PUNCH DRUNKS - 1934 (MLC) Their final film with Healy was MGM's Hollywood Party (1934). Three Stooges Fun-o-Rama (introduced in 1959) was an all-Stooges show capitalizing on their TV fame, again with shorts chosen at random for individual theaters. 3 STOOGES FOLLIES, THE - 1974 (MLC) Del Lord directed more than three dozen Stooge films, Jules White directed dozens more and his brother Jack White directed several under the pseudonym "Preston Black". While being questioned Larry says "Ech Bin A China Boychic Frim Slobatkya-Gebernya Hak Mir Nisht Ken Tshaynik And I Dont Mean Efsher". Del Lord directed more than three dozen Three Stooges shorts. FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS, THE - 1941 (SSH) FUELIN' AROUND - 1949 (MLS) No formal goodbyes or congratulatory celebrations occurred in recognition of their work and of the money that their comedies had earned for the studio. In any event, the Columbia-produced shorts (aside from the public domain films) are handled by Sony Pictures Entertainment, while the MGM Stooges shorts are owned by Warner Bros. via their Turner Entertainment division. It was based on Michael Fleming's authorized biography of the Stooges, The Three Stooges: From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons. - 1960 (MLC) This new...boxset...seems to be the first concerted effort to categorize their huge body of work chronologically with many shorts seeing the digital light for the first time. Sirius XM Radio aired a special about the Stooges hosted by Tom Bergeron on Friday, July 31, 2009, at 2:00PM on the Sirius Howard 101 channel. HUGS AND MUGS - 1950 (MLS) After finding "the lost tapes", Bergeron brought them into Stern's production studio. [15], The Stooges also tried their hand at another weekly television series in 1960 titled The Three Stooges Scrapbook, filmed in color and with a laugh track. SAILOR TAKES A WIFE, THE - 1945 (SJD) The Moe–Larry–Curly Joe lineup of the Stooges recorded several musical record albums in the early 1960s. The film was not a critical success, but the Stooges' performances were singled out as memorable, leading Fox to offer the trio a contract, minus Healy. In Thai, the trio is known as 3 สมุนจอมป่วน (RTGS: Sam Samun Chom Puan, pronounced [sǎːm sāmǔn t͡ɕɔ̄ːm pùa̯n]) or 3 พี่น้องจอมยุ่ง (RTGS: Sam Phi Nong Chom Yung, pronounced [sǎːm pʰîː nɔ́ːŋ t͡ɕɔ̄ːm jûŋ]). HOOK A CROOK - 1955 (SJB) It was based on Michael Fleming's authorized biography of the Stooges, The Three Stooges: From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons. According to Jules White, this anomaly came about when Curly visited the set one day, and White had him do this bit for fun. However, Cohn reminded him that the team owed Columbia four additional films with Shemp. GHOST TALKS, THE - 1949 (MLS) ABC television had even expressed interest as far back as 1949, purchasing exclusive rights to 30 of trio's shorts. When Columbia/Screen Gems licensed the film library to television, the shorts aired in any fashion the local stations chose (examples: late-night "filler" material between the end of the late movie and the channel's sign-off time; in "marathon" sessions running shorts back-to-back for one, one-and-a-half, or two hours; etc.) Eventually Joe "Curly-Joe" DeRita (born Joseph Wardell) would replace him. The Three Stooges 22nd Annual Big Screen Event December 1, 2019 For the 22nd year, the Alex Film Society will be celebrating our favorite comedy troupe, The Three Stooges in the annual Three Stooges Big Screen Event. LAZY RIVER - 1934 (STH) Three feature-length Columbia releases were actually packages of older Columbia shorts. In A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)—one of the team's quintessential comedies—the Stooges are cast as plumbers who nearly destroy a socialite's mansion, causing water to exit every appliance in the home. [66], A VCR game was released by Pressman Toy Corporation in 1986, which utilized a number of classic Stooges clips.[67]. KTLA in Los Angeles dropped the shorts in 1994, but brought them back in 2007 as part of a special retro-marathon commemorating the station's 60th anniversary. Both Penn and del Toro left the project but returned while no official confirmation had been made about Jim Carrey. DEATH ON THE DIAMOND - 1934 (STH) Moe and Larry were impersonating Chinese laundrymen in an attempt to fool the local cop. START CHEERING - 1938 (MLC) - 1935 (SSH) STOOGEMANIA - 1986 (MISC) What is the rising action of faith love and dr lazaro? The highlight of the film features the Stooges engaging in nonsensical gymnastics (the real spies are renowned acrobats) for a skeptical group of enemy agents. IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD - 1963 (MLD) SCREEN SNAPSHOTS Series 22 # 8 - 1943 (MLC) According to Moe Howard in his autobiography,[3] the Stooges split with Ted Healy in 1934 once and for all because of Healy's alcoholism and abrasiveness. But without the current year's studio pass, Moe was refused entry, later stating that it was a crushing blow to his pride.