The Three Stooges

 

 

Left: “Larry” (Louis Feinberg) – b. 10/05/1902; d. 01/24/1975 – Stooge: 1925-1926 and 1929-1971

Center: “Curly” (Jerome Lester Horwitz) – b. 10/22/1903; d. 01/18/1952 – Stooge: 1934-1946

Right:  “Moe” (Harry Moses Horwitz) – b. 06/19/1897; d. 05/04/1975 – Stooge: 1922, 1926, 1929-1971

 

 

 

“Shemp” (Samuel Horwitz) – b. 03/17/1895; d. 11/23/1955 – Stooge: 1922-1925, 1929-1932, 1947-1955

 

 

    

 

“Curly Joe” (Joseph Wardell a.k.a. Joe DeRita) – b. 07/12/1909; d. 07/03/1993 – Stooge: 1958-1971

 

 

 

“Joe” (Joe Besser) – b. 08/12/1907; d. 03/01/1988 – Stooge: 1955-1958

Only Stooge to use his real name

 

 

 

 

Dewey, Cheetum & Howe

Attorneys at Law

 

 

Three Stooges Theme Song

Curly’s Famous Nyuk-Nyuk Laugh

Three Stooges Antics

 

 

 

Episode List

 

PRE-COLUMBIA FEATURES (1930-1934)

With Ted Healey

SOUP TO NUTS. 1930. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Shemp.

HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE. 1933. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly.  Curly’s first Stooge film (he did not have a shaved head).

NERTSERY RHYMES. 1933. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly.

BEER AND PRETZELS. 1933. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly.

PLANE NUTS. 1933. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly.

THE BIG IDEA. 1934. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly.

 

 


 
COLUMBIA SHORTS (1934-1936)

With Larry, Moe and Curly

 

WOMAN HATERS. 1934.

PUNCH DRUNKS. 1934. Of all the Stooge films, this was the only one written by the Stooges.

MEN IN BLACK. 1934. Only one of the Stooge films to be nominated for an Oscar.

THREE LITTLE PIGSKINS. 1934.  Lucille Ball of TV’s “I Love Lucy” fame stars as Daisy Simms, the gangster’s girlfriend.

HORSES’ COLLARS. 1935.

RESTLESS KNIGHTS. 1935

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.

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.

THREE DUMB CLUCKS. 1937.

BACK TO THE WOODS. 1937.

GOOFS & SADDLES. 1937.

CASH & CARRY. 1937.

PLAYING THE PONIES. 1937.


THE SITTER-DOWNERS.
1937.

TERMITES OF 1938. 1938.

WEE WEE MONSIEUR. 1938.

TASSELS IN THE AIR. 1938.

FLAT FOOT STOOGES. 1938.

HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND DUMB. 1938.

VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY.
1938.

THREE MISSING LINKS. 1938.

MUTTS TO YOU. 1938.

THREE LITTLE SEW AND SEWS. 1939.

WE WANT OUR MUMMY. 1939.

A DUCKING THEY DID GO. 1939.

YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA. 1939.

SAVED BY THE BELLE. 1939.

CALLING ALL CURS. 1939.

OILY TO BED, OILY TO RISE. 1939.

THREE SAPPY PEOPLE. 1939.

YOU NAZTY SPY! 1940. .

ROCKIN’ THROUGH THE ROCKIES. 1940.

A PLUMBING WE WILL GO. 1940.

NUTTY BY 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.

IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE. 1941.

SOME MORE OF SOMOA. 1941.

LOCO BOY MAKES GOOD. 1942.

CACTUS MAKES PERFECT. 1942.

WHAT’S THE MATADOR. 1942. .

MATRI-PHONY. 1942.

THREE SMART SAPS. 1942.

EVEN AS I O U. 1942.

SOCK-A-BYE BABY. 1942.

THEY STOOGE TO CONGA. 1943.

DIZZY DETECTIVES. 1943.

SPOOK LOUDER. 1943.

BACK FROM THE FRONT. 1943.

THREE LITTLE TWIRPS. 1943.

HIGHER THAN A KITE. 1943.

I CAN HARDLY WAIT. 1943.

DIZZY PILOTS. 1943.

PHONEY EXPRESS. 1943.

A GEM OF A JAM. 1943.

CRASH GOES THE HASH. 1944.

BUSY BUDDIES. 1944.

THE YOKE’S ON ME. 1944.

IDLE ROOMERS. 1944.

GENTS WITHOUT CENTS. 1944. Features the famous “Niagra Falls" (“Slowly I Turned”) skit.

NO DOUGH BOYS. 1944.

THREE PESTS IN A MESS. 1945.

BOOBY DUPES. 1945.

IDIOTS DELUXE. 1945.

IF A BODY MEETS A BODY. 1945.

MICRO-PHONIES. 1945.

BEER BARREL POLECATS. 1946.

A BIRD IN THE HEAD. 1946.

UNCIVIL WARBIRDS. 1946.

THE THREE TROUBLEDOERS. 1946.

MONKEY BUSINESSMEN. 1946.

THREE LOAN WOLVES. 1946.

G.I. WANNA HOME. 1946.

RHYTHM AND WEEP. 1946.

THREE LITTLE PIRATES. 1946.

HALF-WITS’ HOLIDAY. 1947.

While filming Half-Wits’ Holiday on May 6, 1946, Curly suffered a severe stroke that ended his career as a Stooge.  Curly died on 01/18/1952.

 

 

With Larry, Moe & Shemp

FRIGHT NIGHT. 1947.

OUT WEST. 1947.

HOLD THAT LION. 1947.

BRIDELESS GROOM. 1947.

SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS. 1947.

ALL GUMMED UP. 1947.

SHIVERING SHERLOCKS. 1948.

