A hilarious Three Stooge short from 1943. Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them to be three famous lawmen coming to clean up the town. Assigned to guard the bank, the boys have the local gang scared at first, but when the gang learns who the stooges really are, they rob the bank. The boys go in pursuit, find the bad guy's hideout, subdue the bandits and recover the money.
Released in 1934 and starring Moe, Larry, and Curley, the Stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.
From 1950 comes the Camel Comedy Caravan with special guests, The Three Stooges (Larry, Moe, and Shemp). I could have cut it down to just the Stooges appearances, but for the sake of continuity, have included the entire show. The host of this show was Ed Wynn, probably most notable as Uncle Albert in Disney's Mary Poppins. He loved to laugh, and now you can laugh right along with him. The show was hosted by Camel cigarettes and you will see plenty of advertising for them in this show. Nostalgic, historic, and entertaining.
From 1936, here is another great Stooge short. Set in the old west, the stooges are crooked gamblers gypping the resident of a frontier town. They are discovered and must escape into the woods. To elude the sheriff they disguise themselves as Indians. Their plan works until Curly, dressed as a squaw, is forced to marry a local tough guy. The stooges are unmasked and wind up in the hoosegow.
From 1948 comes this off the wall screwball short with Shemp, Moe, and Larry. Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the palace guard, they're brought to the palace to be executed, but instead become royal chamberlains after curing the King's toothache. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom.
Another great Stooge comedy, this one is from 1938.
To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion. They wind up crossing the electrical system with the plumbing and generally ruin the place. One memorable scene has the lady of the house tuning into a television broadcast from Niagara Falls as a torrent of water pours from the set. To escape the wrath of the homeowners the stooges escape through a magicians trap door. Appearing in this short are Symona Boniface, Monte Collins, Dudley Dickerson, Bess Flowers, Bud Jamison, Eddie Laughton, and John Tyrrell! This Stooges short is from 1940. The summary of this film is from IMDB.Com.
By 1947, when this film was released, Shemp Howard had replaced Curley, who, as you probably know, had passed away from a stroke. This is one of the better films that he appeared in. I always felt that Shemp was always underated as a Stooge.
From 1938, here is another great Stooge comedy featuring Larry, Moe, and Curly.
From 1950, this is the 122nd short for the Stooges, and it's a good one. The stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys arrive at a spooky mansion where the madman is building a mechanical man that needs a human head. After declining the opportunity to supply a stooge-head for the experiment, they find the girl and escape, only to wind up in a car driven by the headless robot.
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