Disorder in the Court (1936)

disgusting, overrated, pointless

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

And this does not rate below a 9/10. I rated it 10/10. Anyone who rates it lower than 9/10 is poor at rating.

Suzanne Kaaren is on trial for her life. A nightclub entertainer she's accused of murdering a fellow performer. But she's got three alibi witnesses and need I tell you who they are.Moe, Larry, and Curly when called to testify wreak havoc on the poor judge's courtroom. Curly is called to testify first and he has a very funny bit when he is called on to remove his hat and swear on the Bible. Since he's carrying a cane he can't quite multi-task. When they do get him on the stand after some futile attempts to elicit testimony, he asks if he and his friends could reenact their testimony. After that the three who are musicians back Suzanne Kaaren in a song. It gets very funny as Larry's violin bow removes the court reporter's toupee, Moe swallows his mouth organ, and Curly's bass fiddle bow becomes a general weapon of war. Believe it or not, the truth does will out.Columbia Pictures for which they toiled released a film called Who Killed Gail Preston two years later. I wonder if the inspiration came from this film where Suzanne Kaaren's character is Gail Tempest?If you look among the courtroom spectators you will find the parents of Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard. Their only appearance in any of their sons' work.The Stooges wreak havoc and laughs on the criminal justice system.

During the 1930's, there were a fair number of soap opera type films released that take place in courtroom dramas. "Potboilers" is the actual term for such a movie. Obviously, and this was done all the time with the Stooges, this is a takeoff on such a type of movie. I can just see Lionel Barrymore cross examining a witness that's vital to proving his client innocent and BOOM! Here's the Stooges popping in with all their mayhem and anarchy. Example: after removing some chewing gum from Moe's nose, Larry throws it on the floor, stomps on it and starts screaming, "Ahooo! Ahhhhooo!" Moe replies,"You're not in the woods, Tarzan!" *SLAP* And it just keeps going all through this nice little short. A toupee is taken by the boys for a tarantula and Moe grabs the baliff's gun and plugs it five times. More and more and more! You'll have to watch this one more than once so you won't miss any of the fast paced antics.

While this is yet another ever entertaining (un)usual Stooges' slapstick shtick, I particularly liked it for the catchy musical number. I video clipped that cameo back in the mid '70's. The, "Who Killed Cock Robin?" theme was also cool.In someone's comments on this Short, they noted that, due to an oversight in the '60's, this title slipped into public domain. It wouldn't have made any difference to the Stooges because, from the very start of their work in films together, they were outrageously conned and saw very little money from their movie efforts.Including all the Curlies, my favourite has always been Larry.