PARDON MY CLUTCH. 1948.

SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE. 1948.

FIDDLERS THREE. 1948.

THE HOT SCOTS. 1948.

HEAVENLY DAZE. 1948.

I’M A MONKEY’S UNCLE. 1948.

MUMMY’S DUMMIES. 1948.

CRIME ON THEIR HANDS. 1948.

THE GHOST TALKS. 1949.

WHO DONE IT? 1949.

HOKUS POKUS. 1949.

FUELIN’ AROUND. 1949.

MALICE IN THE PALACE. 1949.

VAGABOND LOAFERS. 1949.

DUNKED IN THE DEEP. 1949.

PUNCHY COWPUNCHERS. 1950.

HUGS AND MUGS. 1950.

DOPEY DICKS. 1950.

LOVE AT FIRST BITE. 1950.

SELF-MAID MAIDS. 1950.

THREE HAMS ON RYE. 1950.

STUDIO STOOPS. 1950.

SLAPHAPPY SLEUTHS. 1950.

A SNITCH IN TIME. 1950.

THREE ARABIAN NUTS. 1951.

BABY SITTERS JITTERS. 1951.

DON’T THROW THAT KNIFE. 1951.

SCRAMBLED BRAINS. 1951.

MERRY MAVERICKS. 1951.

THE TOOTH WILL OUT. 1951.

HULA-LA-LA. 1951.

PEST MAN WINS. 1951.

A MISSED FORTUNE. 1952.

LISTEN, JUDGE. 1952.

CORNY CASANOVAS. 1952.

HE COOKED HIS GOOSE. 1952.

GENTS IN A JAM. 1952.

THREE DARK HORSES. 1952.

CUCKOO ON A CHOO CHOO. 1952.

BOOTY AND THE BEAST. 1953.

LOOSE LOOT. 1953.

TRICKY DICKS. 1953.

SPOOKS! 1953.

PARDON MY BACKFIRE. 1953.

RIP, SEW AND STITCH. 1953.

BUBBLE TROUBLE. 1953.

GOOF ON THE ROOF. 1953.

INCOME TAX SAPPY. 1954.

MUSTY MUSKETEERS. 1954.

PALS AND GALS. 1954.

KNUTZY KNIGHTS. 1954.

SHOT IN THE FRONTIER. 1954.

SCOTCHED IN SCOTLAND. 1954.

FLING IN THE RING. 1955.

OF CASH AND HASH. 1955.

GYPPED IN THE PENTHOUSE. 1955.

BEDLAM IN PARADISE. 1955.

STONE AGE ROMEOS. 1955.

WHAM-BAM-SLAM! 1955.

HOT ICE. 1955.

BLUNDER BOYS. 1955.  Last film that Shemp completed.  Shemp died on 11/23/1955.

HUSBANDS BEWARE. 1956.

CREEPS. 1956.

FLAGPOLE JITTERS. 1956.

FOR CRIMIN’ OUT LOUD. 1956.

 

Shorts Made After Shemp’s Death From Uncompleted Films

RUMPUS IN THE HAREM. 1956.

HOT STUFF. 1956.

SCHEMING SCHEMERS. 1956.

COMMOTION ON THE OCEAN. 1956.

 

With Larry, Moe and Joe Besser

RUSTY ROMEOS. 1957.

OUTER SPACE JITTERS. 1957.

HOOFS AND GOOFS. 1957.

MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER. 1957.

A MERRY MIX-UP. 1957.

SPACE SHIP SAPPY. 1957.

GUNS A POPPIN! 1957.

HORSING AROUND. 1957.

QUIZ WHIZ. 1958.

FIFI BLOWS HER TOP. 1958.

PIES AND GUYS. 1958.

.SWEET AND HOT. 1958.

FLYING SAUCER DAFFY. 1958. End of 24 consecutive years at Columbia (contract cancelled)

OIL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. 1958.  Released after end of Columbia contract.

TRIPLE CROSSED. 1958.  Released after end of Columbia contract.

SAPPY BULLFIGHTERS. 1958. Released after end of Columbia contract.

 

Stooge Movies

HAVE ROCKET – WILL TRAVEL. 1959. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH! 1961.  With Curly (comprised of segments from 11 shorts).

SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES. 1961. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES. 1962. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

THE THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT. 1962. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

THE THREE STOOGES GO AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAZE. 1963. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

THE OUTLAWS IS COMING. 1965. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

KOOK’S TOUR. 1970. With Curly-Joe DeRita.

NOTE: Kook’s Tour was never "officially" released or broadcast. Story documents a 5-week Stooge vacation in the wilderness of Idaho and Wyoming with the "Retired" Stooges. Last film for The Three Stooges. The Stooges filmed this comic travelogue in the Fall of 1969 as a TV pilot designed originally for 39 half-hour shows, but tragedy struck as Larry suffered a debilitating stroke on January 9, 1970. Larry died five years later on January 24, 1975, and Moe died the same year on May 4, 1975. The last Stooge –- Curly-Joe DeRita, passed away on July 3, 1993.

 

Slowly I Turned . . . Step By Step . . . Inch By Inch . . .

(“Niagara Falls”)

ED. NOTE:  This famous skit was but one of several renditions of the famous “Slowly I Turned . . . Inch by Inch . . . Step by Step” Vaudeville skit.  The “trigger” in Abbott and Costello’s Lost in a Harem was the word “Pokomoko.”  The Three Stooges did their version in Gents Without Cents in 1944 – the same year as Lost in a Harem, using the word “Niagara Falls” as the “trigger.”  Lucille Ball did a rendition as well, in I Love Lucy Episode 19 entitled “The Ballet,” which aired on 02/18/1952, using the word “Martha” as the trigger.  Here’s the Stooges’ version:     CLICK HERE