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Shemp Howard in For Crimin' Out Loud

For Crimin’ Out Loud

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For Crimin’ Out Loud (1956) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard), Emil Sitka, Christine McIntyre

Shemp Howard in For Crimin' Out Loud

For Crimin’ Out Loud begins with the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard) being inept criminal forensic scientists, with slapstick coming fast and furious. Oddly, Larry is tending to stand up for himself more than usual – to no effect.  A mouse and toupee do the usual “parrot in a skull bit,” and soon Councilman Goodrich (Emil Sitka) calls for their help. And that’s virtually the end of the new material for the short film.  The rest is taken from Who Done It?

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Creeps (1956) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard)

Creeps – the Three Stooges

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Creeps (1956) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard)

Synopsis of Creeps

In Creeps, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) tell their three sons (also played by the Stooges) a bedtime story about when they worked as moving men, assigned to the haunted Smorgasbord Castle. All goes well until a clanking suit of armor inhabited by the ghost of Sir Tom (voiced by Phil Arnold) instructs the Stooges to leave him alone. Shemp, Larry and Moe all take turns trying to move Tom’s haunted armor, but he scares the Stooges away.

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Rumpus in the Harem (1956) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent

Rumpus in the Harem

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Rumpus in the Harem (1956) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent

Rumpus in the Harem (1956) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent

Rumpus in the Harem is charitably described as a remake of Malice in the Palace. It’s one of several Three Stooges short films that were made after the death of Shemp Howard. The studio had an actor, Joe Palma, filling in for Shemp, wearing a wig, being filmed from behind, etc.

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Commotion on the Ocean

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The Three Stooges short film Commotion on the Ocean (1956) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Synopsis of Commotion on the Ocean

Moe, Larry and Shemp are working as janitors at a newspaper, but they aspire to be reporters.  After the standard slapstick while cleaning the office, Moe answers the editor’s phone and gets a tip (from Three Stooges regular Emil Sitka) on missing atomic documents being in the hands of a foreign spy.  They visit their neighbor, Bortch (Gene Roth), for help with foreign languages, not realizing that Bortch is actually the spyRead More »Commotion on the Ocean