Directed by Jules White, "If a Body Meets a Body" is a pretty good Three Stooges comedy with a spooky premise. HOWEVER, this film offers the first signs that Curly Howard was not a well man, that his health was beginning to deteriorate from years of living in the fast lane. He would only make about a dozen more Stooge shorts with Larry and Moe before a major stroke forced him to leave the act for good.
Here are my favorite highlights from "If a Body Meets a Body." The Stooges dodge a parrot flying inside a skull. They also humorously agonize over 67 cents. When the boys first arrive at the haunted house, they shake the rainwater off of their garments and onto the butler, named Jerkington (played by Theodore "Ted" Lorch). Curly (known as Curly Q. Link in this film) does a hilarious backward high jump when he learns that his uncle was murdered on the very spot where he's standing.
Despite Curly's poor health, "If a Body Meets a Body" manages to succeed with its "haunted house" theme. Ted Lorch does a great characterization of a sinister butler, and bushy-eyebrowed Fred Kelsey is fine as a tough, no-nonsense detective.
Here are my favorite highlights from "If a Body Meets a Body." The Stooges dodge a parrot flying inside a skull. They also humorously agonize over 67 cents. When the boys first arrive at the haunted house, they shake the rainwater off of their garments and onto the butler, named Jerkington (played by Theodore "Ted" Lorch). Curly (known as Curly Q. Link in this film) does a hilarious backward high jump when he learns that his uncle was murdered on the very spot where he's standing.
Despite Curly's poor health, "If a Body Meets a Body" manages to succeed with its "haunted house" theme. Ted Lorch does a great characterization of a sinister butler, and bushy-eyebrowed Fred Kelsey is fine as a tough, no-nonsense detective.