Disorder in the Court

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Disorder in the Court
Directed by	Jack White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Felix Adler
Starring	Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard
Music by	Howard Jackson
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Editing by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	May 30, 1936
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Disorder in the Court (1936) is the 15th of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, and Curly). It was directed by Jack White (as 'Preston Black'), produced by Jules White (Jack's older brother), and written by Felix Adler.

1 Plot
2 Notes
3 Quotes
4 Goofs
5 External link

[edit] Plot

The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend, 'Gail Tempest,' who dances at the Black Bottom nightclub where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing 'Kirk Robin.' Although the Boys disrupt the proceedings, they manage to clear Gail's name and extract the real murderer's identity ('Buck Wing') from Polly, the parrot (i.e., they were able to "find the letter" on Polly's talon).

[edit] Notes

Stooge regular Bud Jamison co-stars as the defense attorney.

Sol and Jenny Horwitz, the parents of Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard, make uncredited appearances as members of the jury.

This is the first Stooge short in which Curly is spelled "CURLY" in the opening titles as opposed to "CURLEY," as it was in previous shorts. The title card also has the Stooges inversed, reading from left to right, Curly-Larry-Moe, as opposed to Moe-Larry-Curly in previous shorts.

The classic 'swearing in' ('raise your right hand,' 'take off that hat!,' 'judgy, wudgy') routine was borrowed nearly verbatim from Buster Keaton's Sidewalks of New York (1931), which was directed by Stooge veteran and Disorder producer Jules White.

A 1980s Hershey's commercial features partially colorized clips from the Stooges' 'testimony'—a reenactment of their nightclub act, in which the Stooges play their instruments as Gail does her dance.

Two classic Larry sound bites hail from this short: the phrase "Oh, my Stradivarius!" (after his violin has been damaged) and his 'Tarzan yell' (after he removes a wad of gum from Moe's nose).

This short also features Curly's enigmatic "Vigh Sigh(t), kid" line.

Disorder is one of four Stooge shorts that fell into the public domain after the copyright lapsed in the 1960s (the other three being Malice in the Palace, Brideless Groom, and Sing a Song of Six Pants). As such, these four shorts frequently appear on cheaply produced DVD or video compilations.

[edit] Quotes

- [Curly throws jacks all over the ground.]
- Moe: "Hey, what's the idea of spoiling the game?"
- Curly: "I was for onesies!"
- Moe: "Well, here's twosies!"
- [Moe pokes Curly in the eyes.]
- Larry (laughing): "He was for onesies, you gave him t..."
- Moe: "Here's fivesies!"
- [Moe slaps Larry.]

- Guard (very, very quickly): "Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
- Curly: "Huh?"
- Guard (just as quickly): "Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
- Curly: "Are you tryin' to give me the double talk?"
- Guard (just as quickly;getting angry): "Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
- Judge: "Why don't you answer him?"
- Curly (confused): "He's talkin' pig latin...I don't know what he's saying!"
- Judge: "He's asking you if you swear..."
- Curly: "No, but I know all the words!"

- Curly: "Well, it was like this Mr. Court-."
- Attorney (whispering): "No, address the judge as 'Your Honor'."
- Curly: "It was like this My Honor-."
- Attorney: "'Your Honor' not 'My Honor."
- Curly: "Why, don't you like him?"

- Moe (to Larry): "Say, Jasper, uh, what comes after 75?"
- Larry: "76."
- Moe: "That's the spirit."

- Defense attorney: "Kindly speak English and drop the vernacular."
- Curly (looking at his hat): "Vernacular? That's a derby!"
- Defense attorney: "Drop the vernacular!"
- [Curly drops his hat.]
- Defense attorney: "No, no, not that. Talk so the jury can understand."

[edit] Goofs

A smaller stunt double for Curly is who sits in the witness chair when it falls over.
Just before the pistol used as evidence discharges a bullet for the first time, you can see Curly cringe in anticipation of it happening, even though it was supposed to take him by surprise.