The opening scene of that stooges short represents a common sentiment that developed after wwi that war is a racket cr. Like most chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Local history buff to tell how three stooges made fun of. This three stooges short you nazty spy anticipated charlie chaplins more famous the great dictator by several months. In the fictional country of moronica, three munitions. Featuring the three stooges, it satirised nazi germany at a time when americans had still not entered the second world war, and the country remained neutral some american politicians, such as burton wheeler and gerald nye, were offended by the antinazi. It was the first hollywood film that openly satirized adolf hitler and nazi germany, months before charles chaplins the great dictator. Moe howard, as moe hailstone, became the first american actor to portrayimitate adolf hitler in a released film, although chaplins portrayal was shot before the.
With curly as his field marshal and larry as his minister of propaganda, the boys take control of the country. The tragic real story of curly from the three stooges. It was the first hollywood film that openly satiri. Three stooges 057 an ache in every stake colour mike zolman. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for columbia pictures between 1934 and 1959.
You nazty spy was the first american movie to introduce a. After successfully preventing a female spy from committing mayhem, the boys are. Moe howard far right had lampooned hitler, and the imaginary axis nation of moronica, in two earlier stooges comedies, you nazty spy. Charlie chaplin the great dictator 1940 download info. It is the 44th short film released by columbia pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 short films for the studio. Charlie chaplins 1940 portrayal of hitler in the great.
Seth rogen is far from the first filmmaker to take a pot shot at a notorious world leader. The title is a parody of comedian joe penners catchphrase you nasty man. You nazty spy was made in 1940, at a time when the deck was stacked against cinematic lampoons of hitler. Chaplins the great dictator 1940 was in production first. Three stooges 044 you natzy spycolour video dailymotion. Still, you nazty spy was released in january 1940, months before the german invasion of france and the antinazi turn in american public opinion.
Watching you nazty spy as a kid weekday afternoons on wpixch. The stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe. Charlie chaplin showed us a better way to deal with nazis. A follow up to you nazty spy, the stooges have taken over the country of moronica. They were targeted for mockery almost as soon as they appeared on the international radar, and. Larry fine, moe howard, curly howard the three stooges, 1940. A french major later was revealed to be the german spy. Moe, curly and larry sneaked their antihitler spoof through as an 18minute movie short.
It is the 44th short film released by columbia pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. This predates by ten years the popular toy fortune telling device, the magic eight ball, first marketed by alabe crafts company in 1950. The first two are inspired by chaplins the great dictator, and like that earlier film, they work both as satire and as propaganda. Thethreestooges044younaztyspy1940curlylarrymoedabaron18m06. Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshal and larry is. Ixnay richard fiske, ohnay dick curtis and amscray don beddoedecide their country is in need of a change.
Ill reiterate that moe howards mock german sounds very hitler like to my ears. This was, literally, the first movie ever to mock the nazis. Much of the short reflects the american publics knowledge of affairs in germany at that time. A follow up to you natzy spy, the stooges have taken over the country of. In the movie, germany is replaced by the pretend country of moronica and the hitlertype character is called moe hailstone, and is played by stooge moe howard. The citizens are unhappy and drive hailstone out of power.
It was also 11 months before charlie chaplins the great dictator was released. In you nazty spy 1940, their 44th columbia short, the stooges are asked to become dictators of moronica by three ministers who want. Jojo rabbit is hardly the first to spoof hitler and the nazis. A description of tropes appearing in you nazty spy this 1940 short starring the three stooges was, literally, the first movie ever to mock the nazis. Thethreestooges044younaztyspy1940curlylarrymoedabaron18m06s. For more about the three stooges, visit follow us on facebook. And, at a time when a great majority of americans were unaware of the dangerous ideas sweeping germany at the time. Three stooges 044 you natzy spy colour mike zolman. Three stooges 056 ill never heil again colour mike.
Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshall and larry is minister of propaganda. In short order, the boys impersonate nazis, kick a few spies in the pants, and successfully foul up an axis scheme to direct a german uboat into new york harbor. Charlie chaplins famous antiwar film the great dictator was released in october 1940. A follow up to you natzy spy, the stooges have taken over the country of moronica. The three stooges mustve known what was goin on in germany all three. On the run from a cop, the stooges are mistaken for plumbers and hired to fix a leak at a society mansion. The three stooges pop culture legends pdf download the three stooges. On january 19, 1940, the short film you nazty spy, starring the three stooges. Colombia, cote d ivoire, egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy, japan. The short came out several months before charlie chaplins satire on adolf hitler and nazi germany called the great dictator.
In the fictional country of moronica, three munitions manufacturersmessrs. Chumps dutiful but dumb all the worlds a stooge ill never heil again. At a time in hollywood when the movie colony was hesitant still to critique nazi germany even obliquely, three comedians of jewish ancestry did a wonderful job in sending up the whole nazi gang for a few belly laughs. Scripted sequences from jules whites files, either unfilmed or deleted from you natzty spy. The king of moronica is overthrown and the three stooges are chosen to take his place. Some of this work was relentlessly lowbrow, such as the three stooges short you nazty spy. The great dictator is a comedy film by charlie chaplin released in october 1940. This film helped increase awareness of the nazis in the u.
Moe personally was proud of the fact that you nazty spy was the first hollywood film to mock hitler and the nazis they beat chaplins the great dictator by nine months. Probably my earliest awareness of hitler or a hitler parody came from reruns of moe howard as moe hailstone hail, hail, hailstone. Americas censors shied at insulting foreign powers. Chaplins critically acclaimed hitler spoof was named to the registry in 1997. Having been the only hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was chaplins first true talking picture as well as. Set in the country of moronica, three men plot to overthrow their king and appoint a dictator.
Perspective in 1940, adolf hitler faced a most unlikely. It also helped in the making of the great dictator in a notsosubtle digs aimed at those trying to censor the chaplin film. You nazty spy is the stooges answer to duck soup and the great dictator. Charlie chaplins famous portrayal of fictitious dictator adenoid hynkel, a thinlyveiled version of hitler, made waves around the world when he premiered the 1940 comedy, the great dictator. The other 12 weeks of the year they could do as they pleased spend time with family. It beat, by nine months, charlie chaplins the great dictator, out of the starting gate. In it, he plays a ridiculous caricature of adolf hitler. The great dictator 1940 released nine months after you nazty spy. I wouldnt say this was a popular theory among antifascists but it adapts an idea that was in the air among people in general. This might very well be the most interesting of all of the three stooges threeepisode sets rereleased by columbia. With an accidental mustache and jibbering german, moe does a convincing hitler.
When three politicians from a small country discover there is no money in peace, they decide to hire a paperhanger moe as a puppet dictator. Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshal and larry is minister of propaganda. Moe howard, larry fine, lorna gray, and curly howard in you nazty spy. High praise, indeed, but what cinches it for thompson is the timing. Yet, in 1940, the three stooges, with moe howard, larry fine and curly howard. Morlan is quick to ascribethe quality of you nazty spy to chaplins the great dictatorreleased nine months later. A billiards 8ball was used as a fortune telling device in the scene with the female spy, mattie herring. Moe howard, as moe hailstone, became the first american actor to portrayimitate adolf hitler in a released film, although chaplins portrayal was shot before the stooges film went into production.
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