Some More of Samoa | |
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Directed by | Del Lord |
Written by | Elwood Ullman Harry Edwards |
Produced by | Hugh McCollum Del Lord |
Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Mary Ainslee Symona Boniface Louise Carver Duke York |
Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Edited by | Burton Kramer |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | December 4, 1941 |
Running time | 16' 40" |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Some More of Samoa is the 59th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
The Stooges run a tree doctors business (Elite Painless Tree Surgeons - The biggest grafters in town). They are employed by a rich old man to cure his Puckerless Persimmon tree. The Stooges decide that the tree is pining away for a mate. When told this, the old man offers them $10,000 if they can bring him a mate. He then tells them that only one other specimen of the tree exists, and it is found on the cannibal isle of Rhum Boogie.
The Stooges arrive on the isle of Rhum Boogie without Curly. Larry tells Moe that Curly has left to "have a date with a mermaid." Upon landing, Moe and Larry are soon captured by the cannibals living on the island. They are brought to see the tribe's king, only to discover that Curly has just been playing dice with the king and winning!
The king soon discovers that Curly has been cheating. He then demands that Curly marry his sister, or all three Stooges will be cooked that night in a "roast Stooge" stew. Curly is happy to oblige until he discovers that the king's sister is old and ugly. He then refuses to marry her, and the Stooges are doomed to become cannibal food.
Fortunately, the Stooges manage to escape the cannibals before they are cooked. While running away, Curly grabs the puckerless persimmon tree. After a run-in with an angry alligator, the Stooges finally make it back to their boat. Unfortunately for them, their boat begins to sink as soon as they leave shore. The short ends with them desperately bailing water as they sink, while the cannibals' spears rain down on them from the shore.