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THREE MISSING LINKS (1938)

Film Pick of the Day
Sunday, July 26, 2026

The Stooges are janitors, cleaning up the office of movie producer B. O. Botswaddle. After botching up, they are fired. When Curly impersonates a chicken with its head cut off, Botswaddle hires him (and the other Stooges) for his new movie. The crew heads off to the jungle to film the picture, with Curly as a gorilla. But then, a real gorilla appears and confusion reigns.

The first Three Stooges comedy directed by Jules White.

The opening titles list 'Naba' in the cast. 'Naba' was the nickname of the gorilla suit/character played by Ray 'Crash' Corrigan. In addition to his credits as a stuntman and actor in B-movies and serials, Corrigan was one several actors in Hollywood renowned for playing apes & gorillas. Others included Charles Gemora (AFRICA SCREAMS), Art Miles (A BIRD IN THE HEAD) and Corrigan's successor Steve Calvert (SPOOKS!).

This film was adapted in The Three Stooges # 2 comic book, Jubilee Publications May 1949.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 8.03/10 ]   30 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Release Date Friday, July 29, 1938
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 18.2 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - July 26th


Births

Leona Roberts
(Actress)
b. 1879

Bond County, IL

Morgan Wallace
(Actor)
b. 1881

Lompoc, CA

Andre Charlot
(Actor)
b. 1882

Paris, France

Joseph Sweeney
(Actor)
b. 1884

Philadelphia, PA

Belle Daube
(Actress)
b. 1887

Northampton, England

Lucille De Nevers
(Actress)
b. 1888

Illinois

Ferdinand Reyher
(Story)
b. 1891

Philadelphia, PA

Kenneth Harlan
(Actor)
b. 1895

Boston, MA

Charles Butterworth
(Actor)
b. 1896

South Bend, IN

Herbert Fields
(Screenplay)
b. 1897

New York, NY

Joan Jasmyn
(Lyrics)
b. 1898

Hull, IA

Estelle Etterre
(Actress)
b. 1899

San Francisco, CA

John Bleifer
(Actor)
b. 1901

Zawiercie, Poland

Paul Bradley
(Actor)
b. 1901

New York, NY

Meyer Grace
(Actor)
b. 1903

Russia

Senator Estes Kefauver
(Actor)
b. 1903

Madisonville, TN

Leigh Jason
(Director)
b. 1904

New York, NY

Madge Cleveland
(Actress)
b. 1906

California

Lorna Gray
(Actress)
b. 1917

Grand Rapids, MI

William Magginetti
(Business Manager)
b. 1917

Salt Lake City, UT

Stacy Harris
(Actor)
b. 1918

Big Timber, Quebec, Canada

Biff Elliott
(Actor)
b. 1923

Lynn, MA

Larry Duran
(Actor)
b. 1925

Los Angeles, CA

Nicky Blair
(Actor)
b. 1926

Brooklyn, NY

Robert Colbert
(Actor)
b. 1931

Long Beach, CA

Leon McNabb
(Actor)
b. 1939



Deaths

Louise Closser Hale
(Actress)
d. 1933   (60)

Los Angeles, CA

Clyde De Vinna
(Photography)
d. 1953   (63)

Los Angeles, CA

Cedric Gibbons
(Art Director)
d. 1960   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

William A. Seiter
(Actor)
d. 1964   (74)

Beverly Hills, CA

Tut Mace
(Actress)
d. 1966   (52)

Los Angeles, CA

Raymond Walburn
(Actor)
d. 1969   (81)

New York, NY

Val Raset
(Dance Director)
d. 1977   (77)

Los Angeles, CA

Alexis Thurn-Taxis
(Producer)
d. 1979   (87)

Woodland Hills, CA

Virginia Brissac
(Actress)
d. 1979   (96)

Los Angeles, CA

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
(Actor)
d. 1980   (59)

Oakland, CA

Robert Petzoldt
(Chief Electrician)
d. 1987   (86)

Los Angeles, CA

Jaik Rosenstein
(Publicity)
d. 1988   (78)

Los Angeles, CA

Louise Franklin
(Actress)
d. 1992   (74)

Los Angeles, CA

Stanley E. Johnson
(Film Editor)
d. 1992   (78)

Larry Rio
(Actor)
d. 1998   (83)

Thousand Oaks, CA

Alexander Golitzen
(Production Designer)
d. 2005   (97)

San Diego, CA

Vanda Dupre
(Actress)
d. 2009   (88)

Santa Monica, CA

June Foray
(Actress)
d. 2017   (99)

Los Angeles, CA

Olivia de Havilland
(Actress)
d. 2020   (104)

Paris, France


Events

SO YOU WON'T T-T-T-TALK (Shemp Howard) in production

1934-07-24 to 1934-07-28

ANOTHER THIN MAN (Shemp Howard) in production

1939-07-17 to 1939-08-26

THE LEATHERPUSHERS (Shemp Howard) in production

1940-07-09 to 1940-07-27

SO LONG MR. CHUMPS in production

1940-07-25 to 1940-07-30

HOW HIGH IS UP? was released

1940-07-26

MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (Shemp Howard) was released

1940-07-26

BACK FROM THE FRONT in production

1942-07-24 to 1942-07-28

'FRAIDY CAT (Joe Besser) in production

1951-07-23 to 1951-07-26

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