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Subsequently assigned to coastal artillery duty, the Stooges demonstrate their ineptitude, wreaking havoc by targeting unintended objects, including a smokestack, a house, a bridge, and, humorously, the flagship of a navy admiral. Confronted by MacGillicuddy and a contingent of officers, the Stooges
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The plot then transitions to the year 1935, where the Stooges find themselves destitute and hungry on the streets, inadvertently enlisting in the army under the purview of none other than Sgt. MacGillicuddy himself. Their arrival at an army base coincides with a mishap involving tomatoes, leading to
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in 1918. Herein, they receive commendations ostensibly for "wounds in action," a facetious recognition stemming from a retaliatory assault perpetrated by their superior, Sgt. MacGillicuddy. Reacting to this perceived injustice, the Stooges orchestrate a reprisal against Sgt. MacGillicuddy.
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In a final act of retaliation, MacGillicuddy orchestrates a mock photo shoot, wherein the Stooges unwittingly pose for a photograph just before MacGillicuddy fires a deck gun, leaving behind three pairs of smoking boots.
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has been criticized for its sadistic violence executed against the Stooges, with MacGillicuddy breaking Moe's arm, deafening all three, and then killing them at the conclusion.
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Employing a bifurcated temporal structure, the film opens with the Stooges situated in the immediate aftermath of
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find themselves blamed for the mishap, prompting a comically futile attempt to assign blame amongst themselves.
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had a minor role as a gunnery soldier but made his first appearance as a character in 1947's
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a series of misunderstandings culminating in MacGillicuddy's reassignment to menial duties.
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starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
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Unusually for one of their films, the Three Stooges are killed at the end of
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Yogi Bear and the Three Stooges Meet the Mad, Mad, Mad Dr. No-No
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was filmed on March 18–21, 1936. The film's title is a pun on
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Index

Half-Shot Shooters

Preston Black
Clyde Bruckman
Jules White
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Stanley Blystone
Vernon Dent
Edward LeSaint
Harry Semels
Heinie Conklin
Lew Davis
Benjamin H. Kline
Charles Hochberg
Columbia Pictures
short subject
Preston Black
slapstick
The Three Stooges
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Columbia Pictures
World War I
Half Shot at Sunrise
RKO Radio Pictures
Wheeler & Woolsey
Vernon Dent

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