Plane Nuts

{{Infobox film

| name = Plane Nuts

| image = Planenutsloobycard33.jpg

| caption =

| writer = Ted Healy
Matty Brooks

| starring = Ted Healy
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Bonnie Bonnell
Geneva Mitchell
Mary Halsey
Kathryn Crawford
Loretta Andrews
Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra

| music = Jimmy McHugh
Dorothy Fields

| cinematography = Busby Berkeley

| editing =

| producer =

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1933|10|14}}

| runtime = {{duration|m=19|s=41}}

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Plane Nuts is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 14, 1933. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest. The Stooges were billed as "Howard, Fine and Howard."

Plot

Cast

Ted Healy as himself
Moe Howard as Moe
Larry Fine as Larry
Curly Howard as Curly
Bonnie Bonnell as Woman with Flowers

Uncredited cast

Albertina Rasch Dancers as Themselves
Lorretta Andrews as Chorus Girl
Mildred Dixon as Chorus Girl
Mary Halsey as Chorus Girl
Nelly Loren as showgirl

Production notes

The musical numbers "Happy Landing" and "Dance Until Dawn" were lifted from the 1931 MGM feature film Flying High.{{cite web

| url = https://threestooges.net/filmography/episode/202 | title=Plane Nuts | publisher = threestooges.net }}

The Stooges and Healy were to appear in a segment where they fly around the world backwards, but it was cut from the final version. This footage is discussed, with production photos, in Leonard Maltin's 1990 television documentary The Lost Stooges.