A Bird in the Head

A Bird in the Head is the 89th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

The title A Bird in the Head is a pun on the phrase a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A Bird in the Head was filmed over a period of five days April 913, 1945, which was longer than usual. Due to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, filming ended early out of respect for the deceased Commanderinchief. Edward Bernds commented that the extra day of shooting allowed him to gather his thoughts, and devise ways to film around Curlys illness.41yearold Curly Howard had suffered a series of minor strokes prior to filming A Bird in the Head. As a result, his performance was marred by slurred speech, and slower timing. This film was the first directing effort for former Columbia sound man Edward Bernds. Bernds was thrilled that he was being given a shot at directing, but was horrified when he realized that Curly was in such bad shape something Columbia short subject headdirector Jules White failed to alert Bernds of. Years later, Bernds discussed his trying experience during the filming of A Bird in the Head ........

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