The Three Stooges: Swing Parade
by Phil Karlson
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Actor: Connee Boswell, Edward S. Brophy, John Eldredge, Leon Belasco, Windy CookDirector: Phil Karlson
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Legend
Movie Reviews of The Three Stooges: Swing Parade
Movie Review: Obscure but good Stooge feature; this is the version to buy
Summary: 4 Stars
Low-budget Monogram Pictures usually made a couple of higher-bracket "specials" every year with the studio's leading star, Gale Storm. SWING PARADE (originally released as SWING PARADE OF 1946} is Monogram's biggie for '46, with The Three Stooges in featured roles. It's an above-average Monogram production with good direction by Phil Karlson, and fans of '40s movies should enjoy it.
Gale Storm is an aspiring singer mistaken for a process server at Phil Regan's new nightclub. Regan and the Stooges are determined to open the club successfully, while the stern Russell Hicks is just as determined to close it. The Stooges are in fine form, with the reliable Ed Brophy as their foil in extended versions of their "plumbers" and "waiters" routines. (Moe didn't dye his hair for this one, so you'll notice the salt-and-pepper in the haircut.) Considering that Curly was in failing health at the time, his work here is especially good. The other guest artists are Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, who do two jump numbers ("Don't Worry 'Bout that Mule" is the standout), singer Connee Boswell, and sound-effects mimic Windy Cook.
Former video releases have left something to be desired: the Allied Artists edition uses a beautiful print but an inferior video transfer so the image is sometimes unsteady; the Goodtimes version (under the title "Swing Parade") has a better transfer but a slightly lesser print and a superimposed watermark in the lower-right corner.
This new Legend Films edition is a definite improvement over past video versions. The source print is identical to the Goodtimes version but there is no watermark, and the colorization is very well done (some of the Gale Storm close-ups are particularly pretty). This picture is almost never shown on television, so most Stooge fans probably haven't seen it. Confirmed Stooge fans will enjoy the team's antics, but may be impatient with the stretches of story between the trio's appearances.
Summary of The Three Stooges: Swing Parade
Three Stooges are at their bumbling, eye-poking, hair-pulling best in this warm, hilarious, musical romp! This time around "The Boys" must protect talented nightclub owner Danny Warren (Phil Regan) from the schemes of his powerful and overprotective father -- who will go to any lengths to shut him down. Can Moe, Larry and Curly run the club, manage Danny?s budding love life, and avoid the wrath of Moose, their cantankerous boss?Similar DVD Movies
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