Cookoo Cavaliers

Cookoo Cavaliers
Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Ewart Adamson
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Dorothy Appleby Anita Garvin Lynton Brent Bob O'Connor Blanche Payson
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Editing by	Art Seid
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	November 15, 1940 (U.S.)
Running time	17' 24"
Country	United States
Language	English

Cookoo Cavaliers is the 51st short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are unsuccessful fish salesmen. After becoming fed up with it all, they decide to go into the saloon business. When Curly tells a Mexican real estate dealer (Lynton Brent) their saloon has "...gotta have class and gotta have beauty," they end up with a beauty "saloon." Undaunted, the trio try their hand at giving a customer (Dorothy Appleby) a mud pack using, natural, real mud. After chiseling the cement off her face, the boys scalp three other Mexican beauties before having their bottoms shot full of holes.

The trio try a new hairstyle on their three Mexican beauties in Cookoo Cavaliers.

Notes

• The working title of Cookoo Cavaliers was Beauty á la Mud.^[1]
• The "cookoo" in the title is often misspelled "cuckoo."^[1]
• In one scene, there is an unfinished gag involving hair remover being spilled on a dog. When Curly dries off the dog, the film cuts to the next scene.
• Anita Garvin plays the woman requesting a weakfish. This was her last film, as she retired to raise a family.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. pp. 181. ISBN 0971186804. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Three-Stooges-Filmography-Companion/dp/0971186804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201570359&sr=1-1. 

External links

• Cookoo Cavaliers at the Internet Movie Database
• Cookoo Cavaliers at AllRovi