Uncivil War Birds

Uncivil War Birds (1946)

Civil war breaks out between the states, but the Stooges dont know which side their state will be on. Moe and Larry join the Union, Curly the Confderates. Last appearance of Stooge supporting actor John Tyrrell.

The stooges are civil war soldiers who are constantly changing uniforms to avoid the opposing armies. Eventually they decide to be loyal to the south, but remain disguised as Union soldiers. Curly is detected as a spy, but Moe and Larry prevent his execution. The boys escape with a secret map and marry their three southern belles.

Date of release
1946-03-29
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
18m
Genres
Comedy, War
Director
Jules White

Casting

Interesting facts

Uncivil War Birds is a 1946 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 90th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

Uncivil War Birds was filmed on August 24–28, 1945. It is a remake of the 1939 Buster Keaton short Mooching Through Georgia; the stock shot of the union lieutenant on horseback with his battalion of eight was borrowed from that film. The song "Dixie" replaces the Stooges' regular opening theme of "Three Blind Mice" for this film, and continues as background music for approximately twenty seconds into the opening scene.

This short would mark the final appearances of three long-time Stooge regulars Lew Davis, John Tyrrell, and Bobby Burns, who all died in 1948, 1949 and 1966, respectively.

The blackface song and dance routine is often cut from 21st century television broadcasts of this short due to its racial insensitivity towards African-Americans.

The film was produced after Curly Howard suffered a mild stroke. As a result, his performance was marred by slurred speech, and slower timing, though Curly was more energetic and displayed better timing than in previous shorts. In addition, Moe Howard and Larry Fine are paired together and given the lion's share of the film's dialogue.

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