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No Dough Boys is a 1944 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 82nd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

No Dough Boys
Directed by	Jules White
Written by	Felix Adler
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Christine McIntyre Vernon Dent Kelly Flint Judy Malcolm Brian O'Hara John Tyrrell William Yip
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Charles Hochberg
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 24, 1944 (1944-11-24) (U.S.)
Running time	16:54
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The Stooges are dressed in yellowface as Japanese soldiers for a photo shoot; their boss (John Tyrrell) tells them to go on a lunch break but they have to keep their costumes on to finish the photo shoot quickly.

Meanwhile, in the restaurant the Stooges are about to go to, the manager reads a headline in the newspaper that states a Japanese submarine was destroyed offshore and three Japanese soldiers had escaped. When the Stooges arrive, the owner thinks they are the Japanese and attacks the Stooges, but they manage to escape. When they escape into the alley, they accidentally activate a hidden door. When they get inside, they meet a Nazi spy named Hugo (Vernon Dent) who mistakes them for the three Japanese, Naki (Larry), Saki (Moe), and Waki (Curly), that escaped. Just as Hugo is about to introduce them to some ladies, Curly accidentally calls them "dames" which makes Hugo realize that they are not the Japanese, but he plays along anyway.

In order to prove themselves, the Stooges have to teach the ladies jujitsu and do acrobatic tricks. When the real Japanese arrive, the Stooges fight them, but they keep turning the lights on and off, leading them to fight the wrong persons. At the end, the Stooges come out victorious.

Cast

Credited

• Moe Howard as Moe
• Larry Fine as Larry
• Curly Howard as Curly
• Vernon Dent as Hugo
• Christine McIntyre as Celia Zweiback

Uncredited

• Kelly Flint as Amelia Schwartzbrot
• Judy Malcolm as Stelia Pumpernickel
• Brian O'Hara as Waiter
• John Tyrrell as Photographer
• Warren Kening as Joe the photoshoot model
• William Yip as Waki
• Joe Chan as Saki
• Orson Tanaka as Naki

Production notes

No Dough Boys was filmed on April 25–28, 1944.[1] The film title is a play on "No-No Boys," Japanese-Americans who answered "no" to a two-part loyalty question that asked them to renounce the Japanese emperor and agree to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.[2] It is also a play on the nickname for American infantrymen in the previous world war, known as a doughboy.

During World War II, the Stooges made a few comedies that engaged in propaganda against the Empire of Japan, including Spook Louder, Booby Dupes, No Dough Boys and The Yoke's on Me.

The gag of smoking an imaginary pipe was used twice by Laurel and Hardy: 1937's Way Out West and 1938's Block-Heads.[3]

Curly's utterance of "Manchewie" is likely a reference to the World War II nation of "Manchuko", the Japanese puppet state founded by the Empire of Japan after its occupation of Manchuria.

References

External links

• No Dough Boys at IMDb
• No Dough Boys at AllMovie
• No Dough Boys at threestooges.net

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