The Knife of the Party is a black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 short film starring Shemp Howard and released on February 16, 1934. The comedy was filmed at Van Beuren Studios

Van Beuren Studios

Van Beuren Studios was an American animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons from 1928 to 1936.Producer Amedee J. van Beuren first became involved in the animation industry in 1920, when he formed a partnership with Paul Terry and formed the "Aesop's Fables Studio" for the production of...

 and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

Shemp Howard and his Stooges

Shemp Howard makes an odd appearance as the lead stooge of four smack-around stooges. This act was presumably either cast by the filmmakers or a short-lived act put together by Shemp. Shemp had been the original third stooge of the Three Stooges until he left the act to be replaced by his brother 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...

, then returned after Curly retired in the wake of a series of strokes.

This feature appears on the Three Stooges DVD The Three Stooges: Greatest Hits and Rarities.

Cast

• Lilian Miles - Donna
• Jack Good - Walter Brown
• Shemp Howard and his Stooges
  • James Fox
    James Fox
    James Fox, OBE is an English actor.-Early life:James Fox was born in London, England to theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He is the brother of actor Edward Fox and film producer Robert Fox. The actress Emilia Fox is his niece and the actor Laurence Fox is his son. His...
    
     - Stooge
  • Charles Senna - Stooge
• The Girl Friends - Singing Trio
• Gertrude Mudge - Mrs. Dora
• Leo Kennedy
  Leo Kennedy
  John Leo Kennedy was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets...
  
   - bit role
• Rogers & Anthony - bit roles

External links

• The Knife of the Party at IMDB
• The Knife of the Party at threestooges.net