| 1 |
Woman Haters |
The Stooges' first short was done entirely in rhyme. When Larry breaks his oath to the Woman Haters Club by marrying, he is treated like a traitor by his fellow member. But getting out of the marriage may be even more harmful than anything his friends could ever do to him! Long time Stooge supporting actor, Bud Jamison also makes his first appearance in a Stooge short. (SLAP COUNT: 60 - mostly Moe) (EYE POKES: 11) (CONKING HEADS: 1) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1934-05-05 |
| 2 |
Punch Drunks |
The only place violins and boxing could coincide is in the world of the Three Stooge! Larry's rendition of "Pop Goes The Weasel" transforms Curly from a harmless cream puff into a vicious contender, but when Larry's violin breaks, it threatens Curly's boxing career with a TKO. First film in which the Stooges were officially called "The Three Stooges." Only Stooge film actually written by the Stooges themselves. (SLAP COUNT: 30) (EYE POKES: 1) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1934-07-13 |
| 3 |
Men In Black |
A parody of MGM's Clark Cable movie 'Men in White." Medical malpractice is an understatement when describing what Larry, Moe and Curly do to the Los Arms Hospital, where they dispense unorthodox advice, flirt with their nurses and battle a babbling intercom system. Only Stooge film to receive an Oscar nomination. (SLAP COUNT: 14) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1934-09-28 |
| 4 |
Three Little Pigskins |
When the Three Stooges are mistaken for star football players, they not only find themselves running for goals but running for their lives when they get mixed up with the gorgeous girlfriends of a group of greedy mobsters. Lucille Ball co-stars. (SLAP COUNT: 30) (EYE POKES: 1) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1934-12-08 |
| 2 |
Restless Knights |
Almost immediately after the Queen hires Larry, Moe and Curly to be her bodyguards she is abducted, which provides Prince Boris with the perfect opportunity to be rid of them once and for all. Facing execution, the Stooges fight for their lives, and wind up en garde for a regal victory. Also features Walter Brennan. First "triple slap" in a Columbia Stooge short. (SLAP COUNT: 20) (EYE POKES: 4 - another 1 blocked) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1935-02-20 |
| 3 |
Pop Goes the Easel |
The Stooges paint themselves into a corner when they hide from a cop in an arts school. Accused of stealing brooms from a shopkeeper, they're actually innocent of that crime... but guilty of creating some really bad art. Directing debut for famous Stooge director Del Lord. The girls playing hopscotch on the sidewalk are Moes daughter, Joan Howard Maurer, and Larrys daughter, Phyllis Fine Lamond. Only Stooge short to use "Pop Goes The Weasel" as its musical theme song. (SLAP COUNT: 17) (EYE POKES: 4 - another 1 blocked) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1935-03-29 |
| 4 |
Uncivil Warriors |
The fate of the nation is in the hands of the Stooges.. war is hell, indeed! The Stooges go undercover to extract intelligence from a Southern colonel. But when a spy-hunting Major arrives, the masters of disguise really better be convincing. (SLAP COUNT: 13) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1935-04-26 |
| 5 |
Pardon My Scotch |
When a bootlegger's supply begins to dry up, he enlists Moe, Larry and Curly to mind the store while he attempts to restock. When the Stooges accidentally invent a powerful new Scotch, they become the toast of the town. Now, if only they can keep from becoming toast! Long time Stooge supporting actress Symona Boniface makes her first appearance in a Stooge short. First Stooge short to use "Listen To The Mockingbird" as its musical theme song. (SLAP COUNT: 17) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1935-08-01 |
| 6 |
Hoi Polloi |
You can take out the garbage, but you can't take the garbageman out of the Stooge, as a respected professor learns when he wages his colleague $10,000 that he can transform even the Stooge-est men into gentlemen. The theme was originated by Moe and his wife Helen. When Helen suggested turning it into a Stooge short, she was offered story credit or fifty dollars. She took the cash. Theme later became basis the for the Eddie Murphy/Dan Ackroyd film "Trading Places." The dance lesson scene is a Stooge classic. Later remade in "Half-Wits Holiday" (1947). (SLAP COUNT: 48) (EYE POKES: 4) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1935-08-29 |
| 7 |
Three Little Beers |
When the Panther Brewing Company excludes its three new deliverymen from their annual golf tournament, the Stooges get really teed off and come up with a plan to gain entry, with an eye on winning the $100 first prize. Too bad they're as bad at golf as they are at delivering beer. Features famous Brewery "Panther Brewing Co." (SLAP COUNT: 18) (EYE POKES: 4) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1935-11-28 |
| 1 |
Ants in the Pantry |
