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Released July 29, 1938
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Columbia
18.2 min. (Short Subject)

The Stooges are janitors, cleaning up the office of movie producer B. O. Botswaddle. After botching up, they are fired. When Curly impersonates a chicken with its head cut off, Botswaddle hires him (and the other Stooges) for his new movie. The crew heads off to the jungle to film the picture, with Curly as a gorilla. But then, a real gorilla appears and confusion reigns.

 

The first Three Stooges comedy directed by Jules White.

The opening titles list 'Naba' in the cast. 'Naba' was the nickname of the gorilla suit/character played by Ray 'Crash' Corrigan. In addition to his credits as a stuntman and actor in B-movies and serials, Corrigan was one several actors in Hollywood renowned for playing apes & gorillas. Others included Charles Gemora (AFRICA SCREAMS), Art Miles (A BIRD IN THE HEAD) and Corrigan's successor Steve Calvert (SPOOKS!).

This film was adapted in The Three Stooges # 2 comic book, Jubilee Publications May 1949.

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THREE MISSING LINKS on IMDb

Monte Collins
Herbert Herringbone

James C. Morton
B. O. Botswaddle

Jane Hamilton
Mirabel Mirabel

John Lester Johnson
Dr. Ba Loni Sulami

Ray Corrigan
Naba the gorilla


Jules White
Producer

Jules White
Director

Searle Kramer
Story and Screenplay

Henry Freulich
Photography

Charles Nelson
Film Editor



















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