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  • BOOTY AND THE BEAST

    Production InformationTitle: Booty And The Beast Studio: ColumbiaShort Number: 145Release Date: March 5, 1953Running Time: 15:55 “Money gives me itchy palms” – (Shemp) Shor Take The Three Stooges inadvertently aid a safe-cracker (Kenneth MacDonald), who flees to Las Vegas with the stolen “booty.” Realizing their error, the trio hop the train to Vegas to catch up with the thief, though not before accidentally…

  • UP IN DAISY’S PENTHOUSE

    Production InformationTitle: Up In Daisy’s PenthouseStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 144Release Date: February 5, 1953Running Time: 16:32 “Oh, a screwdriver!” “Nah, that’s a sledgehammer.”(Shemp & Moe) Short Take The Three Stooges awake one morning to their mother’s cry, “Now that I’m old your father has divorced me!” The letter states that their father (Shemp Howard, pulling double duty as…

  • UP IN DAISY’S PENTHOUSE

    Production InformationTitle: Up In Daisy’s PenthouseStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 144Release Date: February 5, 1953Running Time: 16:32 “Oh, a screwdriver!” “Nah, that’s a sledgehammer.”(Shemp & Moe) Short Take The Three Stooges awake one morning to their mother’s cry, “Now that I’m old your father has divorced me!” The letter states that their father (Shemp Howard, pulling double duty as…

  • CUCKOO ON A CHOO CHOO

    Production InformationStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 143Release Date: December 4, 1952Running Time: 15:28 “Oh boy, limburger! My favorite fruit.”(Moe) Short Take Larry and Shemp live in a stolen train car. Larry wants to marry his girlfriend, but she won’t marry him until Shemp marries her older sister. Shemp is constantly drunk, in love with an imaginary canary named Carrie. Moe…

  • THREE DARK HORSES

    Production InformationTitle: Three Dark HorsesStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 142Release Date: October 16, 1952Running Time: 16:31 “Don’t be a chimp, ya chump! ‘Ya can’t believe all that stuff… that’s a campaign promise!” Short Take The Stooges are janitors-turned-delegates after being recruited to support political candidate Hammond Egger. Egger’s corrupt campaign manager Bill Wick (Kenneth MacDonald) and his assistant Jim Digger (Ben Welden)…

  • GENTS IN A JAM

    Production InformationTitle: Gents in a JamStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 141Release Date: July 4, 1952Running Time: 16:12 Charm…women swoon when I turn on the old personality.” Short Take The Three Stooges are broke and about to be evicted when Shemp’s rich Uncle Phineas comes for a visit. The Boys plead with their landlady, Mrs. McGruder, to let them stay, and she agrees…

  • HE COOKED HIS GOOSE

    Production InformationTitle: He Cooked His GooseStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 140Release Date: July 3, 1952Running Time: 15:37 “I’m engaged to three beautiful girls! Just ask my secretary.” Short Take Larry is a womanizer who is having an affair with Moe’s wife, Belle (Mary Ainslee) while making eyes at Shemp’s fiancée, Millie (Angela Stevens), as well. Moe, however, tracks down the conniving Larry at…

  • CORNY CASANOVAS

    Production InformationTitle: Corny CasanovasStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 139Release Date: May 1, 1952Running Time: 16:18 “The tacks won’t come out!” “They went in… maybe they’re income tacks.”(Larry & Shemp) Short Take  In Corny Casanovas, The Three Stooges are happily cleaning the house, as they dream about getting married in a few hours. The usual antics occur as the boys make a…

  • LISTEN JUDGE

    Production InformationTitle: Listen, JudgeStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 138Release Date: March 6, 1952Running Time: 17:01 “G’wan you French poodle, your father’s got fleas!”(Moe) Short Take The Stooges are repairmen who are on trial for stealing chickens but are found not guilty. However, Shemp opens his suit jacket, resulting in a live chicken flying out of his grip and into the face of…

  • A MISSED FORTUNE

    Production InformationTitle: A Missed Fortune Studio: ColumbiaShort Number: 137Release Date: January 3, 1952Running Time: 16:06 “Roses are red, violets are blue…” “You crush his skull, I’ll break ‘im in two.”(Shemp & Moe) Short Take Shemp wins $50,000 for accidentally guessing the correct make of a car for a radio contest. The boys check in at the Hotel Costa Plente, and…