Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

1939 · Approved · 18min · Black and White · English

The stooges are tramps looking for handouts. Although the boys are down and out, Curly seems to get everything he wishes for. After some trouble with a farmer, the boys come across an abandoned car, one of Curly's wishes. The car actually belongs to some con men who have just gypped the widow Jenkins out of her land. The boys winds up at the Mrs. Jenkins' house just i...

IMDb rating - 8.2/10 from 574 users

Genres - Comedy · Short

Director - Jules White

Writer - Andrew Bennison(original screenplay) · Mauri Grashin(original screenplay)

Stars - Moe Howard · Larry Fine · Curly Howard

Story line - The stooges are tramps looking for handouts. Although the boys are down and out, Curly seems to get everything he wishes for. After some trouble with a farmer, the boys come across an abandoned car, one of Curly's wishes. The car actually belongs to some con men who have just gypped the widow Jenkins out of her land. The boys winds up at the Mrs. Jenkins' house just in time for a free meal. To repay Mrs. Jenkins the boys try to fix her well and instead unleash an oil geyser. Learning that Mrs. Jenkins has been swindled, the boys go to retrieve the deed before it can be recorded. They find the bad guys and after a wild fight recover the deed. The boys return the deed to Mrs. Jenkins and marry her daughters; April, May and June. —Mitch Shapiro <mshapiro@a.crl.com>

Release date - October 6, 1939 (United States)

Countries of origin - United States

Also known as - オイリー・トゥー・ベッド, オイリー・トゥー・ライズ

Production company - Columbia Pictures