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Troopers Three
Troopers Three
	Lobby card
Directed by	Norman Taurog; B. Reeves Eason
Written by	Jack Natteford (scenario)
Story by	Arthur Guy Empey
Produced by	Arthur Guy Empey
Starring	Rex Lease; Roscoe Karns
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline; Ernest Miller; Jackson Rose
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release date	February 23, 1930;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Troopers Three is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film^[1] directed by Norman Taurog and B. Reeves Eason and produced and distributed by Tiffany Studios.

Plot

Eddie Haskins (Lease), a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny' (Karns and Summerville). When they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry.

Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark (Gulliver), the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby (London) who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best.

When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.

Cast

Rex Lease as Eddie Haskins
Dorothy Gulliver as Dorothy Clark
Roscoe Karns as "Bugs"
Slim Summerville as "Sunny"
Tom London as Sgt. Hank Darby
Joseph W. Girard as Capt. Harris (credited as Joseph Girard)
Walter Perry as Halligan
Murdock MacQuarrie as Army Officer

Preservation status

The film exists in a 25-minute truncated version.^[2]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Troopers Three
^ Available to view under its title on Youtube

External links

Troopers Three at IMDb
Troopers Three is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Troopers Three

[2] Available to view under its title on Youtube

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 {{Infobox film
 | name           = Troopers Three
-| image          =File:Troopers Three lobby card.jpg
+| image          = Troopers Three lobby card.jpg
-| caption        =Lobby card
+| caption        = Lobby card
 | director       = [[Norman Taurog]]<br>[[B. Reeves Eason]]
-| producer       = [[Arthur Guy Empey]]
+| writer         = [[Jack Natteford]] (scenario)
-| writer         = Arthur Guy Empey (story)<br>[[Jack Natteford]] (scenario)
+| story          = [[Arthur Guy Empey]]
+| producer       = Arthur Guy Empey
 | starring       = [[Rex Lease]]<br>[[Roscoe Karns]]
-| cinematography = [[Benjamin H. Kline]]<br>[[Ernest Miller (cinematographer)|Ernest Miller]]<br>Jackson Rose
+| cinematography = [[Benjamin H. Kline]]<br>[[Ernest Miller (cinematographer)|Ernest Miller]]<br>[[Jackson Rose]]
 | editing        = [[Clarence Kolster]]
 | distributor    = [[Tiffany Pictures]]
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 | runtime        = 80 minutes
 | country        = United States
-| language       = [[English language|English]]
+| language       = English
 }}
-'''''Troopers Three''''' ([[1930 in film|1930]]) is an American [[Pre-Code]] [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]],<ref>[https://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12850 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Troopers Three'']</ref> produced and distributed by [[Tiffany Pictures|Tiffany Studios]].
+'''''Troopers Three''''' is a 1930 American [[Pre-Code]] [[comedy film]]<ref>[https://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12850 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Troopers Three'']</ref> directed by [[Norman Taurog]] and [[B. Reeves Eason]] and produced and distributed by [[Tiffany Pictures|Tiffany Studios]].
-==Cast==
-*[[Rex Lease]]	...	Eddie Haskins
-*[[Dorothy Gulliver]]	...	Dorothy Clark
-*[[Roscoe Karns]]		...	"Bugs"
-*[[Slim Summerville]]	...	"Sunny"
-*[[Tom London]]		...	Sgt. Hank Darby
-*[[Joseph W. Girard]]		...	Capt. Harris (billed as Joseph Girard)
 ==Plot==
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 When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.
+==Cast==
+*[[Rex Lease]] as Eddie Haskins
+*[[Dorothy Gulliver]] as Dorothy Clark
+*[[Roscoe Karns]] as "Bugs"
+*[[Slim Summerville]] as "Sunny"
+*[[Tom London]] as Sgt. Hank Darby
+*[[Joseph W. Girard]] as Capt. Harris (credited as Joseph Girard)
+*Walter Perry as Halligan
+*[[Murdock MacQuarrie]] as Army Officer
 ==Preservation status==
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 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb title|0021491}}
+*{{Internet Archive film|TroopersThree1930}}
-*{{allmovie|114518|synopsis}}
-===Streaming===
-*[https://www-tracey.archive.org/details/TroopersThree1930 ''Troopers Three'' video from Internet Archive]
 {{Norman Taurog}}
 [[Category:1930 films]]
-[[Category:1930s comedy films]]
+[[Category:1930 comedy films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Norman Taurog]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
+[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:Lost American comedy films]]
-[[Category:Lost American films]]
+[[Category:English-language comedy films]]
-[[Category:American comedy films]]
-[[Category:Films made before the MPAA Production Code]]
 [[Category:American black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:Tiffany Pictures films]]
+[[Category:1930 lost films]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
-{{1930s-comedy-film-stub}}