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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
18 min. (Short Subject)
Curly, Moe, and Larry, NYC garbage barge sailors, wash ashore on an island stuck in the 17th century, and ruled by a tyrranical Governor. With the help of the lovely Rita Yolanda, and using the ruse of a nearsighted Maharajah and his entourage, they go in search of a pirate named Black Louie who will ferry them to the mainland. Unfortunately, the Governor and Louie are well-acquainted, and the pirate forces the Stooges to engage in a deadly knife-throwing contest to purchase their freedom from the island.
In case anyone wants the correct spelling of the Maharajah's language, here are the words as presented in Clyde Bruckman's script, as dictated by Moe Howard... "Razbanyas yatee benee futch ah tinney herongha..."
A transcription of an unfilmed sequence, an alternate ending found in Jules White's files, is presented in The Three Stooges Journal # 128 (Winter 2008).
Behind-the-scenes, silent, color footage was discovered in early 2007, and premiered in The Stoogeum theater at the April 2007 Fan Club Meeting. Moe and Curly, in their "maharajah" costumes, are seen with a visiting Helen Howard (Moe's wife) and Shemp Howard on the Columbia lot. See The Three Stooges Journal # 122 (Summer 2007) and # 124 (Winter 2007) for more information.
Larry Fine
Larry
Jerry Howard
Curly
Moe Howard
Moe
Vernon Dent
Governor
Larry McGrath
Short soldier
Jack Parker
Tall soldier
Dorothy DeHaven
Chiquita
Christine McIntyre
Rita Yolanda
Robert Stevens
Black Louie
Ethan Laidlaw
Liverlip
Joe Garcio
Red Dog
Joe Palma
Jack
Cy Schindell
Dirk
Jack Hill
Pirate
Al Thompson
Pirate
Al Morino
Curly's stand-in
Joe Murphy
Larry's stand-in
Johnny Kascier
Moe's stand-in
Unidentified THREE LITTLE PIRATES 1
Saloon girl
Unidentified THREE LITTLE PIRATES 2
Bartender
Unidentified THREE LITTLE PIRATES 3
Girl in picture frame
Hugh McCollum
Producer
Edward Bernds
Director
Clyde Bruckman
Story and Screenplay
Philip Tannura
Director of Photography
Paul Borofsky
Film Editor
Charles Clague
Art Director
Sammy Cahn
Music
Jule Styne
Music
Carter DeHaven Jr.
Assistant Director
George Meehan
Asst. Cameraman
Lambert E. Day
Mixer
James Punter
Gaffer
Harold Banks
Grip
Ray Hunt
Props
Tessie Wise
Script Supervisor
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