You can't run an exterminator business if there are no pests, but Larry, Moe and Curly can fix that. They infest a nearby mansion and turn up just in time to take care of business, using whatever means necessary to rid the home of its unwanted guests. Director Preston Black is actually famous Stooges producer and director Jules Whites older brother, Jack White. He changed his name to hide income from his divorced wife. Clark Kimball Young was a silent film star. (SLAP COUNT: 17) (EYE POKES: 2) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1936-02-06 |
| 2 |
Movie Maniacs |
Actors Moe, Larry and Curly are given the roles of a lifetime when they are mistaken for studio execs on a Hollywood lot. The power quicly goes to their heads, but their rise and fall from stardom happens faster than you can say, "that's a wrap!" Actress Milred Harris was Charlie Chaplans first wife. (SLAP COUNT: 7) (EYE POKES: 1) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1936-02-20 |
| 3 |
Half Shot Shooters |
When World War I ends, the Stooges get revenge on the sergeant who treated them badly during their tour of duty. But civilian life isn't much better, and when they run from a man whose chicken dinner they've stolen they land right back in the Army - assigned to their old sergeant! First short in which the Stooges actually get killed. Debut of Stooge supporting actor Vernon Dent. (SLAP COUNT: 20) (EYE POKES: 4) (Moe, Larry, Curley) |
1936-04-30 |
| 4 |
Disorder in the Court |
When a sexy nightclub dancer is put on trial for murder, her only hope is three star witnesses: Moe, Larry and Curly. The Stooges are only too happy to help, but when they show up in court to testify, their antics disrupt the proceedings and the defense never rests. Famous swearing in scene with Curly. Sol Horowtiz, father of Moe, Curly and Shemp makes his lone Stooge film appearance in the audience. First Stooge short to spell Curly as "Curly" and not "Curley." (SLAP COUNT: 4) (EYE POKES: 4 - another 1 blocked) |
1936-05-30 |
| 5 |
A Pain in the Pullman |
The Stooges share a train ride to stardom with heartthrob actor Paul Pain - and their pet monkey, who is part of their act. But the monkey proves to be a pain to Pain, and he takes great pains to stick his nose in the Stooges' monkey business. First appearance by Stooge supporting actress Ethelreda Leopard. This is the longest Stooge short at Columbia. (SLAP COUNT: 9) (EYE POKES: 2) (CONKING HEADS: 1) |
1936-06-27 |
| 6 |
False Alarms |
The Three Stooges make a date with disaster when they try to keep up with their social affairs while working for the fire department. Larry and Moe are determened to resist temptation, but when Curly needs dates for his honey's friends, everyone gets hosed. (SLAP COUNT: 12) (EYE POKES: 3.5 - one is delivered through a telephone; another got half credit because a single eye poke was delivered with a door key) |
1936-08-16 |
| 8 |
Slippery Silks |
Just when their career as woodworkers is sawn in half, the Stooges inherit a women's boutique and begin fashioning clothes for their swanky new customers. You could call their designs "art," but does anyone else have the same eye for fashion they do? Knock on wood. First Stooges cream dessert fight. (SLAP COUNT: 6) (EYE POKES: 5 - another one blocked) (CONKING HEADS: 1) |
1936-12-27 |
| 1 |
Grips, Grunts and Groans |
Although circumstances force an over-matched Curly into a wrestling ring against a superior opponent, a spectator's perfume proves to be his secret weapon. |
1937-01-15 |
| 2 |
Dizzy Doctors |
The Stooges are lazy-bum husbands, inept salesmen, and misfit fugitives in a hospital. |
1937-03-19 |
| 3 |
3 Dumb Clucks |
Larry, Moe and Curly have been inmates in a prison for ten years. Suddenly, they get a letter from their mama saying that their father has become rich and left her for another woman. The Stooges escape from the prison, intending to break up the wedding. What they end up finding out is that someone plans to get the drop on their old man. Curly, who happens to be a dead ringer for their father, is mistaken for him at the ceremony! |
1937-04-17 |
| 4 |
Back to the Woods |
Lawbreakers in England, the Stooges are sent by the government to the new colonies to help fight the ""red man savage."" |
1937-05-15 |
| 5 |
Goofs and Saddles |
General Muster dispatches the Stooges to catch cattle rustlers. Curly is Buffalo Billius, Moe is Wild Bill Hiccup and Larry is Just Plain Bill. |
1937-07-02 |
| 6 |
Cash and Carry |
The Stooges are gold prospectors housed in the city dump. They are sent on a treasure hunt and dig through to a Federal Bank. |
1937-09-03 |
| 7 |
Playing the Ponies |
The Stooges make what they think is a good swap – their restaurant for a rundown race horse. |
1937-10-15 |
| 8 |
The Sitter Downers |
The Stooges propose to their girlfriends for the 100th time, but when their father won't let them marry his daughters, the Stooges go on a sit-down strike. After 3 weeks, the father finally gives in, and allows them to marry. After they are married, their new brides won't let them start the honeymoon until their build-it-yourself house is finished. |
