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Wee Wee Monsieur is a 1938 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 29th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Wee Wee Monsieur
Directed by	Del Lord
Written by	Searle Kramer
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent William Irving Bud Jamison Harry Semels John Lester Johnson Jean De Briac Alex Novinsky Eugene Borden Ethelreda Leopold Tanner The Lion
Cinematography	André Barlatier
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 18, 1938 (1938-02-18) (U.S.)
Running time	17:38
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The Stooges are artists (Moe is a sculptor, Larry is a music composer, and Curly is a painter) living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent and calls the Parisian police and have them thrown in the Bastille forever for not paying the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up accidentally joining the French Foreign Legion that they confuse with the American Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard Captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys are given a chance to bring him back alive.

The Stooges make their way to the town where the captain was taken, all disguised as Santa Claus (complete with a sleigh and a reindeer). Despite the disguise not working, they are able to quickly knock out a guard who confronted them and make their way further into town. Ultimately, they find their captain held by an evil sheik named Tsimmis (Vernon Dent) who is trying to offer him expensive jewelry and a harem of beautiful women in exchange for the Legion's ammunition. The trio are forced to disguise themselves again as part of the harem and use an opportunity during a dance to render the sheik and his head bodyguard unconscious. The four then escape, but end up coming across a lion's den. Before the lion could eat them, Curly is able to placate it into drawing them on a wagon back to their camp.

Quotes

[Curly has just put his painting on the landlord]

Moe: Come on.

[He, Larry and Curly make their escape as the landlord is left spinning around.]

Landlord: Police. Police. Police. Police.

[A Gendarme in a barrel overhears the call of the landlord and runs over.]

Landlord: Gendarme. Gendarme.

Production notes

Wee Wee Monsieur was filmed on November 12–17, 1937.[1] The film's title is a parody of "Oui, oui, Monsieur" (French for "Yes, sir").[2]

The lion at the end of the short is Tanner, the (at the time) mascot for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. Tanner previously appeared in Movie Maniacs (2 years before this film was released).

References

External links

• Wee Wee Monsieur at IMDb
• Wee Wee Monsieur at AllMovie

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