Meet the Baron

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Meet the Baron
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Directed by Walter Lang
Written by Norman Krasna
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Produced by David O. Selznick
Starring Jack Pearl
Jimmy Durante
Edna May Oliver
ZaSu Pitts
Ted Healy
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Cinematography Allen G. Siegler
Edited by James E. Newcom
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 20, 1933 (1933-10-20)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Meet the Baron is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The film's title refers to Pearl's character of Baron Munchhausen, which he made famous on his radio show. [1]

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Plot

Baron Munchausen has abandoned a couple of bunglers (Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl) in the jungles of Africa. A rescue team mistakes Pearl for the missing Baron and takes the two of them back to America, where they receive a hero's welcome.

The phony Baron is invited to speak at Cuddle College, run by Dean Primrose (Edna May Oliver). There, he falls for ZaSu Pitts, meets three crazy janitors (The Three Stooges), and faces exposure as a fraud.

Cast

Reception

The film was a box-office disappointment for MGM. [2]

"Clean as a Whistle," a musical number risqué for its time, which involves a group of women in a shower, was later featured in the 1994 MGM retrospective That's Entertainment! III as an example of Pre-Code Hollywood.

See also

References

  1. ↑ TCM website
  2. ↑ D. W. (November 25, 1934). "TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD". The New York Times. ProQuest   101193306.


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