The Stooges are choreographers at B. O. Pictures who are assigned to teach island natives how to dance. Seems that the studio's president Mr. Baines (Emil Sitka) has purchased the island of Rarabonga for his next musical extravaganza, but learns that the locals have never heard of dancing.
As the Stooges arrive on the island, they soon learn that natives are head hunters under the control of powerful witch doctor King Varanu (Kenneth MacDonald). Shemp makes it clear he does not want the "hair cuts down to my neck!" and try to flee with the help of the King's daughter Luana (Jean Willes). She advises that it would be in the Stooges best interest to get their hands on a box of surplus World War IIgrenades guarded by a living three-armed totem idol. After getting the daylights beat out of them by the fierce idol, the boys grab the box of grenades, and fool the King into thinking the box houses a living spirit out to destroy his people. The King attempts to "kill" the spirit by slicing it with his huge sword, and the grenades promptly explode, blowing him out of the atmospehre.
With King Varanu gone, the Stooges commence with their choreography lessons and teach the natives to dance.
Notes
This was the only Three Stooges film directed by producer Hugh McCollum.[1]
The standard "Three Blind Mice" theme is replaced during the end titles with a hula composition entitled "Lu-Lu." The tune was written by Ross DiMaggio and Nico Grigor.[2]
November 1, 1951
United States