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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 (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The title of the film refers to Pearl's character of Baron Munchhausen, which he made famous on his radio show.
Meet the Baron: Directed by Walter Lang. With Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy. The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Walter Lang
- 1933-10-20
The next morning, after they read Munchausen's nasty farewell letter, the parched Julius and Joe are discovered by a safari of white explorers, who have been searching for the baron for many months. To assure their rescue, Julius pretends to be the baron, while Joe poses as Munchausen's manager.
- Walter Lang, Joe Boyle
- Jack Pearl
Meet the Baron (1933) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Mar 14, 2014 · Meet the Baron has a pair of lazy deckhands who were lost in the jungle before they come upon a famous explorer named Baron Munchaussen who has been lost for two decades. After he ditches them to die without any water, they jump at the chance to impersonate him and head back to civilization.
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
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Jack Pearl and Jimmy Durante star as a pair of schlemiels who find fame when Pearl is mistaken for the famous Baron Munchausen, an acclaimed explorer. The "baron" becomes popular for his exciting (and utterly imaginary) adventure tales.
