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Meet the Baron Directed by Walter Lang Produced by David O. Selznick Written by Norman Krasna
Herman J. MankiewiczStarring Jack Pearl
Jimmy Durante
Edna May Oliver
Zasu Pitts
Ted Healy
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly HowardDistributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) October 20, 1933 Running time 68 min. Country United States Language English Meet the Baron (1933) is a comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy and the Three Stooges.
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Plot
A couple of bungling idiots (Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl) are abandoned in the deep jungles of Africa by Baron Munchausen. When a rescue team searching for the lost Baron stumble across the pair, they mistake Pearl for the missing Baron, and take the two of them back to America where they receive a hero's welcome.
The phony Baron is invited to speak at Cuddle College, run by Dean Primrose (Edna May Oliver). There he finds a love interest in Zasu Pitts, meets three crazy janitors (The Three Stooges), and faces exposure as a fraud. The Three Stooges were still working with Healy, shortly before they signed their contract with Columbia Pictures, and practically steal the show.
Notes
- The title of the film refers to Pearl's character of Baron Munchhausen, which he made famous on his radio show.[1][2]
References
External links
- Meet the Baron at the Internet Movie Database
- Meet the Baron at the TCM Movie Database
- Meet the Baron at ThreeStooges.net
- Shower scene in Meet the Baron
Films directed by Walter Lang 1920s The Golden Web (1926)1930s No More Orchids (1932) · Meet the Baron (1933) · The Mighty Barnum (1934) · Love Before Breakfast (1936) · Second Honeymoon (1937) · The Little Princess (1939) · Susannah of the Mounties (1939)1940s The Blue Bird (1940) · Star Dust (1940) · The Great Profile (1940) · Tin Pan Alley (1940) · Moon Over Miami (1941) · Week-End in Havana (1941) · Song of the Islands (1942) · The Magnificent Dope (1942) · Coney Island (1943) · Greenwich Village (1944) · State Fair (1945) · Claudia and David (1946) · Sentimental Journey (1946) · Mother Wore Tights (1947) · Sitting Pretty (1948) · When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) · You're My Everything (1949)1950s Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) · The Jackpot (1950) · On the Riviera (1951) · With a Song in My Heart (1952) · Call Me Madam (1953) · There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) · The King and I (1956) · Desk Set (1957) · But Not for Me (1959)1960s Categories:- 1933 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- The Three Stooges films
- 1930s comedy film stubs
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