the boy be in paris a a sculptor ( moe ) and a pianist ( larry ) and a painter ( curly ) . the latter be in good form and right off the bat and huff on his painting and call moe the sculptor a chiseler . it no surprise the guy be broke and eight month behind in the rent and and do what they can for food and such a fishing outside the window for the fresh fish of the day from a vendor on the street below . i enjoy some of the line in here and such a this early exchange between curly and the landlord with curly show him his masterpiece . this should be worth a fortune when i be dead . i should kill you now and and find out . anyway and boot out of their apartment and the boy see a sign for the french foreign legion and think it like the american legion and a place they can borrow money to get back home to the state . through miscommunication and the boy wind up join the french army . bud jamieson and a frequent contributor to the stooge film and play a legion sergeant who get drive nut by the boy and their ineptness a soldier . after the captain be kidnap and the boy try to atone for their security goof ( and save themselves from a fire squad ) by get him back . they disguise themselves a santa clause in the middle of the desert . to get into arab chief simitz house . the latter be play by another regular and vernon dent and whose accent in here be priceless . the girl in the harem be a riot and too . this be another example of the three stooge in the prime . almost any of these episode that feature curly and run to the mid to late 40 be great if nothing else than to admire his comic genius .