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Turn Back the Clock is a 1933 American Pre-Code MGM fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn, written by Selwyn and Ben Hecht, and starring Mae Clarke and Lee Tracy (while under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). The Three Stooges featuring Curly Howard appear in an uncredited straight role as wedding singers. There is a small gag wherein Lee Tracy asks the Stooges to sing "Tony's Wife", a song the Stooges have not heard of; Moe Howard then asks "Tony's wife? Who is she?" Although they are not credited as the Three Stooges (indeed, they receive no screen credit at all), this marks the first time the trio appeared as a group on film without their former leader, Ted Healy. They would launch their long-running film-shorts career a few months later.
Original Release
08/25/1933
US Release
08/25/1933
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lee Tracy | Joe Gimlet |
Mae Clarke | Mary Wright / Mary Gimlet |
Otto Kruger | Ted Wright |
George Barbier | Pete Evans |
Peggy Shannon | Elvina Gimlet / Elvina Wright / Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet |
C. Henry Gordon | Dave Holmes |
Clara Blandick | Joe's Mother / Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother |
Ernie Adams | Reporter |
Norman Ainsley | Joe's Valet |
Ernie Alexander | Wedding Guest |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lee Tracy | Joe Gimlet |
Mae Clarke | Mary Wright / Mary Gimlet |
Otto Kruger | Ted Wright |
George Barbier | Pete Evans |
Peggy Shannon | Elvina Gimlet / Elvina Wright / Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet |
C. Henry Gordon | Dave Holmes |
Clara Blandick | Joe's Mother / Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother |
Ernie Adams | Reporter |
Norman Ainsley | Joe's Valet |
Ernie Alexander | Wedding Guest |
Hooper Atchley | 1925 Spokesman |
Don Brodie | Reporter |
Corky | Effie the Dog |
Nell Craig | Nurse |
Lester Dorr | Joe's Aide |
Adolph Faylauer | Party Guest |
Larry Fine | Wedding Singer |
Bess Flowers | Party Guest |
Edward Gargan | Pete - Checkers Player |
Dick Gordon | Nightclub Patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harry Rapf | Producer |