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Sock-a-Bye Baby

1942 · 18 min

A rapid-fire slapstick romp of pratfalls and squeaky gags that breezes by, silly and harmless, made for laughing at rather than with.}{.

Directed by
Jules White
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard
Tagline
Oh, Baby! It's a scream!
Overview
The stooges mistakenly kidnap a baby they find on their doorstep. When the cops and the baby's mother come looking for the baby, the boys panic and flee into the country with the cops (one of them is the baby's father) pursuing them by motorcycle. It all ends happily with the baby reunited with its parents and the stooges running off disguised as bushes.

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Directed by
Jules White
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • crime
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour9
Realism3
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
18 min
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Languages
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