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The Stooges are [[vaudeville]] entertainers who trek to [[Mexico]] to perform their gag bull fight shtick, with Curly at the brave [[matador]], and Mow and Larry dressed in a bull costume. Along the way, they cross paths with attractive senorita Dolores Sanchez ([[Suzanne Kaaren]]). They also cross paths with her jealous and hot-tempered husband José ([[Harry Burns]]). In an act of revenge for Curly flirting with Dolores, José pays the bullring attendants to release a live bull into the ring. Moe and Larry flee the ring, but Curly is unaware of the switch. He eventually head-butts the wild animal, and is paraded out of the ring to the rousing cheers of "Olé, Americano!" |
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Parodying the previous year's Blood and Sand, this two-reel comedy starred the Three Stooges as vaudeville entertainers involved with a fiery senorita (Suzanne Kaaren) and her dangerous husband while performing south of the border. The Stooges used both plot and copius stock footage from What's the Matador? in their last two-reeler, Sappy Bull Fighters, replacing the brunette Kaaren with Nordic bombshell Greta Thyssen. |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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*The title ''What's The Matador?'' is a is a pun on the question "what's the matter?" The fiml itself is a parody of the [[1941 in film|1941]] film ''[[Blood and Sand]]''.<ref>Solomon, Jon. (2002) ''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion'', p. 209; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804</ref> |
*The title ''What's The Matador?'' is a is a pun on the question "what's the matter?" The fiml itself is a parody of the [[1941 in film|1941]] film ''[[Blood and Sand]]''.<ref>Solomon, Jon. (2002) ''The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion'', p. 209; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804</ref> |
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*''What's The Matador?'' would be reworked in 1959 as ''[[Sappy Bull Fighters]]'', using mininal recycled footage from the orginial. |
*''What's The Matador?'' would be reworked in 1959 as ''[[Sappy Bull Fighters]]'', using mininal recycled footage from the orginial. |
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Suzanne Kaaren Harry Burns Dorothy Appleby Cy Schindell Eddie Laughton Don Zelaya |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |  April 23, 1942 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
What's The Matador? is the 62nd short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
Plot
The Stooges are vaudeville entertainers who trek to Mexico to perform their gag bull fight shtick, with Curly at the brave matador, and Mow and Larry dressed in a bull costume. Along the way, they cross paths with attractive senorita Dolores Sanchez (Suzanne Kaaren). They also cross paths with her jealous and hot-tempered husband José (Harry Burns). In an act of revenge for Curly flirting with Dolores, José pays the bullring attendants to release a live bull into the ring. Moe and Larry flee the ring, but Curly is unaware of the switch. He eventually head-butts the wild animal, and is paraded out of the ring to the rousing cheers of "Olé, Americano!"
Notes
- The title What's The Matador? is a is a pun on the question "what's the matter?" The fiml itself is a parody of the 1941 film Blood and Sand.[1]
- What's The Matador? would be reworked in 1959 as Sappy Bull Fighters, using mininal recycled footage from the orginial.
References
- ^ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 209; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0971186804
Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [2](Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [3](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [4], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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