Sterling Holloway (1946-1948)
Holloway was offered a series of starring shorts that resulted in 6 comedies. His films aren't the funniest the studio made, but we are treated to seeing Sterling in a rare leading role. Holloway is best remembered today as a comic sidekick in B Westerns, and for his voice work in several Disney animated films, the most popular being the voice of Winnie The Pooh.
Several of his two-reelers were syndicated by Screen Gems Television in 1959.
All but the first, the elusive MR. WRIGHT GOES WRONG, are available for review through our archives.
MR. WRIGHT GOES WRONG (8/1/1946)
Production Number 4065
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Additional Cast
Christine McIntyre
Dee Green
Arthur Q. Bryan
Helen Dickson
Al Thompson
Tommy Kingston
Emil Sitka
Judy Malcolm
Sterling uses his friend's name to obtain a hotel suite and, in doing so, gets involved in his pal's troubles.
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MORON THAN OFF (11/28/1946)
Production Number 4085
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Story-Jack White (as Preston Black)
Screenplay-Jules White
Photography-George F. Kelley
Editor-Edwin H. Bryant
Art Director-Charles Clague
Additional Cast
Monty Collins
Eleanor Counts
Edythe Elliott
Symona Boniface
Blackie Whiteford
Emil Sitka
Joe Palma
Al Thompson
Victor Travers
Cy Schindell
Johnny Kascier
Sterling's poor memory causes nothing but problems, which doesn't help his situation when he wins the Irish Sweepstakes and can't remember where he left the winning ticket's stub.
A remake, with stock footage, of Harry Langdon's I DON'T REMEMBER (1935).
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THE SCOOPER DOOPER (2/27/1947)
Production Number 4061
Director-Edward Bernds
Producer-Hugh McCollum
Story and Screenplay-Clyde Bruckman
Photography-George Meehan, Jr
Editor-Henry DeMond
Art Direction-Charles Clague
Additional Cast
Jean Donahue
Ray Teal
Joan Blair
Symona Boniface
Charles Williams
Cy Schindell
George Chesebro
Harold "Tiny" Brauer
Joe Palma
Sterling, an aspiring newspaper reporter, tries to get the goods on a suspected diamond smuggler.
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HECTIC HONEYMOON (9/18/1947)
Production Number 4076
Director-Edward Bernds
Producer-Hugh McCollum
Additional Cast
Jean Willes
Christine McIntyre
Dick Wessel
Harry O. Tyler
Symona Boniface
Harold Brauer
Dudley Dickerson
Phil Arnold
Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Dorothy Vernon
Thelma White
Johnny Kascier
Newlywed Sterling has to keep his marriage a secret from his matrimony-hating boss.
A remake of Johnny Downs GROOM AND BORED (1942).
Reissued theatrically in January, 1961.
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MAN OR MOUSE (1/15/1948)
Production Number 4110
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Story and Screenplay-Elwood Ullman
Photography-Glen Gano
Editor-Paul Borofsky
Additional Cast
Noel Neill
Edgar Dearing
Frail and non-athletic Sterling attempts to impress his girlfriend's muscle-bound, physically fit father by wearing a air-inflated "strongman" suit at their first meeting after he learning that, if he wants to marry her, he has to wrestle her father to prove his worth.
The original working title was MASS OF MUSCLE.
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FLAT FEAT (6/24/1948)
Production Number 4117
Director-Edward Bernds
Producer-Hugh McCollum
Story and Screenplay-Elwood Ullman
Photography-
Editor-
Art Director-
Additional Cast
Patricia White
Dick Wessel
Cliff Clard
Cy Schindell
Wally Rose
Symona Boniface
Harold Brauer
Blackie Whiteford
Police officer Holloway has a difficult time living up to his father's reputation.
Production Number 4065
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Additional Cast
Christine McIntyre
Dee Green
Arthur Q. Bryan
Helen Dickson
Al Thompson
Tommy Kingston
Emil Sitka
Judy Malcolm
Sterling uses his friend's name to obtain a hotel suite and, in doing so, gets involved in his pal's troubles.
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MORON THAN OFF (11/28/1946)
Production Number 4085
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Story-Jack White (as Preston Black)
Screenplay-Jules White
Photography-George F. Kelley
Editor-Edwin H. Bryant
Art Director-Charles Clague
Additional Cast
Monty Collins
Eleanor Counts
Edythe Elliott
Symona Boniface
Blackie Whiteford
Emil Sitka
Joe Palma
Al Thompson
Victor Travers
Cy Schindell
Johnny Kascier
Sterling's poor memory causes nothing but problems, which doesn't help his situation when he wins the Irish Sweepstakes and can't remember where he left the winning ticket's stub.
A remake, with stock footage, of Harry Langdon's I DON'T REMEMBER (1935).
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THE SCOOPER DOOPER (2/27/1947)
Production Number 4061
Director-Edward Bernds
Producer-Hugh McCollum
Story and Screenplay-Clyde Bruckman
Photography-George Meehan, Jr
Editor-Henry DeMond
Art Direction-Charles Clague
Additional Cast
Jean Donahue
Ray Teal
Joan Blair
Symona Boniface
Charles Williams
Cy Schindell
George Chesebro
Harold "Tiny" Brauer
Joe Palma
Sterling, an aspiring newspaper reporter, tries to get the goods on a suspected diamond smuggler.
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HECTIC HONEYMOON (9/18/1947)
Production Number 4076
Director-Edward Bernds
Producer-Hugh McCollum
Additional Cast
Jean Willes
Christine McIntyre
Dick Wessel
Harry O. Tyler
Symona Boniface
Harold Brauer
Dudley Dickerson
Phil Arnold
Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Dorothy Vernon
Thelma White
Johnny Kascier
Newlywed Sterling has to keep his marriage a secret from his matrimony-hating boss.
A remake of Johnny Downs GROOM AND BORED (1942).
Reissued theatrically in January, 1961.
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MAN OR MOUSE (1/15/1948)
Production Number 4110
Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White
Story and Screenplay-Elwood Ullman
Photography-Glen Gano
Editor-Paul Borofsky
Additional Cast
Noel Neill
Edgar Dearing
Frail and non-athletic Sterling attempts to impress his girlfriend's muscle-bound, physically fit father by wearing a air-inflated "strongman" suit at their first meeting after he learning that, if he wants to marry her, he has to wrestle her father to prove his worth.
The original working title was MASS OF MUSCLE.
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FLAT FEAT (6/24/1948)
Production Number 4117
Director-Edward Bernds
Producer-Hugh McCollum
Story and Screenplay-Elwood Ullman
Photography-
Editor-
Art Director-
Additional Cast
Patricia White
Dick Wessel
Cliff Clard
Cy Schindell
Wally Rose
Symona Boniface
Harold Brauer
Blackie Whiteford
Police officer Holloway has a difficult time living up to his father's reputation.
