Three bumbling sailors from a garbage scow are marooned on an island where the anachronistic inhabitants seem trapped in the 17th Century.Three bumbling sailors from a garbage scow are marooned on an island where the anachronistic inhabitants seem trapped in the 17th Century.Three bumbling sailors from a garbage scow are marooned on an island where the anachronistic inhabitants seem trapped in the 17th Century.
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Moe Howard
- Moe
- (as Moe)
Larry Fine
- Larry
- (as Larry)
Curly Howard
- Curly
- (as Curly)
Robert Kellard
- Black Louie
- (as Robert Stevens)
Joe Garcio
- Red Dog
- (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
- Pirate Dirk
- (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
- Short Soldier
- (uncredited)
Joe Palma
- Pirate Jack
- (uncredited)
Jack Parker
- Tall Soldier
- (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
- Pirate
- (uncredited)
Al Thompson
- Pirate
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe last The Three Stooges short in which Curly Howard was involved in the entire production. Although Curly's stroke-impaired condition seemed to be on the mend here, he was left out of the final scene of the next Stooges project, Half-Wits Holiday (1947), after he suffered a debilitating stroke.
- GoofsThe jackhammer that the Stooges are using, while making lots of noise (sound effects) does not seem to have any moving parts. It does not move at all. Since this short is set in 1672 and the jackhammer was not invented until 1806 and the electropneumatic or rotary hammer much later (not to mention electricity via wall outlets).
Featured review
Another Time As Well As Another Land
Three Little Pirates finds Moe, Larry, and Curly managing to drift into another time as well as another land when they loose control of their New York City garbage scow and drift out into the ocean. They arrive in a strange land that looks like the domain of some 17th century pirates with a jealous king Vernon Dent who throws them into jail just on general principles. As if being a Stooge wasn't enough.
But they are not without allies as the king's mistress Christine McIntyre sees the boys as her means of escape. Foolish girl, but she leads them to the pirate den where of course they have some more problems with pirate leader Robert Stevens.
Curly shines in this one as he and Moe play a visiting Rajah and an interpreter. It's a great comic sequence as they shower the king with 'gifts' from the new world like a lollipop ruby and bubblegum.
A really good stooge short.
But they are not without allies as the king's mistress Christine McIntyre sees the boys as her means of escape. Foolish girl, but she leads them to the pirate den where of course they have some more problems with pirate leader Robert Stevens.
Curly shines in this one as he and Moe play a visiting Rajah and an interpreter. It's a great comic sequence as they shower the king with 'gifts' from the new world like a lollipop ruby and bubblegum.
A really good stooge short.
- bkoganbing
- Mar 12, 2014
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- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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