Cactus Makes Perfect

1942
17min

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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard in Cactus Makes Perfect (1942)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThe stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to ... Leggi tuttoThe stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to find the treasure. After some mishaps with Curly's gold finding invention, they locate the... Leggi tuttoThe stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to find the treasure. After some mishaps with Curly's gold finding invention, they locate the mine and strike it rich. When two crooked miners try to take their gold they hole up in a... Leggi tutto

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Moe Howard

Moe
(as Moe)

Larry Fine

Larry
(as Larry)

Curly Howard

Curly
(as Curly)

Ernie Adams

Stumpy - Smaller Prospector
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Monte Collins

Ma Stooge
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Vernon Dent

Heavyset Prospector
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Eddie Laughton

Gold Mine 'Salesman'
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8springfieldrental

Silent Film Star Monte Collins Shines as Stooges' Mother

In February 1942's "Cactus Makes Perfect," the three pose as inventors whose novel apparatus finds gold in the ground. Former silent movie comedian Monte Collins plays the Stooges' mother, who forces the three slumbering boys to get out and market their device. They're hoodwinked into buying a defunct gold mine, where a couple of grizzly miners happen to be on the scene. Monte Collins as the mother has been called the Dan Aykroyd of his day. He was a comedian in his own right, but he found himself helping others garner the laughs, something he does here. The movie's title derives from the proverb "practice makes perfect."

8Jim-500

One of the best

This is an extremely entertaining short from the start... almost to the finish. The pace is brisk and the jokes and typical stooge mayhem abundant.

The only thing rotten about it is the ending. A stick of dynamite explodes and knocks the guys on their backs. Cue music and fade.

C'mon, guys--couldn't you come up with a better ending than that? Especially for such an otherwise great flick? It's one beef I have with so many of the stooge shows--for some reason the writers often could not come up with a satisfying ending. The boys get blown up. Or they get shot at. Or they simply run away. Take your pick--but they always leave the story behind.

7SnoopyStyle

momma more than gold

Larry, Curly, and Moe are lazy bums still living with their mother. Curly has a crazy gold finder invention and the boys go to the city to sell it. They buy a gold claim off a con man on the street. They head out west and can only finds cans with their gold finder. Curly stumbles upon a lost mine.

The gold mine is fine. The cactus is fine. The gold coins don't make sense. All of that is functional but I prefer the mother much more. It would have interesting to have her hit the boys non-stop for fifteen minutes. It's weirdly funny to have a female Curly.

Snow Leopard

Good Laughs From Standard Stooges Material

"Cactus Makes Perfect" gets some good laughs from some of the Stooges' standard material. When Curly comes up with a crackpot invention that is supposed to find gold, the trio heads out west to find a mine. It starts off a little slowly, except for some good moments with 'Ma Stooge' (played by Monte Collins) as she tries to motivate her boys, but then gets quite funny. Most of the laughs come from standard Stooges material, but their timing here is very good. Stooges fans won't be disappointed by this one.

10wbhickok

Incomprehensible and utterly impractical.

Although to pick an absolute favorite Stooge short would be near impossible, this one ranks near the top. As the trio are gold prospectors this time around who stumble upon a lost mine. Monty Collins (who co-wrote the screenplay) is hilarious as 'Ma' Stooge. Fans of the group will not be dissapointed.

Ma Stooge: (sobbing) "Goodbye boys, here's five dollars.

Curly: Thanks!

Ma Stooge: (angrily) You would take it! (SMACK!!)

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In the shot with Curly Howard literally flying along with the gold finding arrow, if you look closely, you can see that he's not just yelling, but that his lips are moving saying "HEYYYYYYY MOE!!!"

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Moe ended up breaking the ladder when he fell down into the mine shaft, but there is no explanation as to how they got out after they obtain the gold.

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Curly: [the prospectors slip a stick of dynamite with the fuse lit through the iron door where Moe, Larry and Curly are behind, Curly picks it up] Oh, a roman candle... zhhhhhhhhh... boom! Cuckoo! 4th of July! Ha ha ha!
Moe: Hey, marblehead, you know what that thing is you're holding there? That's dynamite!
Curly: You mean the things with the... nyaaaaaaa!
[quickly slips it back through the hole in the door]