The Three Stooges

Jaleesa Williams, Abby Elise, Aubrey Smith

~Before~

Before they were the famous Three Stooges that we all know and love, the Stooges

started out as a Vaudeville act in 1920 with a main man Ted Healy. They performed an act

called “Ted Healy and his Stooges”, only grouped with Shemp and Moe Horwitz (Larry was added

later). They toured around the country, performing comedy slapstick in multiple

vaudeville theaters.

~The Start~

They split with Healy in 1934 once and for all due because of Healy's alcoholism and abrasiveness. Parting ways to go to Colombia in 1934, the “new” Three Stooges; Curley, Larry and Moe; began their

journey into the short film business. Shemp left the group in the beginning of their entry into Colombia

pictures.

~During~

During their time at Colombia Pictures, the Three Stooges made 190 shorts within the time

period of 25 years (averaging at about 7 shorts per year) with a total of 220 shorts. The Three Stooges’

fame sky rocketed seemilgly over night. The Stooges’ brand of slap stick tickled the sides of ALL ages, bringing some laughs in the depression age.

~Works~• Pop Goes the Easel (1935)• Uncivil Warriors (1935)• Pardon My Scotch (1935)• Hoi Polloi (1935)• Three Little Beers (1935)• Ants in the Pantry (1936)• Movie Maniacs (1936)• Screen Snapshots Series

15, No. 7 (1936)• Half Shot Shooters (1936)• Disorder in the Court

(1936)• A Pain in the Pullman

(1936)• False Alarms (1936)• Whoops, I'm an Indian!

(1936)

• Slippery Silks (1936)• Grips, Grunts and Groans

(1937)• Dizzy Doctors (1937)• 3 Dumb Clucks (1937)• Rockin' thru the Rockies

(1940)• A Plumbing We Will Go

(1940)• Nutty but Nice (1940)• How High Is Up? (1940)• From Nurse to Worse

(1940)• No Census, No Feeling

(1940)• Cookoo Cavaliers (1940)• Boobs in Arms (1940)

• So Long Mr. Chumps (1941)

• Dutiful but Dumb (1941)• All the World's a Stooge

(1941)• I'll Never Heil Again (1941)• An Ache in Every Stake

(1941)• Three Little Pirates (1946)• Half-Wits Holiday (1946)• Dizzy Detectives (1943)• Spook Louder (1943)• Back from the Front (1943)

Some of them at least…

~Accomplishments~

• Academy Awards nominations for the “Men in Black” short made in 1934

• Have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983

• Millions of laughs across the world

~Moe Howard~

~Moe~

• Born June 19th, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York• His real name is Moses Horwitz• The fourth of five boys• At a young age, he fell in love with performing.

He would regularly ditch school to see plays, and only lasted two months in high school before dropping out to pursue an acting career.

~Moe~

• He meet Ted Healy and in 1921 they began a vaudeville act. Two years later, Moe’s brother Shemp joined.

• Married Helen Schonbereger on June 7th 1925. They had two children.

• The group with Healy lasted until 1934, when they split. Moe became the iconic short-tempered, slapstick inducing leader of the Three Stooges.

~Larry Fine~

~Larry Fienberg~• Larry Fine was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1902.• As a kid, he was badly burned with acid, which started his career in a way.• The doctor advised him to take up the violin as a form of therapy on his arm.• From there he excelled at the violin and created an act with it.• He dabbled in boxing for a while. He was quite good!

~Larry~

• In 1930 the stooges appeared on the big screen for the first time in a Columbia production, “Soup to Nuts”• Larry and his wife, Mabel, lived in hotels for majority of their married life. • Larry eventually bought a house in Los Angeles.• He and Mable had two children. • Their son tragically died at the age of 24 in a car accident. • Larry died January 24, 1975

~Curley Howard~

~Curly~

• Born October 22, 1903 in Brooklyn, New York• Named Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz• 5th out of five brothers• first on-stage break was as a comedy musical conductor

in 1928 for the Orville Knapp Band (over shadowed the bands performance)

• married his first wife, Julia Rosenthal, on August 5, 1930, but the couple had their marriage annulled shortly afterwards

~Curly~

• Had 4 wives and two kids (2nd and 4th wives)• Loved to pick up stray dogs and take them with

him town to town until he found an owner for them

• Always the main punching bag for Moe, taking most of the high end abuse in the trio

• Suffered from strokes which caused his career to end short, later killing him at the age of 48

Fun Facts!!!!

• Moe’s wife was the cousin of Harry Houdini and the marriage lasted nearly 50 years.

• The Stooges got a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 30, 1983.

• Curly had chestnut red hair and a mustache • Moe’s haircut was called Buster Brown• Curly was shy about his bald head in public• Took four days to film a short

Fun Facts!!!!

• Curly’s nickname was “Babe”• Moe was originally a Shakespearean actor• Larry was a classically-trained violinist• Curly got his stooge name because of a

mistake• Larry was an accomplished boxer• In all, there were 6 stooges; only Moe and

Larry stayed the whole time

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~End~

The Three Stooges truly ended in May 4, 1975 when Moe died of lung cancer not too long after his life long friend Larry died of a stroke-induced

cerebral hemorrhage on January 24, 1975. Attempts to continue failed with hard times

(seeing as some of the replacements died too) and it was truly an end to the once famous and

beloved comedy trio.

~Memories~

The Three Stooges remain wildly popular with audiences even today. Their films have never left

the television screen since appearing in 1958, continuing to delight old fans while attracting a

new legion of enthusiastic admirers. The durable act endured several personnel changes in their

careers that would have permanently sidelined a less persistent performance.

The Three Stooges will not be FORGOTTEN!!

~Quotes~

• L:"I lost my ba-lance“ M:"Oh, ya lost your ba-lance, eh?" L:"Yeah" M:"Well go find it!“

• C: "If you wuz alone I'd punch ya right in the nose!" M:"So why don'tcha do it?" C:"Well... I'm with you.“

• L:"All for one!" M:"One for all!" C:"Every man for himself!“

• L:"What's that for? I didn't do nuthin'!" M:"That's in case ya do and I'm not around!"

~THE END~