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Roast Beef and Movies is a short subject
starring George Givot, along with Curly Howard
(billed as "Jerry Howard"), Bobby Callahan, and the Albertina Rasch
Dancers. (The film does not feature Ted Healy
or the other Stooges
.) The music is by Dmitri Tiomkin, who was married to Rasch at the time.
Notable in this film is Howard being more of a "middle stooge," similar to Larry Fine
's character in the Three Stooges films, and using his real voice without the "Curly" inflections. Calahan played the "dumb" character that Howard would normally play.
The short, filmed in two-strip Technicolor
, uses the "Chinese Ballet" segment from the MGM movie Children of Pleasure
and the "Woman in the Shoe" segment from MGM's Lord Byron of Broadway
(both 1930).
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
starring George Givot, along with Curly Howard
Curly Howard
Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz , better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine...
(billed as "Jerry Howard"), Bobby Callahan, and the Albertina Rasch
Albertina Rasch
Albertina Rasch was a naturalized American dancer and choreographer.-Early life:Born in Vienna in 1891 to a family of Polish Jewish descent, Rasch studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet school and became leading ballerina at the New York Hippodrome in...
Dancers. (The film does not feature Ted Healy
Ted Healy
Ted Healy was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. He is chiefly remembered today as the original creator of the Three Stooges, but had a successful stage and film career of his own.- Early life :...
or the other Stooges
Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
.) The music is by Dmitri Tiomkin, who was married to Rasch at the time.
Notable in this film is Howard being more of a "middle stooge," similar to Larry Fine
Larry Fine
Louis Feinberg , known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American comedian and actor, who is best known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges.-Early life:...
's character in the Three Stooges films, and using his real voice without the "Curly" inflections. Calahan played the "dumb" character that Howard would normally play.
The short, filmed in two-strip Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
, uses the "Chinese Ballet" segment from the MGM movie Children of Pleasure
Children of Pleasure
Children of Pleasure is a 1930 American MGM musical comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont originally released with Technicolor sequences. It was adapted from Crane Wilbur's stage success of 1929 The Song Writer.-Plot:...
and the "Woman in the Shoe" segment from MGM's Lord Byron of Broadway
Lord Byron of Broadway
Lord Byron of Broadway , also known as What Price Melody?, is an American musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh...
(both 1930).