I'll Never Heil Again
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Felix Adler Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Mary Ainslee Vernon Dent Bud Jamison Lynton Brent |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 1941 |
| Running time | 18'09" |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | All The World's A Stooge (1941) |
| Followed by | An Ache in Every Stake (1941) |
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I'll Never Heil Again was the only (semi-) sequel among the Three Stooges' shorts. The movie begins, unlike You Nazty Spy with Moe Hailstone (Moe Howard) firmly ensconced as the Hitler-like dictator of Moronica. Curly Howard plays Field Marshall Herring (a dig at Hermann Göring), who has so many medals, that he wears them on both the front and back of his coat. Larry Fine plays the unnamed Minister of Propaganda (a dig at Joseph Goebbels and to some extent also Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop). The movie plays fast and loose with continuity, as Hailstone and company were eaten by lions in the previous film.
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[edit] Plot
The movie follows much the same pattern as the first film. It opens at the estate of King Hermann the 6 7/8s, the deposed king of Moronica. Ixnay, Amscray and Umpchay, the war profiteers from the first film (although Umpchay was called "Onay" there) have decided that they have had enough of the dictator they put in power, and want to help Herman retake the throne. To this end, he sends his daughter, the princess Glinda (Matty Herring in the first film) to try and assassinate Hailstone. Dictator Moe Hailstone of Moronica enjoys a shave, and fights Curly and Larry for a turkey (the winner of that battle is a picture of Napoleon who grabs the bird from the bewildered Stooges). Glinda enters, and starts to place in Moe's mind the idea that his allies, the "Axle" partners, are plotting against him. After doing this she plants an exploding pool ball on Hailstone's table and flees as Hailstone begins a pool game with his partners. Throughout the game the cueball inexplicably defies the laws of physics avoiding the exploding ball by swerving around it and jumping over it colliding with Herring's head. The result of this was Herring 'barking' at the exploding ball and upon Hailstone's order to put it down he rips off his mustache, causing Hailstone to remark the well remembered line "give me back my personality."
The film's climax occurs when the "Axle" partners arrive for a meeting and Hailstone orders the "Axle" partners—Chizzilini (a parody of Benito Mussolini), the Bey of Rum, an unnamed Russian and Japanese delegates—in on the carpet for what he believes is their double-dealing. As the meeting breaks into chaos following Hailstone's declaration that the world belongs to him (puncuated by his grabbing a globe off the table), the Stooges go into action on the other delegates and each other. Finally, with the Axle defeated, Hailstone orders Herring to surrender the globe they had fought over. When Herring refuses he smashes it over Hailstone's head, sending him into a tantrum. Herring, finally having enough of Hailstone's antics grabs the exploding ball and throws it against the floor in anger blowing up the meeting room. The last scene shows Hailstone, Herring, and the Minister of Propaganda as trophy heads on Herman 6 7/8ths' wall.
[edit] Historical note
The major "Axle" partners shown in the conference room sequence are parodies of the major Axis powers of the time—with one and a half exceptions. Turkey was never a member of the Axis, and in the event, remained carefully neutral throughout much of World War II. (However, Turkey was part of the Ottoman Empire, which was a major part of the Central Powers in World War I. Germany was also part of the Central Powers.) The Soviet Union, on the other hand, although never a signatory to the Pact of Steel (and, obviously, inimical to the Anti-Comintern Pact) could be, due to its friendly relations with Germany up until June 22, 1941, considered a "silent partner" of the Axis with its previous co-invasion of Poland after Germany on September 1, in mid-September 1939.
[edit] Bloopers
- When Curly kicks the globe, it clearly hits the camera before the film cuts.
[edit] Trivia
- While filming, devoted family man, Moe, rushed from the set to his daughter's birthday party in full costume. This caused a few calls to the LAPD. Bystanders reported at what they perceived to be Adolf Hitler running red lights in Hollywood.
