Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Jean Willes in Hula-La-La (1951)

Hula-La-La

Short1951• Approved• 16m
ShortComedy
⭐ 7.0 / 10(351)

The stooges are dance instructors sent by a movie company to a tropical island to teach the natives how to dance so they can appear in a movie. The boys run into trouble with the local witch doctor who wants to add their heads to his collection. The stooges defeat the witch doctor with hand grenades they swipe from a multi-armed idol, and get on with the dancing lessons.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
16m
Released
1951
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1951

Storyline

The stooges are dance instructors sent by a movie company to a tropical island to teach the natives how to dance so they can appear in a movie. The boys run into trouble with the local witch doctor who wants to add their heads to his collection. The stooges defeat the witch doctor with hand grenades they swipe from a multi-armed idol, and get on with the dancing lessons.

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Did you know

• The standard "3 Blind Mice" theme is replaced on the ending fadeout with the hula composition "Lu-Lu," composed by Ross DiMaggio and Nico Grigor.

• This was the only Stooge short directed by producer Hugh McCollum.

• Production number 4179.

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User reviews

⭐ 8/10

One of the "top" Shemp films w/ several hilarious scenes!

šŸ‘ 10 Ā· 9/1/1999
⭐ 6/10

white natives with Shemp Stooges

šŸ‘ 1 Ā· 6/26/2024
⭐ /10

The Stooges ain't born to dance!

šŸ‘ 6 Ā· 6/10/2008
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Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
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