A Ducking They Did Go (1939)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Del Lord

Writer:

Andrew Bennison (original screenplay)

Release Date:

7 April 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

Con men hire the Stooges to sell memberships to a phony duck hunting club.

Plot Keywords:

Mayor | The Three Stooges | Watermelon | Con Man | Chief Of Police

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lynton Brent	...	Blackie (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Vegetarian in Hallway (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	...	Doyle (uncredited)
William Irving	...	Cop hit by melon (uncredited)
Bud Jamison	...	Police Chief (uncredited)
Cy Schindell	...	Fruit Vendor (uncredited)
Victor Travers	...	Club Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Del Lord

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Bennison		original screenplay

Produced by
Jules White	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Lucien Ballard

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Music Department
Ben Oakland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1939) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Never Duck a Duck (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In the scene where the police officer is chasing the Three Stooges down a sidewalk, the "HOLLYWOODLAND" sign (later changed to the current "HOLLYWOOD") is clearly visible in the background.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Stooges are trying to sell a membership to the man in the hallway, Culry tugs the lapel of his jacket and tears it off. In the next shot, the man's left sleeve is missing before he and Moe tear the rest of the jacket.

Quotes:

Moe: Your troubles are over. Here we are!
Larry: Three of the best salesmen that ever sailed!

Movie Connections:

Features A Pain in the Pullman (1936)

Excellent Three Stooges short with Curly!

The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I have loved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. I love all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and Curly Joe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other great actors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! In My opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and is the all time funniest comedy team!

One of My favorite Stooges shorts with Curly is none other than A-Ducking They Did Go! All appearing in this short are Lynton Brent, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison, Cy Schindell, Victor Travers! There are so many funny parts here and the singing scene is really neat. This is a very hilarious short and I recommend it!