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Articles tagged with the name “Blackie Whiteford” – an actor who appeared in multiple Three Stooges short films

Moe, Curly, and Larry tipping their coonskin (and skunk) hats in "Back to the Woods"

Back to the Woods (1937) – starring the Three Stooges – Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

The Three Stooges short film Phony Express (1943) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard

Synopsis of Phony Express starring the Three Stooges

In Phony Express, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly) are vagrants in the Old West, mistaken for lawmen, who have to guard the bank .. and once they fail at that, they have to capture the bandits and recover the gold … or else!

Hold That Lion

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September 24, 2023

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.

Out West

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January 15, 2024
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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.

Slippery Silks

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June 1, 2024

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.