''Meet the Baron'' is a 1933 American

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starring Jack Pearl,

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and His Stooges (

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and

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). The title of the film refers to Pearl's character of Baron Munchhausen, which he made famous on his

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Plot

A couple of bunglers (Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl) are abandoned in the jungles of Africa by Baron Munchausen. A rescue team mistake Pearl for the missing Baron, and take the two of them back to America where they receive a hero's welcome. The phony Baron is invited to speak at Cuddle College, run by Dean Primrose (Edna May Oliver). There he falls for ZaSu Pitts and meets three crazy janitors (

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), and faces exposure as a fraud.

Cast

* Jack Pearl as The Famous Baron Munchausen of the Air *

as Joe McGoo – the Favorite "Schnozzle" of the Screen *

as Zasu, Upstairs Maid *

as Head Janitor *

as Dean Primrose *The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Girls as Dancers *

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as Baron Munchausen * William B. Davidson as General Broadcasting Representative *

as Janitor *

as Janitor * Jerry Howard as Janitor *

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as Charley Montague *

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as Explorer

Reception

The film was a box-office disappointment for MGM. A risque-for-its-time musical number involving a group of women in a shower, "Clean as a Whistle", was later featured in the 1994 retrospective '' That's Entertainment! III'' as an example of

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External links

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''Meet the Baron'' at ThreeStooges.net
* * 1933 films 1933 comedy films American slapstick comedy films American black-and-white films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz The Three Stooges films Films produced by David O. Selznick Baron Munchausen Films directed by Walter Lang 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub

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