Everyone knows that in between stints in the Three Stooges, Shemp Howard had a series of solo shorts, and the Glove Slingers series, at Columbia, before rejoining brother Moe and Larry Fine after brother Curly retired from the act.
While there's no record of Moe going solo, Curly, billed as Jerry Howard, took a break from being with Ted Healy to co-star with George Givot in 1934's "Roast Beef & Movies" for MGM. The idea here is that Givot was to be the leader, a la Moe. Howard is filling Fine's spot, and Bobby Callahan is the lovable goof that Curly normally is.
Note how Howard pulls the buttons off Givot's jacket and eats them. I wonder of those were made of licorice or something. Apparently, Healy was on his way out at MGM, and the studio thought Givot would become a big star. We know the rest of Curly's story.
Rating: B--.
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