A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.
Moe Howard
- Moe
- (as Moe)
Larry Fine
- Larry
- (as Larry)
Curly Howard
- Curley
- (as Curley)
Gail Arnold
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
- Maître d'
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Phyllis Crane
- Nichols' Daughter
- (uncredited)
Harriett De Busman
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Mary Dees
- Blonde Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Celeste Edwards
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
George B. French
- Man with cigar
- (uncredited)
Grace Goodall
- Mrs. Richmond
- (uncredited)
Robert Graves
- Prof. Nichols
- (uncredited)
Harry Holman
- Prof. Richmond
- (uncredited)
William Irving
- Larry's dance partner
- (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Billy Mann
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Kathryn McHugh
- Duchess
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGrace Goodall (Mrs. Richmond) had a near-fatal choking accident during rehearsal of a food fight scene, which never completed filming for this reason.
- GoofsAs the Professors Nichols and Richmond leave the restaurant, Nichols says he will hail a cab for the both of them. Yet, after meeting Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard a minute or two later, Richmond invites them all into his car, parked right next to the Stooges' rubbish truck. Possibly the result of a deleted scene.
- Quotes
Prof. Richmond: Can you spell cat?
Curly: Soitenly!
Prof. Richmond: Spell it!
Curly: Cat. K-I-T-T-Y, pussy.
- Alternate versionsA 2004 computer-colorized version was created, but not given a normal "Three Stooges set" release. As of now, it is only available as an extra feature on the DVD of the 2004 film Breakin' All the Rules (2004).
- ConnectionsEdited into In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
Featured review
The Three Stooges have their most hilarious short yet with Hoi Polloi
This review is of the tenth short The Three Stooges made for Columbia Pictures. In this one, Moe, Larry, and Curley (as his name was still spelled at the time) are garbage men forced to agree to a couple of professors' proposal of becoming gentlemen in exchange for them not calling the cops on the boys for general nuisance concerning their jobs. It involves a wager of one of the profs of debating environment vs. hereditary. Will the former win out? With the Stooges, are you kidding? Anyway, this was a most hilarious short what with all the gags and punchlines especially when the boys do their dance "lesson". And wait till you see what happens at the end! So on that note, Hoi Polloi comes highly recommended.
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- tavm
- Jan 5, 2011
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Хой Поллуй
- Filming locations
- DeLongpre Park - 1350 N. Cherokee Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(exterior scene-pond)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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