What a great and unique film. It's the Three Stooges and Ted Healy. It was Curly and Moe's brother, Shemp, who was with Moe, Larry and Ted in Vaudeville, but after they went to Hollywood and did one film (Soup to Nuts (1930)), Shemp left and Curly joined.
Still, this film is what their Vaudeville act must've been like. Even though the Stooges are in it, don't expect to see any of the antics that they're the most famous for, as this film was released a few years before they left Ted Healy, started doing the Columbia shorts and got settled into their well-known characters. You DO see SOME things that that you see in the Columbia shorts. I can't believe this site didn't give Bonnie Bonnell credit for her role in this film. She was in at least two other films with the Stooges as well. (See "Nertsery Rhymes" and "For some reason, her name is spelled "Bonny" (just "Bonny", no Bonnell)
Some highlights of this film- the Stooges want to act out a script and Moe gives Ted a part. Moe says to Ted, "When the music plays "The Gates of Hell Are Open," that's where you walk in". Also, there's a song they all (minus Bonnie) sing where Ted seems to be the main singer and each Stooge is doing his own thing. Watch Larry doing his "I'm from the south...HEY, HEY!" act at this time.
Some lowlights- the dance scenes. For folks like me that were born after 1960 or so, dance scenes in early films bore you and make you want to fast forward through them. Other than that, lowlights are non-exsistant. So you'll definitely enjoy this film if you're a fan of Vaudeville type acts whether or not you're a fan of the Stooges.