The 58th The Three Stooges short. Three society girls can't marry their boyfriends who are off in the War, but they must be married by tonight or they won't receive their inheritance. Their lawyer plans for them to marry three convicts who will hang tomorrow. Said convicts are the Stooges, who are claiming innocence and attempting to escape to no avail. When the girls show up, they quickly marry them, only to realize they're still to be hanged. The next day, the ropes break and the governor pardons them (turns out they really were innocent). The make haste to the girl's home and move right in, much to the girl's shock. To get rid of them, the girls make them take lessons and baths, but the Stooges do every task so they don't have to leave. The lawyer tells the girls to throw a party, where the boys will more than likely wreck everything. Hilarity Ensues as the lawyer pays the maître d’ to deliberately smack Moe in the face with a cake, which in turn leads to an epic pie fight between all guests. The lawyer turns up to declare he'll annul the marriage, only for the girls and the Stooges to pie him.
Tropes
- Exact Words: "Somebody give me a pie!" Taska screams, and Curly and Moe oblige - by hitting her with two pies at once.
- Also, when the Senator and Curly are about to pie each other:
Tiska: Gentlemen, GENTLEMEN! Please, PLEASE![Senator pies Tiska]Senator: We STRIVE to please! - Pie in the Face: This short gave us the first and most memorable pie fight.
- Stock Footage: The dancing lesson was from their earlier short Hoi Polloi
- Tempting Fate: Mrs. Gottrocks, after the pie Maître d’ Williams threw at her missed and hit the Senator instead: "You missed me!" Williams: (throwing another pie right into Mrs. Gottrocks' face) "Oh yeah?!"
- Theme Naming: The girls Tiska, Taska, and Baska, and their Honolulu-bound boyfriends Tom, Dick, and Harry.
