Curly is the lovable dumb cluck here, and I agree, this film is for ALL his fans. Clyde Bruckman, known for some off kilter stories, has Curly playing both son and father, an unexpected surprise.
As Stooge luck would have it, their pop (Curly with thick sideburns?) strikes oil, becomes rich and is suddenly caught up with a gold-digger called Daisy (Lucille Lund) and her gangsta' pal Chopper (played by Frank Mills).
Object -- a quickie wedding, Daisy gets all the money and the Stooges get zip. Oh, really?
Not so fast. Moe, Larry and Curly happen to be in jail (where else?), crash the joint and fowl up the plans for the crooks. The way the goofy plot goes, and you probably guessed it -- Daisy marries Curly. Their dad is safe, but are the Stooges safe from Chopper?
Lots of one-liners, director Del Lord staging a string of wild Nyuk Nyuk scenes, though one was dangerous. Production notes indicate Curly cut his scalp (requiring stitches) in a bit where he gets thrown down an elevator shaft. Again proving comedy can be a risky business, and he was lucky, not breaking any bones.
Interesting casting of Lucille Lund as Daisy. She gained fame playing Boris Karloff's wife in the cult thriller THE BLACK CAT a few years earlier, but her career declined and she began appearing in B films, and in smaller roles. Frank Mills, on the other hand, went on to appear in several classics, even playing a slave in the ROBE. He later branched out into tv westerns; WYATT EARP and DEATH VALLEY DAYS.
Cheers for Curly, though the makeup department could have been more creative,
considering all their fine work in past episodes.
Always on remastered Columbia dvd, generally by years; 30s, 40s and 50s episodes. Some box sets have themes.
Thanks to METV for running the Stooges on Saturdays. Perfect choice.
