“Sock-a-Bye Baby” (1942) starring The Three Stooges / Z-View
Sock-a-Bye Baby (1942)
Director: Jules White
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison and Dudley Dickerson
Tagline: None
The Plot…
A crying woman leaves a baby on the boys’ doorstep. So our boys decide to raise the child. Later Larry sees an article about a kidnapped infant. When the woman returns with police to retrieve her baby, our guys mistakenly believe the cops think that they’re kidnappers. What could go wrong?
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
The title, Sock-a-Bye Baby, was first used in a Popeye cartoon!
Pearl Harbor had recently been bombed by the Japanese when this short was made. Curly sings a tune where he says, “What am I sayin’? Poo on the Japanese.”
Sock-a-Bye Baby (1942) rates 5 of 5 stars.
