"Back to the Woods" is an American 19-minute short film from 1937, so this one has its 80th anniversary this year. It is a black-and-white sound film and one of the more known works starring the Three Stooges, here with Curly still part of the group. He also has the best moment when he turns the court room early on in an auction house. But this is just one of definitely not enough entertaining moments from these slightly under 20 minutes. Maybe I am a bit biased because I have never been a great Stooges fan, so if you like some of their other stuff, feel free to check out this one too and you probably won't be disappointed. The film may be set in an interesting historic era and context centuries back, but I wouldn't really call it a political film, certainly not on a propaganda film like some of their anti-Nazi works during the years of WWII. Anyway, all in all, this one did not impress me too much as it did not manage to keep the good level from early on afterward with the scenes in the shack and outside in the forest. I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
Review of Back to the Woods
