Meet the Baron

1933
Passed
1h 8m

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Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl in Meet the Baron (1933)

The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. Wh... Read allThe famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. While giving a speech at a college, the "Baron" falls for a pretty girl, gets tangled up wit... Read allThe famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. While giving a speech at a college, the "Baron" falls for a pretty girl, gets tangled up with a trio of nutty janitors and faces being exposed as a phony.

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5.6/10

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Trivia
The opening credits list one of The Three Stooges as Jerry Howard, this was "Curly", more familiarly known as Curly Howard.

Goofs
When the Baron is flirting with the maid, he starts to place his right hand on her back. But on the next immediate cut; his right hand is now hanging down low by his side.

Quotes
Joe McGoo - the Favorite 'Schnozzle' of the Screen: Humiliatin', that's what it is. Under a bed and no husband in sight!

Crazy credits
With The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Girls (on movie's poster).

Connections
Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

Soundtracks
Hail to the Baron Munchausen
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Sung by off-screen voices

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6/10

Silly Fare

This is not a great film, but it has great interest for cinemaphiles. One reason is its pre-code action, particularly the "Clean as a Whistle" shower scene. Secondly, the film has a diverse cast of MGM talents on display.

The film's story is silly. After years of searching, they find Baron Munchausen in the jungles of Africa. When they bring him back to civilization, they first take him to Cuddles College (of course), where a bevy of (MGM dancing) girls reside.

Noteworthy cast members include Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, and the Three Stooges.

When the Baron visits Cuddles College, the locals and coeds deliver a rhyming sing-song poem in the style of "The Wizard of Oz" Munchkins six years later. I looked for a connection; Herman J. Mankiewicz was a writer for both films.

Munchausen, played by Jack Pearl, is featured in another film in 1934, so audiences must have responded to this lightweight but light-hearted fare.