“Vagabond Loafers” (1949) starring The Three Stooges / Z-View

Vagabond Loafers (1949)

Director:  Edward Bernds

Writer: Elwood Ullman

Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Emil Sitka, Kenneth MacDonald, Symona Boniface, Dudley Dickerson and Herbert Evans.

Tagline: The Stooges go plumbing for leaks…and laughs!

The Plot…

A rich couple are throwing a dinner party to show off their expensive new painting.  When a leak is discovered, the butler calls Night & Day plumbing owned and operated by Larry, Moe and Shemp.  The boys go right over to fix the leak.  Little do they know (and they know very little about plumbing), they’re about to get caught up in a plot to steal the painting.  Let the hijinks begin!

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Vagabond Loafers is a remake of the Stooges’ A Plumbing We Will Go (1940) and borrows footage as well.  It was so popular it would be remade again by our boys in 1956’s Scheming Schemers.

Not counting re-used stock footage for later shorts, this is the last Stooges’ appearance for both Symona Boniface and Dudley Dickerson.

Vagabond Loafers (1949) rates 4 of 5 stars.