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DUTIFUL BUT DUMB (1941)

Film Pick of the Day
Sunday, October 11, 2026

Three dimwitted photographers are sent to Vulgaria to take pictures of a new death ray machine. Unknown to the stooges, the penalty for snapping pictures in this country is death. The stooges manage to escape a firing squad and the chase begins as they hide from the Vulgarian army.

The oyster soup gag was repeated by Moe in SHIVERING SHERLOCKS (1948) and by Larry in INCOME TAX SAPPY (1954). Curly's battle with a live oyster in his stew was created for silent screen comic Billy Bevan in the short WANDERING WILLIES, also directed by Del Lord.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 9.37/10 ]   46 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Release Date Friday, March 21, 1941
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.8 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - October 11th


Births

Frank Brownlee
(Actor)
b. 1874

Dallas, TX

Oscar Loraine
(Actor)
b. 1877

Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Sarah Edwards
(Actress)
b. 1881

South Wales, UK

Sig Ruman
(Actor)
b. 1884

Hamburg, Germany

Buster Brodie
(Actor)
b. 1885

Pittsburgh, PA

Harry Edwards
(Director)
b. 1887

Calgary, Canada

George F. Kelley
(Director of Photography)
b. 1892

Wallingford, CT

A. Dorian Otvos
(Story)
b. 1893

Budapest, Hungary

Leon Belasco
(Actor)
b. 1902

Odessa, Ukraine

Wally West
(Actor)
b. 1903

Gough, TX

Helen Servis
(Actress)
b. 1908

Los Angeles, CA

Linda Hayes
(Actress)
b. 1918

Sac City, IA


Deaths

James Spottswood
(Actor)
d. 1940   (58)

New York, NY

Frank Dawson
(Actor)
d. 1953   (83)

Los Angeles, CA

Chico Marx
(Actor)
d. 1961   (74)

Los Angeles, CA

Marc Loebell
(Actor)
d. 1962   (64)

Los Angeles, CA

Chester Conklin
(Actor)
d. 1971   (85)

Van Nuys, CA

Connee Boswell
(Actress)
d. 1976   (68)

New York, NY

Elwood Ullman
(Actor)
d. 1985   (82)

Los Angeles, CA

Bonita Granville
(Actress)
d. 1988   (65)

Santa Monica, CA

Walter Colmes
(Director)
d. 1988   (71)

Avery, NC

Alexandra Hay
(Actress)
d. 1993   (46)

Los Angeles, CA

Jeff York
(Actor)
d. 1995   (83)

Woodland Hills, CA

Mary Loos
(Actress)
d. 2004   (94)

Monterey, CA

Dian Fauntelle
(Actress)
d. 2006   (86)

West Hollywood, CA


Events

HIS FIRST FLAME (Shemp Howard) in production

1934-10-08 to 1934-10-13

THREE LITTLE BEERS in production

1935-10-09 to 1935-10-12

IT'S IN THE AIR (Ted Healy) was released

1935-10-11

CRASH GOES THE HASH in production

1943-10-11 to 1943-10-13

THE FRENCH KEY (Joe DeRita) in production

1945-10-09 to 1945-10-27

Joe Besser costarred in THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW

1964-10-11

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