6/10
DISORDER IN THE COURT (Jack White, 1936) **1/2
9 February 2008
This is another so-so Three Stooges vehicle: as swing musicians, they're the chief witnesses in the trial of a nightclub murder (where the accused is the young chanteuse in their act). The implausible situations that ensue are often wacky-for-wackiness's-sake (such as the dotty old lady in the jury giving her phone number to the prosecuting attorney), though the section in which Curly takes the stand provides some undeniable visual and verbal hilarity. Eventually, the boys – along with their scantily-clad companion – perform a musical number in order to reconstruct the night of the murder. The riotous climax, then, sees an over-pressurized water hose running riot in the courtroom…until, finally, a parrot reveals the identity of the real killer!
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