Review of No Dough Boys

"No Dough Boys" is a black-and-white comedy short film from 1944, so almost 75 years old now. It is another work by White and Adler together with the Three Stooges and if you see the year here, this is indeed from the days of World War II and the Stooges made some propaganda stuff. I must say it is not my favorite era from them. Jokes like punching somebody doing the Hitler salute and accidentally hitting somebody else this way are still the more harmless and more entertaining parts here during these 17 minutes. Moe is wearing a stache here from start to finish, which is clearly something you need to get used to while Curly is still on board and even if this is not from his final days, he does look pretty bad and unhealthy already, so I felt kinda bad for him watching this one. Maybe this could have been an issue he (/they) should have focused more instead of contributing to the already really unpleasant global political climate. Anyway, the story here is mediocre I would say, but the real reason this did not get remade like so many other Stooges works is the fact that this ia really time-relevant film, which would have made little impact, if not sense in the 1960s or so. And only makes sense today if we see it from the perspective of why it was made and during what time. This reference, however, is good enough to turn this into one of those works by the Stooges that are among their more known and less forgotten. I don't think it's good enough for a positive recommendation, so only check it out if you have seen and enjoyed a lot of other stuff from the trio. Thumbs-down from me.