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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1407

Soup to Nuts

193070 minUnited States

Comedy Romance Musical

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 68:35
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Benjamin Stoloff · Public domain

Synopsis

An inventor neglects his costume shop until creditors send a new manager. Romantic confusion, a firefighters' ball and an accidental blaze bring his eccentric machines into the business's increasingly chaotic affairs.

Cast

Ted Healy

Charles Winninger

Frances McCoy

Lucile Browne

Stanley Smith

Hallam Cooley

DirectorsBenjamin Stoloff

Behind the scenes

Rube Goldberg wrote the comedy and appears briefly on screen. Ted Healy, Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard make their film debut together before the later formation of the familiar Three Stooges trio.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Ted Healy — Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2; The Casino Murder Case trailer · Public domain
Charles Winninger — The ad was produced by General Foods/Maxwell House. Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia · Public domain
Lucile Browne — unknown (Fox Film Corporation) · Public domain
Hallam Cooley — unknown (Pathé Exchange) · Public domain

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