A Ducking They Did Go

1939 film by Del Lord

A Ducking They Did Go

Directed by| Del Lord
Written by| Andrew Bennison
Produced by| Jules White
Starring| Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Lynton Brent
Bud Jamison
Cinematography| Lucien Ballard
Edited by| Charles Nelson
Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* April 7, 1939 (1939-04-07) (U.S.)

Running time

| 16:16[1]
Country| United States
Language| English

A Ducking They Did Go is a 1939 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 38th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

## Plot

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The Stooges botch an attempt to steal a watermelon from a deliveryman (Cy Schindell), which lands them in trouble with a cop (William Irving). The trio winds up at the offices of the Canvas Back Duck Club, a hunting club run by conmen Blackie (Lynton Brent) and Doyle (Jack Gardner), where they are hired to sell club memberships. Unbeknownst to them, the whole thing is a scam. Dressed in duck-hunting gear, Moe, Larry and Curly invade the police station and barge into the office of the police chief (Bud Jamison) and sell memberships to several men, including the police chief and the mayor.

By the time the group arrives at the lodge to hunt ducks, the conmen are gone, and an old man (John Rand) assures them that there are no wild ducks to be found. Moe and Larry hurl rubber decoy ducks over the pond. Curly arrives with a flock of ducks (like the Pied Piper of Hamelin) and leads them into the water. The old man shows up with the sheriff (Sam Lufkin), saying that Curly has stolen all of his prize domestic ducks and it will cost them $5.00 apiece to replace. The hunters, the old man, and the sheriff shoot at the Stooges, who flee.

## Production notes

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Filmed on November 15–18, 1938,[2] the title A Ducking They Did Go is a play on the old children's song "A-Hunting We Will Go."[1]

The closing shot of the Stooges leaping over a bush and landing on a trio of bucking steers was reused from the end of 1936's A Pain in the Pullman.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Glendale, California: Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 149\. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.
2. ^ Pauley, Jim (2012). The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations. Solana Beach, California: Santa Monica Press, LLC. p. 87\. ISBN 9781595800701. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

## External links

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* A Ducking They Did Go at IMDb

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* The Three Stooges filmography
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* 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

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

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The Three Stooges filmography (1934–1946)

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

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