Men in Black (1934)
4/10
Very early, very successful, but not very good
19 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
"Men in Black" is a Stooges short film from over 80 years ago and among the earlier works of the almost 200 short films they did. As usual, this one runs for roughly 18 minutes and stars Curly, Larry and Howard. In this one they appear as doctors and they are called so often that it almost became annoying. Unfortunately, the comedy here is still far away from peak Stooges and I cannot really see the appeal with this short film. A bit surprising in my opinion that it was nominated for an Academy Award. Maybe the reason is that they were still fairly new and refreshing and comedy short films (apart from animation) weren't really anything too common in 1930s America. Nonetheless, this one here is only worth a watch for the biggest Stooges fans. I did not enjoy it too much. Thumbs down.
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