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COMMOTION ON THE OCEAN (1956)

Film Pick of the Day
Thursday, October 8, 2026

The Stooges want to be reporters and are looking for stolen secret atomic documents. They unintentionally become stowaways on a ship when they help their neighbor, Mr. Borscht (Gene Roth), who has to leave the country. Bortch is actually an enemy spy, and has hidden microfilm of the stolen documents in watermelons. Our stowaway Stooges get hungry, so they decide to steal the watermelons.

A remake of DUNKED IN THE DEEP (1949), with stock footage. The opening newspaper office sequence is stock footage from CRIME ON THEIR HANDS (1948).

Joe Palma doubled for Shemp in new footage.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 3.83/10 ]   41 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
Release Date Thursday, November 8, 1956
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.6 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - October 8th


Births

Ralph Lewis
(Actor)
b. 1872

Englewood, IL

Oscar O'Shea
(Actor)
b. 1881

Peterboro, Canada

Robert Brister
(Actor)
b. 1888

Hitchcock, SD

Allen K. Wood
(Production Manager)
b. 1898

Sioux City, IA

Kirk Alyn
(Actor)
b. 1910

Oxford, NJ

Irvine Warburton
(Film Editor)
b. 1911

San Diego, CA

Walter Schumann
(Music)
b. 1913

New York, NY

Stanley Rubin
(Story and Screenplay)
b. 1917

New York, NY

Gabe Dell
(Actor)
b. 1919

New York, NY

Martin Spellman
(Actor)
b. 1925

Des Moines, IA

Pat Dahl
(Actress)
b. 1933

Glasgow, Scotland

Kirby Heyborne
(Actor)
b. 1977

Evanston, WY


Deaths

Gus Kahn
(Lyrics)
d. 1941   (54)

Beverly Hills, CA

Robert A. O'Neil
(Actor)
d. 1951   (40)

Los Angeles, CA

Nigel Bruce
(Actor)
d. 1953   (58)

Santa Monica, CA

Greta Meyer
(Actress)
d. 1965   (82)

Gardenia, CA

Frank Skinner
(Original Music)
d. 1968   (70)

Los Angeles, CA

Matty Fain
(Actor)
d. 1971   (66)

Los Angeles, CA

Milton Feldman
(Assistant Director)
d. 1976   (65)

Woodland Hills, CA

Theresa Harris
(Actress)
d. 1985   (75)

Inglewood, CA

Jean Sewell
(Actress)
d. 1988   (68)

Los Angeles, CA

James Leicester
(Montage)
d. 1989   (84)

Ojai, CA

Lindsley Parsons
(Producer)
d. 1992   (87)

Los Angeles, CA

Tom Talbert
(Set Decoration)
d. 1992   (32)

West Hollywood, CA

Chandra Kaly and His Dancers
(Actor)
d. 1994   (83)

Oneonta, NY

Roger Creed
(Actor)
d. 1997   (82)

Los Angeles, CA


Events

HIS FIRST FLAME (Shemp Howard) in production

1934-10-08 to 1934-10-13

CRAZY HOUSE (Shemp Howard) was released

1943-10-08

IDIOTS DELUXE in production

1944-10-05 to 1944-10-09

BUBBLE TROUBLE was released

1953-10-08

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