Idle Roomers is the 80th short subject starring the 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 bellhops at Hotel Snazzy Plaza, and pound each other in order to get some face time with an attractive woman (the lovely Christine Mcintyre, in her debut appearance with the team).
Unfortunately, she has an evil mean-tempered husband (Vernon Dent) who happens to excel in knife throwing. The husband is also secretly importing Lupe the Wolf Man (Duke York) who goes berserk when he hears music. Later on, when Curly is cleaning their room, he snaps on the radio, and the wolf man goes on the rampage. The stooges head for the elevator back to the lobby which contains the Wolf Man inside who is playing with the elevator switch which cause to crash through the roof and sends the trio and the Wolf Man high into the sky.
TRIVIA
Filmed on November 17-20, 1943, the title Idle Roomers is a pun on "idle rumors." The plot device of bellhops pursuing the affections of an attractive female hotel guest would be used in the 1953 Woody Woodpecker cartoon Belle Boys.
Idle Roomers marked the first appearance of regular Stooge co-star Christine McIntyre, who would predominantly work with the team during the Shemp Howard era.
Curly Howard's voice begins to deepen with this film. Since his 1940 divorce from Elaine Ackerman, (see GC6MZJQ Jerome Lester Horowitz: The Wives), Curly had lived a wild life, making merry on a regular basis, and drinking until the wee hours of the morning. Columbia cinematographer Henry Freulich stated in a 1984 interview that it was not unusual to see Curly stumbling into work looking like "he had himself a heluva time!" By 1944, the effects of Curly's lifestyle began to have an effect on his performances. Idle Roomers marks the first time his acting seems a little slower. The deeper voice confirms this assessment.
PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS
I am finally starting to agree with the assessments of Curly's performance. Such a shame. In the scene where he is carrying a giant trunk, he looks to be sweating profusely. Even though the trunk was probably as light as air, and his sweat was mostly a prop, it still looks like some of it is real.
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
Watch the following short Curly clips
Curly's Carries The Bags: Episode 80 Idle Roomers Clip1
Curly Needs A Shave: Episode 80 Idle Roomers Clip2
MULTIPLY the number of luggage items to be delivered by Curly BY the floor number they are to be delivered to. SUBTRACT this result from the last three digits of the posted North coordinates.
Using A=1, B=2, C=3, etc, compute the value of the woman’s name sleeping nearest the window. SUBTRACT this amount from the last three digits of the posted West coordinates.
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Curly Code: 980-220