# Disorder in the Court > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Disorder_in_the_Court > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Disorder_in_the_Court.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorder_in_the_Court > Source revision: 1350435800 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1936 American short film starring the Three Stooges Disorder in the Court Directed by Preston Black Written by Felix Adler Produced by Jules White Starring Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bud Jamison Harry Semels Suzanne Kaaren James C. Morton Edward LeSaint Sol Horwitz Al Thompson Eddie Laughton Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline Edited by William A. Lyon Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date May 30, 1936 (1936-05-30) (U.S.) Running time 16:37 Country United States Language English ***Disorder in the Court*** is a 1936 [short film](/source/Short_film) directed by [Preston Black](/source/Jack_White_(film_producer)) starring American [slapstick](/source/Slapstick) comedy team [The Three Stooges](/source/The_Three_Stooges) ([Moe Howard](/source/Moe_Howard), [Larry Fine](/source/Larry_Fine) and [Curly Howard](/source/Curly_Howard)). It is the 15th entry in the series released by [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures) starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. ## Plot The Stooges harass defense attorney [Bud Jamison](/source/Bud_Jamison) in *Disorder in the Court* *Disorder in the Court* (1936) The Stooges, musicians by profession, are key witnesses at a murder trial where, Gail Tempest, a showgirl from their nightclub, stands accused of murdering Kirk Robin. Despite being pivotal witnesses, the Stooges are initially absent, preoccupied with leisurely activities, namely playing [Jacks](/source/Knucklebones). Eventually, Curly takes the stand and recounts the events, ultimately offering a musical interlude with Larry on violin, Moe on harmonica, and Curly on both [spoons](/source/Spoon_(musical_instrument)) and upright bass to illustrate the night of the crime. However, the courtroom is thrown into chaos when Larry mistakenly identifies the court clerk's toupee as a tarantula, prompting Moe to discharge the guard's firearm. After the confusion, Moe and Curly enact the purported murder. Further antics lead to the discovery of a parrot carrying a confession from the true culprit, Buck Wing. With Tempest's innocence established, the proceedings conclude amidst a comedic mishap involving a ruptured fire hose. ## Cast ### Credited - [Moe Howard](/source/Moe_Howard) as Moe - [Larry Fine](/source/Larry_Fine) as Larry - [Curly Howard](/source/Curly_Howard) as Curly ### Uncredited - [Bud Jamison](/source/Bud_Jamison) as Defense Attorney - [Harry Semels](/source/Harry_Semels) as District Attorney - [Suzanne Kaaren](/source/Suzanne_Kaaren) as Gail Tempest - [James C. Morton](/source/James_C._Morton) as Court clerk - [Edward LeSaint](/source/Edward_LeSaint) as Judge - [Al Thompson](/source/Al_Thompson) as Bailiff - [Eddie Laughton](/source/Eddie_Laughton) as Co-Counsel - [Johnny Kascier](/source/Johnny_Kascier) as Court recorder - [Alice Belcher](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice_Belcher&action=edit&redlink=1) as Flirting juror - [Solomon Horwitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Horwitz&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gallery spectator - Harold Kening as Gallery spectator - [Bobby Barber](/source/Bobby_Barber) as Gallery spectator - [Bobby Burns](/source/Bobby_Burns_(actor)) as Gallery spectator - [Sam Lufkin](/source/Sam_Lufkin) as Gallery spectator - [Arthur Thalasso](/source/Arthur_Thalasso) as Tall man in Hallway ## Production notes *Disorder in the Court* was filmed over six days on April 1–6, 1936.[1] The film title is a play on the stereotypical judge's cry, "Order in the court!"[2] A [colorized](/source/Film_colorization) version of this film was released in 2006 as part of the DVD collection "Stooges on the Run." The two Howard brothers' real life father Sol Horwitz, (the father of Moe, Curly, and [Shemp Howard](/source/Shemp_Howard)), makes an uncredited appearance as a member of the public audience.[2] This is the first Stooges short in which Curly is spelled "C-U-R-L-Y" in the opening titles instead of the previous "C-U-R-L-E-Y." The title card also has the Stooges inverted reading from left to right, Curly-Larry-Moe, as opposed to Moe-Larry-Curly in previous shorts, effectively giving Curly "top billing." This change in the title card coincides with the refined and more familiar Columbia Pictures image of a torch-bearing woman, with a shimmering light instead of the primitive animation of light rays in the previous version. In addition, the "Columbia" theme now uses a more upbeat theme, featuring a brass introduction.[2] The "[Vici kid](/source/Vici_kid)" mentioned by Curly is a brand of [kid leather](/source/Kid_leather), "vici" being Latin for "I have conquered". ## Copyright status *Disorder in the Court* is one of four Columbia Stooges shorts that fell into the [public domain](/source/Public_domain) after the copyright expired in 1964, the other three being *[Malice in the Palace](/source/Malice_in_the_Palace)* (1949), *[Sing a Song of Six Pants](/source/Sing_a_Song_of_Six_Pants)* and *[Brideless Groom](/source/Brideless_Groom)* (both 1947). Consequently, these four shorts frequently appear on budget video compilations and streaming services.[2] A remastered version of the film was released on [Blu-ray](/source/Blu-ray) as part of The Three Stooges Collection on August 13, 2024, by [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment](/source/Sony_Pictures_Home_Entertainment). ## In popular culture Gail Tempest ([Suzanne Kaaren](/source/Suzanne_Kaaren)) dancing in the courtroom. The presumed perpetrator is a dancer named Buck Wing, a reference to the [buck-and-wing](/source/Buck-and-wing) dance common in vaudeville and minstrel shows.