes, CA

Helen Forrest
(Actress)
d. 1999   (82)

Los Angeles, CA

Grace Kuhn
(Costume Design)
d. 2001   (91)

Calabasas, CA

Dorothy Hart
(Actress)
d. 2004   (82)

Arden, NC

Frances Langford
(Actress)
d. 2005   (92)

Jensen Beach, FL


Events

THE LONGEST NIGHT (Ted Healy) in production

1936-07-09 to 1936-07-14

THE LEATHERPUSHERS (Shemp Howard) in production

1940-07-09 to 1940-07-27

I'LL NEVER HEIL AGAIN was released

1941-07-11

OUT WEST in production

1946-07-08 to 1946-07-11

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