Wee Wee Monsieur (1938)

Director:

Del Lord

Writer:

Searle Kramer (story)

Release Date:

18 February 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

The stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip...

Plot Keywords:

Slapstick | The Three Stooges

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vernon Dent	...	Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
William Irving	...	Captain Gorgonzola (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Legionnaire Sergeant (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson	...	Harem Guard (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold	...	Harem Girl (uncredited)
Harry Semels	...	Landlord (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Searle Kramer		story and screenplay

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
André Barlatier

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas Flood	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Music Department
Louis Silvers	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Grant Still	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1938) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

The Foreign Legioneers (USA) (working title)
We We Monsieur (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

18 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The gag with the Stooges dressed up in Santa Claus outfits in order to get into the palace would be used again, eleven years later (with Shemp replacing Curly), in their short Malice in the Palace (1949).

Goofs:

Continuity: Moe mentioned that he would take the blonde and Larry the brunette, but in the next scene Moe is with the brunette and Larry the blonde.

Quotes:

Curly: Ah my fair beauty, open up thy curtains so that I might see your fair kisser.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Malice in the Palace (1949)

Soundtrack:

Zee Lollipop Song

My all time favorite Three Stooges short subject!!!

This is one of My all time favorite Three Stooges short subjects. I have seen nearly all of the Stooges episodes with the original trio of Curly, Moe, and Larry and the replacements with Shemp, Joe, and Curly-Joe and I thank God for that. Anyway this episode is so great. It starts off with a great song sung by the Stooges and when the shopping begins I just love the guy that selling the food as he yells about the Stooges jumping on his food cart. I also love when the Stooges are in the French Foreign Legion. An excellent scene is were one of My favorite actors Vernon Dent plays Simitz. He played that role perfectly with the accent and everything and I believe its one of his finest works. There are not that many actors today who can pull off what he did in his day! The Santa Clause and the harem girl costumes the Stooges wear are so funny. The music is great in Simitz' palace and I get a kick out of his guard and his harem girls especially the gal with the black pants, she new how to dance! I just love this one! Like I said this is one of My all time favorite Three Stooges short subjects films and all Stooges lovers with adore this one!