Stooges color snapshot PARDON MY CLUTCH

[Ed Watz]

Here's a candid color snapshot taken by director Edward Bernds on the Columbia Ranch in Burbank in 1947, during the making of PARDON MY CLUTCH:

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A couple of years ago, my company (I've now retired) filmed the following tv spot at nearly the same location; we were told by the crew that we were using the "Blondie" house, and the house that the Stooges had used was next door - if they were correct, then you can see the PARDON MY CLUTCH house in the commercial -- if you don't blink:

[Richard Finegan]

Cool picture! Thanks for posting it.
By the way, PARDON MY CLUTCH was filmed from Monday, May 19 through Wednesday, May 21, 1947.

[Gary Johnson]

It would had gotten finished earlier but the crew had to stop for lunch.
Slackers....

[Ed Watz]

What can we tell ya, Jules White wasn't directing that one...

[Gary Johnson]

When did the shooting schedules shift down from 5 days to 3? Sometime during the war?

[Ed Watz]

When did the shooting schedules shift down from 5 days to 3? Sometime during the war?

I have a copy of Jules White's production schedule for the west coast Columbia comedy shorts made from 1933 through 1946. Four days was the norm throughout that entire period, but as early as 1938 there's a number of films shot in just 3 days (A NAG IN THE BAG, PIE A LA MAID, MANY SAPPY RETURNS). Significantly, they're from the Charley Chase unit, since Chase liked to shoot just one take and generally rush production along (something Jules White could not be accused of doing).

Up until 1941 there were occasional shorts filmed in 5 or even 6 days, but the majority of films through the war years were done in 4 days.

Hopefully Rich can confirm when the shift from 4 to 3 days became commonplace at Columbia.