Continuing the series in a different manner, a series of traditional caches highlighting the talent of Curly Howard, everybody's favorite stooge. I will throw in a few puzzle caches about Curly's personal life here and there during this series.
This is one of Curly's best performances, almost from beginning to end.
Three Little Sew And Sews is the 36th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
THE PLOT
The Stooges are sailors employed in the tailor shop of a naval base. After becoming dissatisfied with their work, they steal three officer's uniforms (including that of Admiral Taylor, the highest ranking officer on the base) in the hopes of gaining both the respect of other men and the romantic attention of women. While pretending to be the Admiral, Curly and his "aides" (Moe and Larry, calling themselves Captain Presser and Commander Button, respectively) attend a party in the Admiral's place. Unbeknownst to them, the party was planned by enemy spies, who intended to use the get together as a front to gain access to sensitive information from Admiral Taylor. Subsequently, they are tricked into stealing a submarine by a pair of spies, led by Count Alfred Gehrol (Harry Semels). The Stooges eventually capture the spies, partly thanks to dumb luck, but whilst reenacting the capture for the real Admiral, Curly accidentally detonates a torpedo which had been launched in an attempt to sink the submarine. Everyone on board is killed; the short ends with the Stooges, now angels ascending to heaven, being chased by an angry Admiral, who is also now an angel.
TRIVIA
The title Sew and Sew is a play on "so and so," a softly worded insult for a person one finds unimpressionable.
Three Little Sew and Sews is one of several Stooge shorts in which a sofa spring manages to become attached to someone's backside. This gag was also used in Hoi Polloi, An Ache In Every Stake, Hugs And Mugs, and Have Rocket, Will Travel. In addition, footage of war scenes were later used in Boobs In Arms and They Stooge To Conga. The short is also the fifth of sixteen Stooge shorts with the word "three" in the title.
Unlike most Stooge films, Three Little Sew and Sews ends with the trio being killed. This plot device was only used in a handful of their shorts, among them being You Nazty Spy! and Half Shot Shooters.
Curly Clips
Here are two short clips from this episode highlighting Curly's talent:
Curly The Admiral: Episode 36 Three Little Sew And Sews Clip1
Curly Gets Spring Fever: Episode 36 Three Little Sew And Sews Clip2
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Curly Code: 733-300 *** The Curly Code was changed on 10/15/2019