Uncivil War Birds
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman |
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Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Eleanor Counts Marilyn Johnson Faye Williams Ted Lorch Joe Palma Cy Schindell John Tyrrell Lew Davis |
| Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
| Edited by | Charles Hochberg |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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17:16 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Uncivil War Birds is the 90th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1946 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
It is the American Civil War, and the Stooges enlist in the service. Moe and Larry accidentally join the Union Army, while Curly manages to correctly sign up with the Confederate. Before the error can be corrected, several Union soldiers order Moe and Larry to lock up their "prisoner." A few moments later, a Confederate general sees Curly being released and, upon seeing Moe and Larry, thinks he has captured two Union soldiers. This mix up goes back and forth several times, until Moe and Larry finally find Confederate uniforms, only to be caught in Union army headquarters. They eventually escape by performing minstrel song-and-dance routine in blackface, with Curly playing a Mammy-type character and Larry strumming a banjo.
Uncivil War Birds was filmed on August 24–25, 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 marked the final appearance of long-time Stooge supporting actors John Tyrrell and Lew Davis.
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