Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)

Director:

Del Lord

Writer:

Ewart Adamson (story)

Release Date:

6 January 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go ashore, they...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Admiral | Bomb | Sailor | Tailor

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Phyllis Barry	...	Miss Olga Arvin
Harry Semels	...	Count Alfred Gehrol
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lane Chandler	...	Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
Lew Davis	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Dorety	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Ned Glass	...	Sailor with Telegram (uncredited)
John Ince	...	Butler (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Policeman (uncredited)
James C. Morton	...	Admiral H.S. Taylor (uncredited)
Cy Schindell	...	Guard (uncredited)
Al Thompson	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	...	Lieutenant on Ship (uncredited)
Elaine Waters	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Bert Young	...	Shore Patrolman (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ewart Adamson		story and screenplay

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Lucien Ballard

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Music Department
Louis Silvers	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:20 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Quotes:

Spy:One move out of you, and I'll kill you.
Curly:If you do, I'll never talk to you again!

Movie Connections:

Edited into They Stooge to Conga (1943)

A Very Entertaining Stooges Short

This is a wild and very funny Three Stooges short. Some of the best lines, which have to be seen rather than explained here, are - no surprise - by Curly, who seemed to be at this peak around this team. He was flat-out hilarious in here, in on almost all the gags....and there were a lot of funny lines in here, as well as the normal amount of sight gags.

The Stooges are tailors on a Naval Base and they wind up impersonating an admiral and his staff. They are in-and-out of trouble the entire time, from both the American officers and the spies (presumably German, although this was made a couple of years before the U.S. entered WWII.) What's neat is that Curly finally gets some revenge on his two partners, and has them thrown in jail for awhile.

From Curly drinking gasoline and having bombs fly into his arms to the hot babes flirting with the guys to the outrageous last scene with the angel outfits, this was a winner! Curly says some very smart things in here, too. For instance, a hot female spy is flirting with him, massaging his head. Curly is getting excited. "Oh, Admiral," she coos, "don't you trust me? "Sure, but I don't trust myself," says Curly in a very unintentionally profound statement.