Disorder in the Court
About Disorder in the Court
Moe, Larry, and Curly, musicians at the Black Bottom Cafe, are witnesses when dancer Gail Tempest is tried for killing Kirk Robin. Their testimony wrecks the courtroom. Suzanne Kaaren is billed in the short. Preston Black directed it. That name is the one Jack White used. Columbia released it.
Cast & crew
More about Disorder in the Court
Felix Adler wrote it. Jules White produced it. Benjamin H. Kline photographed it. William Lyon edited it. Bud Jamison, Harry Semels, and James C. Morton are billed. Wikidata times it at 18 minutes. The release date carried with this record is 30 May 1936. It is the 15th Columbia short with the Stooges. An Internet Archive copy is filed as disorder_in_the_court.
Themes
Making
Adler wrote a murder trial and let the three musicians give the evidence, which is the joke.
Look
Benjamin H. Kline shot the courtroom as the testimony takes it apart.
Preservation
The short survives. A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The cafe is the Black Bottom. The dead man is Kirk Robin.
- Wikipedia credits Preston Black. Wikidata credits Jack White. They are the same director.
- The Stooges are musicians at the cafe, then witnesses.
- The series eventually ran to 190 Columbia shorts, through 1959.
Scenes
- Gail Tempest is in the dock for Kirk Robin’s death.
- The Stooges take the stand and the room comes apart.
Also available
- Internet Archive (disorder_in_the_court)
