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Hoi Polloi
Hoi Polloi

Hoi Polloi

Meet the new darlings of society!

Genres

Comedy

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A professor bets that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen. After many attempts to teach them etiquette, he brings them to a fancy society party. The stooges' new found manners don't last very long, and the party quickly degenerates. By the end, the other guests have adopted stooge-like behavior and the stooges leave as gentlemen.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

19 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

29 August 1935

Country

United States of America

Cast

Curly Howard

Curly Howard

Curly

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Larry

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Moe

Phyllis Crane

Phyllis Crane

Nichols' Daughter (uncredited)

Mary Dees

Mary Dees

Party Guest (uncredited)

Poppy Wilde

Poppy Wilde

Woman with Cigar Smoker (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Butler (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Maître d' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Prof. Nichols (uncredited)

Harry Holman

Harry Holman

Prof. Richmond (uncredited)

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