January 19, 1940 –
Any resemblance between the characters in this picture and any persons, living or dead, is a miracle.
The Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy! about the Nazis released on this date.
Filmed in 1939, not released until 1940, the film was the first Hollywood film to spoof Adolf Hitler, released nine months before Charles Chaplin’s more famous The Great Dictator.
The Haus of Dcaligari 