shoves him backwards into the chair, causing the trap to painfully snap shut on him. Nonetheless, Shemp, in a dazed state, ends up marrying Miss Dinkelmeyer, just in time to collect the money. As Shemp comes to, he is told what has happened, and is frightened beyond reproach. Cast Credited Moe Howard as Moe Larry Fine as Larry Shemp Howard as Professor Shemp Howard Dee Green as Miss Dinkelmeyer Christine McIntyre as Miss Hopkins Doris Houck as Aggressive former girlfriend Uncredited Emil Sitka as Justice of the Peace J.M. Benton Johnny Kascier as Bellboy Virginia Hunter as Shemp's former girlfriend Judy Malcolm as Shemp's former girlfriend Alyn Lockwood as Shemp's former girlfriend Bertha Priestley as Fat Woman in Hallway Nancy Saunders as Shemp's former girlfriend Production notes Brideless Groom was filmed on March 11–14, 1947. The plot theme of Brideless Groom is not unique, having been used in (among others) Buster Keaton's 1925 comedy Seven Chances (remade in 1999 as The Bachelor). Writer Clyde Bruckman was also partially responsible for Seven Chances. Brideless Groom would be recycled in the second half of the 1956 Stooge short Husbands Beware. The film features longtime Stooges supporting player Emil Sitka's best-remembered line "Hold hands, you lovebirds!" (the line is actually engraved on Sitka's headstone). The shot where Sitka has a birdcage smashed on his head was worked into the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction when Eric Stoltz is watching television. The version of "Voices of Spring" during Shemp and Miss Dinkelmeyer's singing lesson was sung by frequent Stooge co-star Christine McIntyre, who appears in this short as Miss Hopkins. This version of "Voices of Spring", along with McIntyre herself, were previously used in the Stooges' Micro-Phonies (1945). Shemp's injury Brideless Groom features a sequence with Christine McIntyre who portrays Miss Hopkins, a woman whom Shemp actively pursues for his wife. Unfortunately, she mistakes him for her cousin Basil. After learning her mistake, she takes it out on poor Shemp by slapping him silly, then finally punching him through her door. During the filming of the scene, when McIntyre threw her punch, she leaned too far into it and hit Shemp for real, ultimately breaking his nose. This mistake was left in the film, and when watched in slow motion, Shemp can be seen falling down and opening his mouth like he was yelling in pain after the punch. Director Edward Bernds remembered getting McIntyre