Like most chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Ill reiterate that moe howards mock german sounds very hitler like to my ears. The three stooges 044 you nazty spy 1940 high quality color see more. According to the internet movie database, you nazty spy. Its based around a fictional country called moronica in which three munition factory workers decide to implement a dictatorship. Having been the only hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was chaplins first true talking picture as well as. In 1940, the three stooges stuck two fingers in adolf hitlers. Ohnay discussing how they can keep their munitions business going when the king of the country of moronica wants only peace. The stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe.
It is the 44th short film released by columbia pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. They were targeted for mockery almost as soon as they appeared on the international radar, and have been in the crosshairs ever. Is anyone in the group able to explain curlys answer to moe in this short. In it, he plays a ridiculous caricature of adolf hitler. Which funny political memes were the best of the year from 2010 through from texts from hillary to binders full of women, you ll find them here. I created this tiny article because the wikipedia search function does not find anything when searching for you nazty spy even though it is discussed in the three stooges article coleopterous 15. Loosely, special interest groups sig operate as smaller communities within larger movements. In this satire of the nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of moronica. Pages in category 1940 movies the following pages are in this category, out of total.
In the fictional country of moronica, three munitions manufacturersmessrs. You nazty spy is the stooges answer to duck soup and the great dictator. Watching you nazty spy as a kid weekday afternoons on. Morlan is quick to ascribethe quality of you nazty spy to chaplins the great dictatorreleased nine months later. When you hear someone refer to them thusly, it is often in anger or at least in disagreement to their agenda. Transversely, when people who are in agreement with whichever statement a sig stands by, they do.
When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king, they decide to make moe the new ruler as hell be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshal and larry is minister of propaganda. Thethreestooges044younaztyspy1940curlylarrymoedabaron18m06. Howard as curly gallstone the three stooges in you nazty spy 1940.
Charlie chaplins famous antiwar film the great dictator was released in october 1940. Larry fine as larry pebble moe howard as moe hailstone. A french major later was revealed to be the german spy. On the run from a cop, the stooges are mistaken for plumbers and hired to fix a leak at a society mansion.
Cutting was finished on december 26, 1939, and on january 19, 1940, you nazty spy a play on the popular you nasty man catchphrase of radio comic joe penner became the 44th three stooges comedy released by the studio. Americas censors shied at insulting foreign powers. Moe, curly and larry sneaked their antihitler spoof through as an 18minute movie short. It was the first hollywood film that openly satiri.
A follow up to you natzy spy, the stooges have taken over the country of moronica. In the movie, germany is replaced by the pretend country of moronica and the hitlertype character is called moe hailstone, and is played by stooge moe howard. Charlie chaplin the great dictator 1940 download info. The three stooges 044 you nazty spy 1940 high quality color. Several three stooges shorts, the first being you nazty spy. The three stooges pop culture legends pdf download the three. Jojo rabbit is hardly the first to spoof hitler and the nazis. Moe becomes dictator, curly is a field marshal and larry becomes minister of propaganda. Thethreestooges044younaztyspy1940curlylarrymoedabaron18m06s. Scripted sequences from jules whites files, either unfilmed or deleted from you natzty spy. Charlie chaplin showed us a better way to deal with nazis. A follow up to you nazty spy, the stooges have taken over the country of moronica.
Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshall and larry is minister of propaganda. Larry fine, moe howard, curly howard the three stooges, 1940. Chaplins the great dictator 1940 was in production first. Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshal and. Featuring the three stooges, it satirised nazi germany at a time when americans had still not entered the second world war, and the country remained neutral some american politicians, such as burton wheeler and gerald nye, were offended by. These four adventures boast the latest in film restoration technology. Moe is hailstone the dictator, curly is a field marshal and larry is minister. Three stooges hitler satire you nazty spy premieres. It was released nine months before the charlie chaplin film the great dictator, which began filming in september 1939. A description of tropes appearing in you nazty spy this 1940 short starring the three stooges was, literally, the first movie ever to mock the nazis.
Some of this work was relentlessly lowbrow, such as the three stooges short you nazty spy. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Released in january of 1940 over a year before the u. Still, you nazty spy was released in january 1940, months before the german invasion of france and the antinazi turn in american public opinion. This film helped increase awareness of the nazis in the u. Ixnay richard fiske, ohnay dick curtis and amscray don beddoedecide their country is. The king of moronica is overthrown and the three stooges are chosen to take his place. The great dictator is a comedy film by charlie chaplin released in october 1940. The three stooges 044 you nazty spy 1940 high quality color funniest political memes of. If you think there is potential for this to expand into a full article in its own right, this is fine.
Filming on the short began december 5, 1939, and lasted for seven days. It is the 44th short film released by columbia pictures starring the comedians, who released 190. Browse important and interesting events in film and tv in 1940 or search by date or keyword. You nazty spy was made in 1940, at a time when the deck was stacked against cinematic lampoons of hitler. Moes rousing speech is full of yiddish phrases and colorful insults that only fellow yiddish speakers.
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