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Income Tax Sappy
The Three Stooges short film Income Tax Sappy (1954) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard
Synopsis of Income Tax Sappy
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Shemp), egged on by Larry’s sister, decide to make money by cheating on their income taxes. After the normal slapstick while preparing their taxes(with some very unusual “deductions”), they not only make a small fortune on their taxes, they decide to go into business by preparing other people’s tax returns as well. Soon they’re rolling in dough, hosting a meal for one of their rich clients (allowing for more food-related slapstick) – but all isn’t as it appears!
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The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly) are clearly in their prime, and it shows in this collection, with some of their best short films.
Read More »The Three Stooges Collection volume 4 (1943-1945)The Three Stooges Collection volume 5 (1946-1948)
The Three Stooges Collection, Volume 5: 1946-1948 starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard
Read More »The Three Stooges Collection volume 5 (1946-1948)Commotion on the Ocean
Commotion on the Ocean – the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) are would-be reporters tracking down a spy who turns out to be their neighbor!
Read More »Commotion on the OceanHold That Lion
Three Stooges short film Hold That Lion (1947) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Curly Howard
Many people remember Hold That Lion as the only short film where Curly appears along with Moe, Larry and Shemp. Technically, this is true, as Curly has a short cameo appearance as a sleeping man on a train. But I frankly remember it for the “fight scene” in the first half of the short film with Kenneth MacDonald. It’s a very funny Three Stooges short film in its’ own right, and well worth watching.
Read More »Hold That LionOut West
Three Stooges short film Out West (1947) starring the Three Stooges – Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre
After a visit to the doctor (played by Three Stooges regular Vernon Dent), Moe, Larry and Shemp travel to the American Old West for the sake of healing Shemp’s leg of an enlarged vein. Once there, the villainous Doc Barker mistakenly thinks that the map of Shemp’s vein is a map to a gold vein worth millions.
Read More »Out WestSlippery Silks
Slippery Silks (1936) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard) and Vernon Dent
Slippery Silks begins with a photograph of the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard) dressed as young children, which a lawyer is trying to use, with the help of the police, to find these three nephews of a recently-deceased man. “That’s the only photograph we could find among his effects. The old man died very suddenly.” “Probably took a look at the picture and couldn’t stand the shock.” It turns out that the Three Stooges have inherited a “swanky dress shop.” In the meantime, those three missing nephews are working as “artistic woodworkers” where the rich Mr. Morgan (played by Three Stooges regular Vernon Dent) is bringing his $50,000 ornate box from a museum, to have a duplicate made. The inevitable destruction of that poor little Chinese box is hilarious, slowly building up to a crescendo of slapstick, and is the highlight of the film.
Read More »Slippery SilksFalse Alarms
In False Alarms the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) are inept firefighters, who have once again missed the fire alarm, and they’re about to be fired by their long-suffering fire captain, (Stanley Blystone) when they beg and grovel their way to one last chance. No sooner do they get their last chance than Curly decides to sneak out of the firehouse to visit his girlfriend … who has dates for Larry and Moe as well.
Read More »False AlarmsI’ll Never Heil Again – Nazi parody by the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly)
In I’ll Never Heil Again, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) mock the Nazis in this classic short film
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