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Articles tagged with the name “Kenneth MacDonald” – a frequent co-star of the Three Stooges, nearly always a villain.  Later a recurring judge on the Perry Mason TV series

Hula-La-La

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movie review of Hula-La-La (1951) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard), Emil Sitka, Kenneth MacDonald, Jean Willes

Synopsis of Hula-La-La

In Hula-La-La studio boss Emil Sitka has bought the tropical island of Rarabonga, to film the native dances.  But the natives don’t dance!  So he sends studio employees Moe, Larry and Shemp to teach them.  Unfortunately, while the natives can’t dance, they can shrink heads!  And Stooges villain Kenneth MacDonald as the tribe’s witch doctor wants to add them to his personal collection!

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Monkey Businessmen

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Three Stooges short film Monkey Businessmen (1946) starring the Three Stooges – Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

In Monkey Businessmen, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly), after being fired for gross incompetence as electricians, decide that they need a vacation.  Unfortunately, they decide to visit Mallard’s rest home, a crooked enterprise that exists to bilk their clients of every last penny.  (This is Kenneth MacDonald’s first appearance in a Three Stooges short film as the con man).  The Stooges soon realize this, and attempt to escape.  But after being pursued, beaning the male “nurses” with weights, pretending to be surgeons (and nearly operating on Curly), being locked in a steam room (and escaping as Curly chases a shapely nurse, culminating in one of the funniest moments in Stooge history, they vanquish the bad guys, and cure a rich hypochondriac.  Deciding after all that, that they need a vacation! A very funny short movie, and highly recommended.

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Hold That Lion

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Three Stooges short film Hold That Lion (1947) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Curly Howard

Many people remember Hold That Lion as the only short film where Curly appears along with Moe, Larry and Shemp.  Technically, this is true, as Curly has a short cameo appearance as a sleeping man on a train.  But I frankly remember it for the “fight scene” in the first half of the short film with Kenneth MacDonald.  It’s a very funny Three Stooges short film in its’ own right, and well worth watching.

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