An Ache in Every Stake

1941Short⏱️ 18mApproved

ShortComedy

⭐ 8.2

IMDB Rating

729 votes

The three stooges employed as icemen attempt to deliver ice to a mountaintop house and are forced to cater for a birthday dinner there.

Director

Del Lord

Writers

N/A

Stars

Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Release Date

August 22, 1941

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Moe Howard

as Moe

Larry Fine

as Larry

Curly Howard

as Curly

Wilson Benge

as Butler

Symona Boniface

as Party Guest

Gino Corrado

as The Cook

Vernon Dent

as Poindexter Lawrence

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Dice

as Horse

Bess Flowers

as Mrs. Lawrence

Bud Jamison

as The Baker

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Steps between 2257 & 2258 Fair Oak Terrace, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

slapstick comedyblack and white horseexplosionbaking a cakespring

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Possibly their funniest short.

by thom-29 • 1999-07-13

10/10

"This short begins hilariously, and builds to the riotous ending. It contains several well-known scenes, including the "ice-block down the stairs" piece, and Curly shaving the ice with great patter included. These stairs were also used in a wonderful Laurel and Hardy short involving a piano, and, as usual, Vernon Dent is hilarious as a pompous judge...."

💡 Did You Know?

Contrary to common belief, the long staircase in this film is NOT the same one used in Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's Oscar-winning short, The Music Box (1932). However, it is in the same Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, about two miles away.