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Booby Dupes

Booby Dupes is a 1945 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 84th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are fish peddlers who opt to bypass intermediaries by catching their own fish. Procuring fishermen uniforms and a boat, they encounter a series of comedic misadventures, including Curly inadvertently acquiring a navy captain's uniform while flirting with the captain's partner.

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    author
    director Del Lord
    editor Henry Batista
    genre comedy
    keywords dinghy distress signal flirt pass stooge trade victrola
    producer Hugh McCollum
    publisher Columbia Pictures
    theme short slapstick