Termites of 1938 (1938)

The stooges are pest exterminators, mistakenly hired by a rich lady looking for an escort to a fancy society party. The stooges wreck the fancy mansion where the party is taking place and ... See full summary »

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Elwood Ullman (story), Al Giebler (story),

Stars:

Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)

Storyline

The stooges are pest exterminators, mistakenly hired by a rich lady looking for an escort to a fancy society party. The stooges wreck the fancy mansion where the party is taking place and befuddle the guest of honor, an English Lord.

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Plot Keywords:

cheese | cigar smoking | noose | power drill | catching food in mouth | 

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Taglines:

They've Got the Bug-House Blues!

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 1938 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

18 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Three Stooges' first short of 1938, hence the reference in the title.

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Connections

Remade as Society Mugs (1946)

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Soundtracks

"Frederic March"
Composed by Howard Jackson and Raphael Penso
Performed by The Three Stooges

User Reviews

Funny, Very Funny, Extremely Funny!

I first saw this Three Stooges short when I got for one of my birthdays the Three Stooges Collection Volume Two, and I watched this one when I got to it after watching a lot of the other shorts. And I thought that this short was funny, no wait, I thought that it was very funny, no wait, even better, I thought that it was extremely funny! This is probably one of the Three Stooges' best shorts of the year 1938, and also is one of my favorites with Curly! This short reminded me a lot of one of the previous shorts, Ants in the Pantry. This is one of the Three Stooges' best short films of the late 1930's, though I do not think that it is the best one that they made, that probably goes to A Plumbing We Will Go, but this short is still filled with a lot of laughs!

Here is something that I would really like to tell you. Are you really prepared for a really funny Three Stooges short that is really a slap-happy time? Then you should watch this one, because it is really a slap happy time! You are really going to be laughing and laughing when you watch this!

10/10