Slippery Silks is the 19th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
THE PLOT
The Stooges are furniture makers hired to duplicate a priceless antique Chinese cabinet on loan for a $50,000 bond from a local museum to a Mr. Morgan (Vernon Dent). Once the inept Stooges set to work, the valuable cabinet is quickly cut in half by Curly, and smashed to pieces by Moe, and the trio barely escape from the enraged Morgan. While on the run, the boys learn that they have inherited a fancy dress boutique, the "Madame de France," from their recently deceased Uncle Pete. They enter the fashion business, designing women's fashions which resemble the furniture they built when they were carpenters. They are hired to put on a fashion show by a woman who turns out to be Morgan's wife, Mrs. Morgan Morgan (Symona Boniface).
When Mr. Morgan arrives, he recognizes the Stooges as the vandals who destroyed his cabinet, and pummels Curly vigorously. Moe throws a pastry but misses his target and hits one of the fashion show guests; more cream puffs are hurled and soon the entire room is engaged in a free-for-all. The fight ends when three women knock the Stooges unconscious with mannequin legs.
TRIVIA
Slippery Silks was filmed on June 10–15, 1936. It marks the Stooges first bona fide pie/pastry fight. While the fight primarily consists of cream puffs, there is one pie launched during the melee when Curly accidentally steps in front of Moe's line of fire to grab a "lucky penny," and stands back up just in time to get hit in the face with a pie. The first short that featured a pie fight of sorts was in GC6A1FV Pop Goes The Easel, in which sculptor's clay is thrown at unsuspecting targets.
Moe Howard stated in his autobiography that over 150 pies were thrown. The pie fight scenes were used in the Muppet Babies episode, "Good, Clean, Fun".
The ending theme of "Listen to the Mockingbird" features different instrumentation.
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
To obtain the coordinates for the final location of this cache, just answer the two trivia questions obtained directly from this short and translate the answer into the coordinates for the final location. Finally, answer the bonus trivia question to get a clue for bonus cache GC6B619 Larry Fine:
North coordinates: As the fashion show begins, the first act begins with this five word sign. Using those five words and A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, the north coordinates for the final location are N41 43.(W3L6)(W5L4-W3L5)(W2L9).
West coordinates: The second act of the fashion show begins with this four word sign. Using those four words and A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, the west coordinates for the final location are W088 22.(W3L1)(W4L5)(W1L1-W2L4).
(For example, W1L1 = the value of Word 1, Letter 1)
BONUS TRIVIA QUESTION: Record the number assigned to the letter below for usage in bonus cache GC6B619 Larry Fine.
Where are the Stooges employed as the story begins?
Romani Artistic Woodwork (I = 2)
Madame De France (I = 7)
To watch this short, use the following link :
Episode 19 Slippery Silks
For a checksumm value of the six missing coordinate digits, see the hint.