Termites of 1938 (1938) starring The Three Stooges / Z-View

Termites of 1938 (1938)

Director:  Del Lord

Screenplay:  Elwood Ullman, Al Giebler

Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bess Flowers, Symona Boniface, Carlton Griffin and Bud Jamison.

Tagline:  They’ve Got the Bug-House Blues!

The Overview:  Beware of spoilers…

Mrs. Muriel Van Twitchell (Flowers) wants to attend a high class dinner party that a friend is throwing to honor a guest from England.  The problem is that her husband is going hunting.  She decides to call an escort service so she won’t have to attend alone.  A mistake causes her to phone ACME Exterminators (run by Larry, Curly and Moe) instead of ACME Escorts.  She tells them the time to show up and the affair is formal.

The boys show up dressed in their best and ready to kill pests.  The butler announces dinner is served and Moe tells Larry and Curly, they “always feed ya at these high class joints”.  The boys eat like they think rich folks do, and when Lord Wafflebottom follows their lead, everyone at the party does the same bizarre things.  After dinner, the boys provide musical entertainment and then get down to looking for pests to exterminate.

Moe gets the funniest scene that involves a hanging blanket, a broom, a high class lady and her butler.

Termites of 1938 earns 5 of 5 stars.