Meet the Baron
Meet the Baron is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy and His Stooges. The film's title refers to Pearl's character of Baron Munchhausen, which he made famous on his radio show.
Plot
Baron Munchausen has abandoned a couple of bunglers in the jungles of Africa. A rescue team mistakes Pearl for the missing Baron and takes 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. There, he falls for ZaSu Pitts, meets three crazy janitors, and faces exposure as a fraud.
Cast
- Jack Pearl as The Famous Baron Munchausen of the Air
- Jimmy Durante as Joe McGoo – the Favorite "Schnozzle" of the Screen
- ZaSu Pitts as Zasu, Upstairs Maid
- Ted Healy as Head Janitor
- Edna May Oliver as Dean Primrose
- The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Girls as Dancers
- Henry Kolker as Baron Munchausen
- William B. Davidson as General Broadcasting Representative
- Moe Howard as Janitor
- Larry Fine as Janitor
- Jerry Howard as Janitor
- Ben Bard as Charley Montague
- Claude King as Explorer
Reception
"Clean as a Whistle," a musical number risqué for its time, which involves a group of women in a shower, was later featured in the 1994 MGM retrospective That's Entertainment! III as an example of Pre-Code Hollywood.