have tap this movie from amc third annual film preservation festival when the subject be comedy and i be very anxious to see the film debut of the three stooge with ted healy a their original leader and shemp howard in the original group before quit and allow young brother curly to take his place . write by cartoonist rube goldberg and who make a cameo here and the story about an elderly costume store owner ( charles winninger ) about to lose his place be nothing special but have some amuse visual humor when we see some of winning invention like the complicate way to wake up and stop a robber involve a cat and a giant boot . this and other weird gadget be what goldberg be famous for draw . a for the stooge and they play fireman who ted hang around with when he not constantly argue with his girlfriend ( france mccoy ) . legend have it that fox studio head winfred sheehan want the stooge without ted and who be anger and storm off take the boy with him and sign to a long term contract and that why shemp go out on his own after a brief split soon afterwards . so this be the only time on film he with healy who perform along with his brother moe ( credit a harry ) and larry fine and none of whom have the wild hair they become know for . the reason sheehan may have only want howard and fine and and howard might have be the scene where they order such bizarre thing like a ham and corn beef sandwich on white on rye or a baloney with whipped cream . that and a late routine with ted in which the boy perform the elevator dance ( in which larry stand still while moe hand pop his mouth and shemp rub sandpaper together ) which have no step to it be the funny part of the movie . nearly everything else be eh though there also some entertain xylophone playing by another comic foil name fred sanborn and a little kid name billy barty amusingly attempt to pop a balloon a he keep somersault . worth a look for three stooge fan and anyone interested in the early talkie . by the way and those be the stooge real life wife with them in the fire truck move sequence .