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Muriel Landers aka Girlie Whirls (1957)    

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Muriel Landers signed with Jules White who had hopes of continuing a series of shorts other than the still strong 3 Stooges comedies. This new series was billed as GIRLIE WHIRLS and the result, TRICKY CHICKS, was pretty dismal. No further GIRLIE WHIRLS subjects were produced, however with Landers still under contract, she went on to torture audiences as "Tiny" in SWEET AND HOT, one of the poorest received of any the 3 Stooges two-reelers.

This would be the final attempt at a new short-subjects comedy series by Columbia, and the one short produced, TRICKY CHICKS, is currently available for review through our archives.










TRICKY CHICKS
(10/24/1957)

Production Number 1905
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Story and Screenplay-Warren Wilson
Photography-Irving Lippman
Editor-Harold White
Art Direction-Carey Od
Set Decoration-Louis Diage
Assistant Director-Herb Wallerstein
Music-Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Additional Cast
Dick Wessel
Bek Nelson
Chris Fortune
William Leslie
Benny Rubin
                                                                             
When the government (falsely) suspect that performers Muriel and Bek are enemy agents, they dispatch investigators to the nightclub the two are performing at . Trouble arises when the women fall in love with two of the investigators and produce fake evidence in order to keep the two men around.

This film originally had two working titles; GIRLIE WHIRLS and HOTTER THAN HOT.

Stock footage from this short is included in the 3 Stooges comedy SWEET AND HOT (1958).



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