Hokus Pokus (1949 film)
Hokus Pokus 1949 is the 115th 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.
Hokus Pokus was reworked in 1956 as Flagpole Jitters, using ample stock footage. In particular, the two pictures have very different endings Mary is a fraud here, whereas in the later picture she is actually paraplegic. In the remake Svengarlic is the fraud.The Stooges make a reference to Sing Sing Correctional Facility, in which Shemp believes he has hypnotized Moe into thinking he is locked up in the infamous prison. The character name Svengarlic is a parody of Svengali, the name of a fictional character in George du Mauriers 1894 novel Trilby. ........
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