I find short subjects from the early 1930s to be generally unentertaining. They usually have annoying music in the background that never ends, poor dialogue, dumb musical numbers, and fairly sappy stories. Curly Howard appeared in "Roast Beef and Movies" and he probably wished he hadn't. Curly played more of a "Larry" straight-man role who along with two bumbling losers try to sell their movie to a powerful studio head. It just doesn't work, and neither do the musical numbers.
Curly used his normal "non-Curly" voice for this Technicolor dud. It's interesting to watch if you like the Three Stooges like I do, but it's not very good. Curly of course went on to great success with the Stooges, relegating this short to the cinematic scrap heap. It's of interest only as history.
Curly used his normal "non-Curly" voice for this Technicolor dud. It's interesting to watch if you like the Three Stooges like I do, but it's not very good. Curly of course went on to great success with the Stooges, relegating this short to the cinematic scrap heap. It's of interest only as history.