"Calling All Curs" is an American 17.5-minute live action short film that was released back in 1939, so it will soon have its 80th anniversary. This makes it a black-and-white film of course, at least in the original. The inclusion of director Jules White means already that this is one of the many many Three Stooges short films. This one has more writers than these usually do and these names are also not necessarily linked to the Stooges. You can check out the names for yourself if you want to. As this is among the earlier (but not earliest) Three Stooges shorts, it still has Curly in it next to Moe and Larry.
While animals in film had been a big thing already for quite a while, dogs especially, if you take a look at the Our Gang / Little Rascals works, it needs to be said that animals weren't too frequent for the Stooges, even if you maybe found some too occasionally. I think there was a horse in another one I saw not too long ago. But this one here gets the canines in as we have a posh poodle in the center of the action here. And when another dog hits the scene not much later, things really get out of hand as you expected. Other than that, it is the usual Stooges slapstick routine that never impressed me. And it is also over the top frequently and not in a good way like the way in which the poodle owner faints only because there is another dog there. At a pet hospital? Seriously? So yeah I thought this was a disappointment story-wise and not much better from the comedy perspective. Only worth seeing for the very biggest Stooges fans. I give it a thumbs-down.
While animals in film had been a big thing already for quite a while, dogs especially, if you take a look at the Our Gang / Little Rascals works, it needs to be said that animals weren't too frequent for the Stooges, even if you maybe found some too occasionally. I think there was a horse in another one I saw not too long ago. But this one here gets the canines in as we have a posh poodle in the center of the action here. And when another dog hits the scene not much later, things really get out of hand as you expected. Other than that, it is the usual Stooges slapstick routine that never impressed me. And it is also over the top frequently and not in a good way like the way in which the poodle owner faints only because there is another dog there. At a pet hospital? Seriously? So yeah I thought this was a disappointment story-wise and not much better from the comedy perspective. Only worth seeing for the very biggest Stooges fans. I give it a thumbs-down.