Loose Loot is the one-hundred-forty-sixth Columbia Pictures short subject starring the Three Stooges.
Plot[]
Shemp appears to be the lucky one, ogling up to Suzanne Ridgeway in Loose Loot.
The Stooges are the sole heirs to a grandiose inheritance, but the money is in the hands of an underhanded broker named Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald). One by one the Stooges confront Slipp in his office. He in turn accuses first Larry, then Moe, then Shemp, of being that crook, and successfully flees his office with the money. The Stooges follow Slipp into a theater, where they find him and his partner Joe with the cash. Both groups go back and forth trading the bag of inheritance money and blows. Eventually, the Stooges defeat Slipp and Joe. The Stooges go to retrieve their money in a nearby closet where they stored it during the commotion. However, three showgirls that Shemp scared off earlier were also hiding in there and learned of the money. They throw the bag back and forth, attempting to keep it away from the Stooges, but then a portrait of Napoleon comes to life, catches the bag, and runs away. However, Moe throws a brick to Napoleon's head and knocks him out. The Stooges run inside the portrait, take the bag of money, and dance in celebration.
Notes[]
- The first half of Loose Loot consists of footage recycled from Hold That Lion!.
- Icabod Slipp's name appears on the door as "I. Slipp." This is a semantic parody on the Long Island town of Islip, New York.
- Shemp Howard suffered his first stroke before began filmed this short in November 1952.