The Three Stooges in period costumes never worked as well as one would think. The proof of that assertion is Back to the Woods, one of the team's lesser shorts from 1937. The "woods" part, in which Moe, Larry and Curly are chased around by Chief Rain in the Puss (Theodore Lorch and his tribesmen, is standard slapstick but the comedy's highlight is a minuet with three lovely lady pilgrims, Faith (Harlene Wood, Hope (Ethelreda Leopold and Charity.
