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The Three Stooges - Curly Years / Re: Uncivil Warriors (1935)
« Last post by Freddie Sanborn on Today at 06:51:30 PM »I was 5 too, but remember it vividly.
I’m overdue to rewatch FEET FIRST, but Felix Adler is credited in some type of writing capacity in both films.
Keaton was probably viewed as too big a star to make shorts at Roach when talkies came in, but artistically, it might have been a good fit.
Keaton was probably viewed as too big a star to make shorts at Roach when talkies came in, but artistically, it might have been a good fit.Well, about 40 years after 'Busy Bodies', Keaton finally did play a foil to Laurel & Hardy. Oddly, Buster looked surprisingly young...and slightly feminine.
It's also one of their handful of talkies that can play well as a silent film. I say this because Blackhawk Films issued a silent version (as they did with just about all the L&H talkies) which I see listed on eBay just about every day.
One of the beautiful things about L&H is that they didn't eschew silent comedy in their talkies. I think Buster Keaton would have been more successful in talkies if he had followed L&H's lead.
It's interesting that if you search for "Uncivil Warriors", this thread doesn't show up in the results...
Anyway...
I was watching FEET FIRST with Harold Lloyd last night, the first time I had seen the complete feature -- had only seen the climbing scene before. Early in the film, Lloyd does the "Charley, the guy who walks like this" gag. I guess this is where the Stooges got it -- or perhaps someone knows of an earlier instance?
https://youtu.be/RLVNnzzKojg?si=Gdn0mjHnQzRmXquH&t=1100