A Ducking They Did Go (1939)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Del Lord

Writer:

Andrew Bennison (original screenplay)

Release Date:

7 April 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

Con men hire the Stooges to sell memberships to a phony duck hunting club.

Plot Keywords:

Mayor | The Three Stooges | Watermelon | Con Man | Chief Of Police

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)

Also Known As:

Never Duck a Duck (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In the scene where the police officer is chasing the Three Stooges down a sidewalk, the "HOLLYWOODLAND" sign (later changed to the current "HOLLYWOOD") is clearly visible in the background.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Stooges are trying to sell a membership to the man in the hallway, Culry tugs the lapel of his jacket and tears it off. In the next shot, the man's left sleeve is missing before he and Moe tear the rest of the jacket.

Quotes:

Curly: Every red-blooded he-man is a potentate hunter! There's one in every office!

Movie Connections:

Features A Pain in the Pullman (1936)

One of my favorite Curly shorts!

In A Ducking They Did Go (1939), The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) try to steal watermelons (they play some football too) and they run into a businessman with a proposition. Sell hunting memberships for a duck club and make money! The stooges, always down on money, take the job...but it ends up being a scam! To make matter worse, the stooges sold all of the memberships to the cops AND the mayor! Another problem, there are no ducks at this abandoned club! The stooges, always on the ball, devise a plan to use decoys and trick the police.

All in all, it's a very funny stooges short with Curly outputting a fantastic performance. Moe is a good hitter in the short and Larry is very stupid in funny ways! There is nothing better than a good stooges short!