I like this short, although i don't believe it ranks in their top five, or even top ten, as some others have claimed. Curly is terrific, Bud Jamison as the prosecutor and Harry Semels as the defense attorney are first-rate, even Eddie Le Saint--not known for his comic skills--is good as the judge. It has its shortcomings--the woman who plays the defendant who's supposed to be a nightclub dancer is embarrassingly lead-footed when she demonstrates her "act", and the scene where Larry bursts into a Tarzan yell on the stand makes no sense whatsoever--but overall it's pretty funny. The one thing that always struck me about it, though, is how primitive it looks. This was made in 1936, but for some reason it looks and sounds like it was made in maybe the late '20s or early '30s, just after the dawn of talkies. Some of the Stooges' shorts from 1934 and 1935 look far more contemporary and up-do-date than this one does. I don't know what the problem was, but for some reason it just has the feel of a movie that was made 5 or 6 years before it actually was. That's a small point, though, and doesn't really distract from the fact that this is a pretty good example of the guys' work, especially Curly's. Recommended.
Review of Disorder in the Court