[4]. OPEN SEASON FOR SAPS - 1944 (SSH) Unlike other films shorts that aired on TV like the Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Popeye, the film shorts of the Stooges never had a regularly scheduled national television program to air in, neither on network nor syndicated. SAVAGE INTRUDER - 1969 (SJB) FRIGHT NIGHT - 1947 (MLS) Moe Howard THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS - 1943 (SJD) 169 Episodes (2001-2020), Curly Howard Based on the Stooges earning money by doing odd jobs to prevent the foreclosure of an orphanage, it incorporated audio from the original films and was popular enough to be reissued for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, as well as for PlayStation in 2004. WOMAN HATERS - 1934 (MLC) WHERE THE PEST BEGINS - 1945 (SSH) The Three Stooges began in 1922 as part of a raucous vaudeville act called "Ted Healy and His Stooges" (also known as "Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen" and "Ted Healy and His Racketeers"). Besser had been starring in his own short-subject comedies for the studio since 1949 and appeared in supporting roles in a variety of movies, making his persona sufficiently well known. According to a published report,[4] Moe, Larry, and director Jules White considered their best film to be You Nazty Spy!. Volume Two: 1937–1939 was released on May 27, 2008, followed by Volume Three: 1940–1942 three months later on August 26, 2008. The Three Stooges earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street on August 30, 1983. The following year, Legend Films colorized the public domain shorts Malice in the Palace, Sing a Song of Six Pants, Disorder in the Court and Brideless Groom. Larry met his wife Mabel while both were performing in vaudeville as Mabel performed with her sister Loretta as the Haney Sisters. TAKING THE COUNT - 1937 (SSH) HORSING AROUND - 1957 (MLJ) FOX FALL 1936 STUDIO TOUR - 1936 (STH) Curly suffered a debilitating stroke in May 1946, and Shemp returned, reconstituting the original lineup, until his death of a heart attack on November 22, 1955. [18] Demand exceeded supply, proving to Sony that they had a genuine hit on their hands. PICK A PECK OF PLUMBERS - 1944 (SSH) PHONY EXPRESS - 1943 (MLC) MY SISTER EILEEN - 1942 (MLC) HIGH SCHOOL HERO - 1946 (SJD) The Three Stooges were a hugely popular film comedy team of the mid-1900s. That’s Larry with Mabel and their daughter Phyllis. Lenburg, Jeff, with Maurer, Joan Howard, and Lenburg, Greg. The Three Stooges appeared in 220 films through their career. [8] Three Smart Saps (1942), a film considered to be an improvement, features a reworking of a routine from Harold Lloyd's The Freshman (1925), in which Curly's loosely basted suit begins to come apart at the seams while he is on the dance floor. In Spanish they are known as Los tres chiflados[71] or, roughly, "The Three Crackpots". It was not until 1958 that Screen Gems packaged 78 shorts for national syndication; the package was gradually enlarged to encompass the entire library of 190 shorts. [25], Following Larry Fine's stroke, plans were made for Emil Sitka to replace him in a new feature film, written by Moe Howard's grandson, Jeffrey Scott [Maurer], titled Make Love, Not War. CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE - 1952 (SJB) Upon the Stooges' return to Los Angeles in late November 1945, Curly was a shell of his former self. BRIDE AND GLOOM - 1947 (SSH) Although the Three Stooges slapstick comedy was primarily arranged around basic plots dealing with more mundane issues of daily life, a number of their shorts featured social commentary or satire. White came to rely so much on older material that he could film the "new" shorts in a single day. [15] Most acutely, it created the "Curly vs. Shemp" debate that overshadowed the act upon Curly's departure. The film would have been a departure from typical Stooge fare, with dark-edged humor and scenes of war violence, but insufficient funding prevented production from advancing beyond the script stage.[26].