[2] The classic "swearing in" routine ("Take off your hat!"; "Raise your right hand"; "Judgy Wudgy") was borrowed nearly verbatim from [Buster Keaton](/source/Buster_Keaton)'s 1931 film *[Sidewalks of New York](/source/Sidewalks_of_New_York_(1931_film))*, directed by Stooges producer [Jules White](/source/Jules_White).[2] A shot of the trio performing in court was used by [Hershey's](/source/The_Hershey_Company) in a 1980s advertising campaign.[3] The short appears in the 2019 horror film *[3 from Hell](/source/3_from_Hell)*. ## See also - [Public domain film](/source/Public_domain_film) - [List of American films of 1936](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1936) - [List of films in the public domain in the United States](/source/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["*Disorder in the Court* at threestooges.net"](http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/15). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160423135523/http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/15) from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Solomon_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Solomon_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Solomon_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Solomon_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Solomon_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Solomon_2-5) Solomon, Jon (2002). *The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion*. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 96. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9711868-0-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9711868-0-4). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Archived at [Ghostarchive](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/7dZ3svPD32Y) and the [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20200122044143/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dZ3svPD32Y): ["1987 Hershey's Commercial (One of the All-Time Greats)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dZ3svPD32Y). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. December 4, 2012. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Disorder in the Court](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Disorder_in_the_Court). - [*Disorder in the Court*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027529/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Disorder in the Court* at threestooges.net](http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/15) - [*Disorder in the Court*](https://archive.org/details/disorder_in_the_court) is available for free viewing and download at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) v t e The Three Stooges Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Shemp Howard Joe Besser Curly Joe DeRita Works The Three Stooges filmography The Three Stooges Collection Jerks of All Trades The New 3 Stooges The Three Stooges Scrapbook Kook's Tour Moe Howard and the Three Stooges Related topics List of supporting actors in Three Stooges films Yogi Bear and the Three Stooges Meet the Mad, Mad, Mad Dr. No-No The Robonic Stooges Stoogemania "Swingin' the Alphabet" "The Curly Shuffle" 1984 arcade game 1987 video game 2000 TV biopic 2012 feature film C3 Entertainment Stooge sort Associated people Felix Adler Edward Bernds Tiny Brauer Clyde Bruckman Charley Chase Paul Garner Ted Healy Rich Koz Del Lord Norman Maurer Hugh McCollum Christine McIntyre Frank Mitchell Joe Palma/Fake Shemp Fred Sanborn Emil Sitka Greta Thyssen Elwood Ullman Jack White Jules White Category v t e The Three Stooges filmography (1934–1947): Moe, Larry, Curly 1934 Woman Haters Punch Drunks Men in Black Three Little Pigskins 1935 Horses' Collars Restless Knights Pop Goes the Easel Uncivil Warriors Pardon My Scotch Hoi Polloi Three Little Beers 1936 Ants in the Pantry Movie Maniacs Half Shot Shooters Disorder in the Court A Pain in the Pullman False Alarms Whoops, I'm an Indian! Slippery Silks 1937 Grips, Grunts and Groans Dizzy Doctors 3 Dumb Clucks Back to the Woods Goofs and Saddles Cash and Carry Playing the Ponies The Sitter Downers 1938 Termites of 1938 Wee Wee Monsieur Tassels in the Air Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb Violent Is the Word for Curly Three Missing Links Mutts to You Flat Foot Stooges 1939 Three Little Sew and Sews We Want Our Mummy A Ducking They Did Go Yes, We Have No Bonanza Saved by the Belle Calling All Curs Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise Three Sappy People 1940 You Nazty Spy! Rockin' thru the Rockies A Plumbing We Will Go Nutty but Nice How High Is Up? From Nurse to Worse No Census, No Feeling Cookoo Cavaliers Boobs in Arms 1941 So Long Mr. Chumps Dutiful But Dumb All the World's a Stooge I'll Never Heil Again An Ache in Every Stake In the Sweet Pie and Pie Some More of Samoa 1942 Loco Boy Makes Good Cactus Makes Perfect What's the Matador? Matri-Phony Three Smart Saps Even as IOU Sock-a-Bye Baby 1943 They Stooge to Conga Dizzy Detectives Spook Louder Back from the Front Three Little Twirps Higher Than a Kite I Can Hardly Wait Dizzy Pilots Phony Express A Gem of a Jam 1944 Crash Goes the Hash Busy Buddies The Yoke's on Me Idle Roomers Gents Without Cents No Dough Boys 1945 Three Pests in a Mess Booby Dupes Idiots Deluxe If a Body Meets a Body Micro-Phonies 1946 Beer Barrel Polecats A Bird in the Head Uncivil War Birds The Three Troubledoers Monkey Businessmen Three Loan Wolves G.I. Wanna Home Rhythm and Weep Three Little Pirates 1947 Half-Wits Holiday Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Disorder in the Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorder_in_the_Court) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorder_in_the_Court?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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