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New News

  • 1937
  • 18m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
15
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ComedyShort

Monte and Tom are laundrymen who get jobs as reporters and they must expose a supposedly wealthy prince who is to be married to a socialite. They pose as a butler and a cook under the stern ... Read allMonte and Tom are laundrymen who get jobs as reporters and they must expose a supposedly wealthy prince who is to be married to a socialite. They pose as a butler and a cook under the stern eye of the butler, but mayhem still ensues.Monte and Tom are laundrymen who get jobs as reporters and they must expose a supposedly wealthy prince who is to be married to a socialite. They pose as a butler and a cook under the stern eye of the butler, but mayhem still ensues.

  • Director
    • Charles Lamont
  • Writers
    • Al Giebler
    • Elwood Ullman
    • Searle Kramer
  • Stars
    • Monte Collins
    • Tom Kennedy
    • Bud Jamison
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    15
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles Lamont
    • Writers
      • Al Giebler
      • Elwood Ullman
      • Searle Kramer
    • Stars
      • Monte Collins
      • Tom Kennedy
      • Bud Jamison
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Monte Collins
    • Monte Collins
    Tom Kennedy
    Tom Kennedy
    • Tom Kennedy
    Bud Jamison
    Bud Jamison
    • Blodgett, the Butler
    Clara Kimball Young
    Clara Kimball Young
    • Mrs. Van Gage
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Mr. Meloni, Newspaper Editor
    • (uncredited)
    Symona Boniface
    Symona Boniface
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Lew Davis
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    William Irving
    William Irving
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Laughton
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Cy Schindell
    Cy Schindell
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Semels
    Harry Semels
    • Prince Humbert
    • (uncredited)
    Al Thompson
    Al Thompson
    • Agency Cook
    • (uncredited)
    Elaine Waters
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Bert Young
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Lamont
    • Writers
      • Al Giebler
      • Elwood Ullman
      • Searle Kramer
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    10django-1

    Another gem from the Monte Collins/Tom Kennedy comedy team

    I'm glad that Jules White (comedy short head-honcho at Columbia) believed in writer/comedian Monte Collins, giving him roles wherever he could. The rubber-faced Collins (whose looks remind me of Jim Varney) is great at playing an exasperated or overly eager character, and he meshes well with the lumbering, dim-witted character played by Tom Kennedy (see my review of FREE RENT). In this short, they are laundry workers who are mistaken for newspaper reporters, and then assigned to go undercover and get pictures of a society party. They pose as cooks/servants, and get into the swank affair, and of course they mess up everything AND they discover that everything is not what it seems. This plot and these characters seem familiar--was this short later re-tooled for The Three Stooges? or was the Stooges short the original? Perhaps Bud Jamison was also the head butler in the Stooge version as he is here? In any event, NEW NEWS is the perfect Columbia short with wild physical slapstick, goofy situations and characters, and hilarious problems with food and machinery. If you like the fast pace and reckless abandon of a Columbia comedy short, check out this example of the comic wizardry of Collins and Kennedy. Wouldn't it be great if we could see this kind of thing on television?

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    • Trivia
      Remade in 1944 as Crash Goes the Hash with The Three Stooges.
    • Goofs
      The mustache that Tom wears after he and Monte beat up and steal the cook and waiter's clothes disappears in the next scene where the men are given instructions by the butler.
    • Quotes

      Monte Collins: [after Blodgett climbs back into the kitchen through the open window] What's the matter? Is the back door locked?

      Blodgett, the Butler: [turns to face Monte] NO!

      [a startled Monte lets go of the stack of dishes he is holding, causing them all to crash to the floor]

      Monte Collins: Now, look what you've done.

      Blodgett, the Butler: You just wait and see what I'm GOING to do!

    • Connections
      Remade as Crash Goes the Hash (1944)

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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