this early talkie plot deal with more or less the unrelated adventure of ted healy and some local fireman ( moe and larry and shemp and fred sanborn ) . there very little coherence until the climactic fire and when the stooge save the day . two performance stand out and both for the wrong reason . ted healy be a major star in vaudeville and film when this movie be make . if you watch this film and it hard to understand why and because his routine be just not funny . his offhandedly mean treatment of the stooge also alienate the viewer . fred sanborn provide one of the most bizarre and irritating performance ever capture on film a a mute fireman . he just so indescribably bad and you have to watch this to believe it . within a few short year and the three stooge be big star in short subject and ted healy be dead due to a bar fight . this film worth catch for fan of the stooge and since it their feature film debut and historically interesting . otherwise and stay away .