Art Trouble is a 1934 comedy short

Short subject

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 starring Harry Gribbon

Harry Gribbon

Harry Gribbon was an American film actor. He appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the brother of actor Eddie Gribbon....

 and Shemp Howard; the film is notable for featuring James Stewart

James Stewart

James Stewart was a Hollywood movie actor and USAF brigadier general.James Stewart may also refer to:-Noblemen:*James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland*James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn James Stewart (1908–1997) was a Hollywood movie actor and USAF brigadier general.James Stewart...

in his first screen role. The short was directed by Ralph Staub

Ralph Staub

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. Gribbon was one of a several comedy team partners that Shemp Howard, an original member of the Three Stooges and brother of Stooges Curly Howard

Curly Howard

Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz , better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine...

 and Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Moses Harry Horwitz , known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades...

, worked with until he began making his own shorts prior to having to return to the Stooges in the wake of Curly's strokes.

Cast

Harry Gribbon

Harry Gribbon

Harry Gribbon was an American film actor. He appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the brother of actor Eddie Gribbon....

... Art Student

Shemp Howard ... Art Student

Beatrice Blinn ... Girl at nightclub

Leni Stengel ... Girl at nightclub

Hope Landin ... Burton's Mother (uncredited)

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.-Early life and career:...

... Woman Who Sits on Painting (uncredited)

James Stewart

James Stewart

James Stewart was a Hollywood movie actor and USAF brigadier general.James Stewart may also refer to:-Noblemen:*James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland*James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn James Stewart (1908–1997) was a Hollywood movie actor and USAF brigadier general.James Stewart...

... Burton (uncredited)

Don Tomkins ... Burton's Little Brother (uncredited)

Gayne Whitman ... Burton's Father (uncredited)

External links

Art Trouble in the Internet Movie Database

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