THE PLOT
The Stooges are dressed as Japanese soldiers for a photo shoot; their boss (John Tyrrell) tells them to go on a lunch break but they have to keep their costumes on to finish the photo shoot quickly.
Meanwhile, in the restaurant the Stooges are about to go to, the manager reads a headline in the newspaper that states a Japanese submarine was destroyed offshore and three Japanese soldiers had escaped. When the Stooges arrive, the owner thinks they are the Japanese and attacks the Stooges, but they manage to escape. When they escape into the alley, they accidentally activate a hidden door. When they get inside, they meet a Nazi spy named Hugo (vernon Dent) who mistakes them for the three Japanese, Naki (Larry), Saki (Moe), and Waki (Curly), that escaped. Just as Hugo is about to introduce them to some ladies, Curly accidentally calls them "dames" which makes Hugo realize that they are not the Japanese, but he plays along anyway.
In order to prove themselves, the Stooges have to teach the ladies jujitsu and do acrobatic tricks. When the real Japanese arrive, the Stooges fight them, but they keep turning the lights on and off, leading them to fight the wrong persons. At the end, the Stooges come out victorious.
TRIVIA
No Dough Boys was filmed on April 25-28, 1944. The film title is a play on "No-No Boys," Japanese-Americans who answered "no" to a two-part loyalty question that asked them to renounce the Japanese emperor and agree to serve in the U.S.Armed Forces.
During World War II, the Stooges made a few comedies that engaged in propaganda against the then-enemy Japanese, including GC6W3GH Curly Howard: Spook Louder, Booby Dupes, No Dough Boys, and GC6XWGZ Curly Howard: The Yoke's On Me.
The gag of smoking an imaginary pipe was used twice by Laurel and Hardy: 1937's Way Out West and 1938's Block-Heads.
PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS
In my opinion, this is one of the worst written of all of the Stooges' shorts. It is completely non-sensical, and the makeup the Stooges are wearing is hideously scary. Also, by today's standards, which are much different, it is very racially insensitive.
However, the show must go on.
One of the clips below makes use of scenes in complete darkness. Kind of a cool thing. It was used in one other short: GC6HKP0 Curly Howard: Nutty But Nice
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
Watch the following short Curly clips
Curly Smokes His Thumb: Episode 82 No Dough Boys Clip1
Curly's War With The Japanese: Episode 82 No Dough Boys Clip2
MULTIPLY the number of minutes the boys get for lunch TIMES the number of times the lights go out. Call this X.
SUBTRACT X from the last three digits of the posted North coordinates. Then add 12 to this result.
SUBTRACT X from the last three digits of the posted West coordinates.
Have fun! Get the family involved.
Curly Code: XXX-XXX