Secret Philadelphia (A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure)
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Released April 14, 1934
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Vitaphone
17.75 min. (Short Subject)
17.75 min. (Short Subject)
Ben's doctor prescribes a trip to Alaska, to cure the enlarged vein in Ben's leg. The villagers assume Ben came to Alaska for a vein of gold.
Shemp appears as a villager with frostbitten hands, who needs help drinking his beer... and possibly with something else.
This plot premise was adopted for The Three Stooges in OUT WEST (1947).
Shemp was paid $200 for this supporting role.
Avg. Rating: 
[5.50/10]
[5.50/10]
Ben Blue
Ben
Herbert Warren
Dr. Toppanbottom
June East
Nurse
Dorothy Dare
Rosie
Shemp Howard
Sourdough
Harry T. Morey
Maxwell
Hugh Cameron
Tom
Joe Downing
Saloon patron
Tony Hughes
Saloon patron
Unidentified VERY CLOSE VEINS 2
Saloon patrons
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