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Malice in the Palace
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| Malice in the Palace | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Felix Adler |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent Frank Lackteen |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
Malice in the Palace is a 1949 short-subject comedy film starring the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, and Shemp). It was directed by Jules White and written by Felix Adler. The film was remade in 1956 as Rumpus in the Harem, using a great deal of footage from Malice.
The Stooges portray waiters at a restaurant in the Middle East who obtain a map leading them to the prized 'Rootin Tootin Diamond.' (The map features several comical location names, such as 'Great Mitten,' the 'Bay of Rum,' 'I-ran,' He-ran,' and 'She-ran.') In the land of 'Schmow,' the trio succeeds in obtaining the jewel from Omagosh-Emir of Schmow, via their chicanery and hijinks, aided in part by using Santa Claus costumes.
Also appearing in the film are frequent Stooge co-stars Vernon Dent as 'Hassan Ben Sobar' and Frank Lackteen as 'Afa Dollah.' According to The Three Stooges Journal, a part was written for Curly—a lobby card photo shot for this film features an emaciated and mustachioed Curly as a chef—but he does not appear in the short. (Larry, instead, plays the chef.)
Malice is one of four Stooge shorts that exist in the public domain (the others being Disorder in the Court, Brideless Groom, and Sing a Song of Six Pants). As such, these four shorts frequently appear on cheaply produced DVD compilations.
The scene featuring the Stooges riding into the stronghold of Schmow, each dressed as Santa Claus, was used in the 1938 Stooges short Wee Wee Monsieur.
The map of Starvania, which the Stooges use to locate the Rootin Tootin Diamond, is the same one first used in the 1941 Stooges' Hitler spoof I'll Never Heil Again.
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