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movie review of The Three Stooges short film Saved by the Belle (1939), starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Saved by the Belle

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movie review of The Three Stooges short film Saved by the Belle (1939), starring Moe HowardLarry FineCurly Howard

In Saved by the Belle, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly) are inept traveling salesmen, trying to sell fur coats to the natives of Valeska, a tropical country. In addition to that, things get worse when they receive a telegram ordering them to “get rid of present wardrobe” and an official misunderstands and thinks that they are going to assassinate President Ward Robey.  Soon the Stooges are facing a firing squad, with a very funny scene as they eat their “last meal” in a jail cell, but with the help of the beautiful Senorita Rita, a revolutionary, they escape (and the wall collapsing from another earthquake doesn’t hurt any).

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Heavenly Daze - Uncle Mortimer (Moe Howard) and Shemp Howard

Heavenly Daze

Heavenly Daze – starring the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Shemp), originally released September 2, 1948

Beautiful angel that Shemp reacts to in "Heavenly Daze"
Beautiful angel that Shemp reacts to

Heavenly Daze is a very funny, and somewhat different, Three Stooges short film.  It begins with a deceased Shemp at the gates of Heaven. He’s interviewed by his uncle Mortimer (played by Moe Howard).  Shemp’s name is not in the Lamb’s Book of Life … He is about to look for his “red pitchfork and asbestos suit” …. When Uncle Mortimer gives him a second chance … it turns out that Shemp’s cousins Moe and Larry are also in trouble, and if Shemp can return to Earth as an invisible ghost and turn them to the path of righteousness, he can return to Heaven for good.  After a run-in with a rain cloud, Shemp is on his way.

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Movie review of Dutiful but Dumb (1941) starring the Three Stooges - Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Dutiful but Dumb

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Working for Whack magazine, Moe Click, Larry Clack and Curly Cluck are three inept photographers. After messing up an important assignment, their boss sends them to the small country of Vulgaria, to get a photograph of their new ‘invisible ray’—if they’re caught, what’s the loss? Soon, the Three Stooges are in Vulgaria, and promptly facing a firing squad

Vernon Dent as a mad scientist in A Bird in the Head (1946) starring the Three Stooges - Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

A Bird in the Head

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A Bird in the Head (1946) starring the Three Stooges – Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Synopsis of A Bird in the Head

Moe, Larry, and Curly are inept paperhangers who, running away from a dissatisfied customer, run into the arms of Professor Panzer, a mad scientist played by Three Stooges regular Vernon Dent.  The mad scientist wants to transplant a human brain into his gorilla, Igor.  And Curly’s tiny brain is just right!  However, the Stooges (and Igor) have other ideas!

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

Phony Express

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The Three Stooges short film Phony Express (1943) starring Moe HowardLarry 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!

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Three Stooges short film Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (1952) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Cuckoo on a Choo Choo

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Three Stooges short film Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (1952) starring Moe HowardLarry FineShemp Howard

Synopsis of Cuckoo on a Choo Choo

In Cuckoo on a Choo Choo, Larry has stolen a train car and kidnapped the rich drunkard Shemp.  He needs to have Shemp marry Larry’s girlfriend’s older sister so that Larry can get married.  Moe, working as a detective for the railroad, tracks them down, only to find his former love, the older sister.  Shemp keeps drinking and hallucinating a giant canary.  No, really.

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