Raças e Graças

Larry, Curly, and Moe operate a dog washing assembly line. Mr. Manning comes to pick up his dog. Due to some misunderstandings, Mrs. Manning mistakenly believes that her husband had taken the baby to Palm Springs after leaving him on her doorstep. The Stooges pick up the baby to be brought to the police. Before that, they have to hide it from their landlord. Then, the Mannings report their missing baby as a kidnapping. It's a solid Stooges short. The story is a little too convoluted. It seems easier for the Mannings to leave the baby at the wash shop. It's also a little too easy for Mrs. Manning to realize that the boys didn't kidnap the baby. This is good if not great.

Something happened here. This was made right at the very pinnacle of their careers and yet if falls sort of flat. Excellent director in Charley Chase. He was by this time a real veteran of the two reel comedy format. He had making films for about twenty years by this time. The writers? Well, they used to steal bits and gags that were done about twenty years earlier and rework them for the Stooges. However, this particular short just doesn't have that spark, that Stooge zaniness that appears in most of their work. It does have it's moments though such as when they attempt to smuggle the baby into their apartment against the landlords' "no babies allowed" rule. That's a real funny bit with Larry concealing an inflated balloon under his vest and after inquiry by the landlord, tells him it must have been something he ate. The landlord immediately fixes him up with a mega dose of bicarbonate and has him drink it down. All the time Moe is attempting to "hide" an ice cream cone in his pants pocket, while standing next to an overactive steam radiator. Or during the obligatory chase scene with Curly and the baby in a laundry hamper being dragged by Moe and Larry. A cop suspects it's "the kidnappers" but Moe and Larry are disguised as Chinese laundry men and when he questions Larry, he answers him in Yiddish. The cop asks Moe for a translation and Moe answers, "Oh. He from China, east side!" Overall though, despite lacking the usual frantic fast pace, this is a generally good short.

The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I have loved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. I love all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and Curly Joe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other great actors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! In My opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and is the all time funniest comedy team!

This is one of My favorite Three Stooges shorts with Curly! All Appearing in this short are Bess Flowers, Lane Chandler, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison, and Cy Schindell! This one is so hilarious! Curly has a great performance here and in My opinion its one of his best. I strongly recommend this Three Stooges short!

He wanders, professionally washes the dogs, finds the baby on the doorstep and, thinking she is abandoned, takes her home. When they read in the newspaper that the baby is believed to have been abducted, they disguise themselves as Curly as the baby's mother and try to sneak past a local police officer. They are caught, but when the baby's parents show up and realize what happened, the result is a happy ending.

The boys are proprietors of the "K-9 Dog Laundry." They run the operation like a car wash, putting a dog on a conveyor belt with the washing and drying methods a little primitive. The story is about the boys accidentally "kidnapping" a baby and what happens afterward.

Both the baby and the Dalmatian in here was a very-trained to go through all the shenanigans and stay put. Made today, PC groups would be condemning this for child and animal abuse.

I admit I did laugh out loud at the flea yelling "Ohh, you got me!" The last five minutes are the highlight with a slapstick chase scene and Curly as "Mrs. O'Toole talking to Irish cop (Bud Jamison, a factor actor of Three Stooges fans) is funny.

Overall, however, the short is just "fair."