Secret Philadelphia (A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure)
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Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
21.2 min. (Short Subject)
Egotistical prize fighter Slug Mosconi loses the big fight, badly. To teach him a lesson about the ills of fooling around, his manager and trainer set him up on a fake blind date, complete with a fake angry husband. Thinking his antics have resulted in the death of the manager, Slug considers killing himself. When he learns he's been conned, he decides to get even by faking the suicide.
Shemp costars as Slug's trainer, Dopey Traynor.
Charles Judels
Frenchy Manejer
Shemp Howard
Dopey Traynor
Lionel Stander
Slug Mosconi
Greta Granstedt
Slug's girlfriend
Lyle Evans
Slim
Ralph Sanford
Frenchy's crew member
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 1
Radio announcer
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 2
Ring announcer
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 5
Sparring partners
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 6
Kid Morgan and crew
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 7
Spectators
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 8
Frenchy's crew
Unidentified PUGS AND KISSES 9
Policeman
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