1937-11-26 |
| 1 |
Termites of 1938 |
A rich woman hires the Stooges (who are pest exterminators) to escort her to a fancy party. |
1938-01-07 |
| 2 |
Wee Wee Monsieur |
The stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys must disguise themselves as harem girls to infiltrate the chieftains hideout and rescue him. |
1938-02-18 |
| 3 |
Tassels in the Air |
Tassels in the Air is the 30th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. |
1938-04-01 |
| 4 |
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb |
Curly wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items which they systematically wreck, running up quite a bill. When they discover that, minus tax deductions, the jackpot is only $4.85 they quickly agree to marry three pretty rich widows who are also living in the hotel. The "widows" are actually gold diggers conniving to the get the jackpot money. When the girls find out what the jackpot is really worth, the boys get conked with champagne bottles. |
1938-05-30 |
| 5 |
Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb |
The stooges work as gas station service men who end up running away from three professors on an ice cream truck. After thawing Curly out from sitting in the back of the ice cream truck the boys put on the professors clothes from their stolen luggage. The stooges are mistaken to be the professors by the college who is expecting them and they poorly pose as the professors and sing their famous ""Alphabet Song"". The real professors show up, but the ladies in the ""girls-only"" college end up getting their athletic program thanks to the stooges. |
1938-05-20 |
| 6 |
Violent is the Word for Curly |
The stooges are janitors working in a movie studio. After wrecking the bosses office, they get jobs as actors in an African movie. Curly plays a gorilla and Moe and Larry are primitive natives. On location in Africa, the stooges have a confrontation with a witch doctor from whom Curly buys some "love candy" with hopes of attracting the films leading lady. When a female gorilla disrupts the movie set, Curly eats some of the candy and chases after her. |
1938-07-02 |
| 7 |
Three Missing Links |
The stooges run a dog cleaning business with crazy gadgets. On their out to lunch break they spot a baby left on the doorstep by its mother for a moment. Thinking it has been abandoned, they decide to take the baby home and take care of it. They run into problems when a policeman finds out they have the stolen baby and proceeds to chase them. The baby ends up in the mother's hands and the boys are cleared. |
1938-07-29 |
| 8 |
Mutts to You |
The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants gun powder in one of the engines. The chiefs daughter catches him and after a chase both are knocked unconscious. When a fire starts, the stooges respond to the alarm, but don't realize its their firehouse that's burning! Somehow they manage to arrive in time to save the girl, and the villain gets his just desserts. |
1938-10-14 |
| 1 |
Three Little Sew and Sews |
The stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go ashore, they steal officers uniforms and go to a party with Curly passing himself off as Admiral Taylor and Moe and Larry as his aides. Two spies, one of them a beautiful woman, trick the stooges into stealing a new submarine. The boys turn the table on the spies and capture them. When the real Admiral shows up, Curly's reenacts the capture and accidentally detonates a bomb, blowing them all to kingdom come |
1939-01-06 |
| 2 |
We Want Our Mummy |
The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rootin-Tootin for which a museum will pay a $5000 prize. They wind up in the mummy's tomb where they are harassed by some bad guys after the same objective. The villains, who have kidnapped a professor from the museum, want the jewels buried inside the mummy. When Curly accidentally destroys the mummy, Moe and Larry wrap him in bandages to fool the bad guys. They manage to rescue the professor and retrieve the real mummy of Rootin-Tootin who turns out to have been a midget |
1939-02-24 |
| 3 |
A-Ducking They Did Go |
After the Stooges get in trouble with a cop and run into a building; they're confronted by two convict conmen who offer them a job selling duck hunting club memberships. The boys end up selling memberships to the chief-of-police, mayor, and members of the police force. The pond they all go hunting in doesn't have any ducks and the stooges have to come up with schemes to get out of trouble with the disgruntled police duckhunters. |
1939-04-07 |
| 4 |
Yes, We Have No Bonanza |
The Stooges are entertainers and waiters in a western saloon with the three girls they hope to marry. They become gold miners to pay off their girlfriend's debts, only to find that when they hit the jackpot, the money was robbed from the bank by their boss. |
1939-05-19 |
| 5 |
Saved by the Belle |
The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a telegram instructing them to "get rid of present wardrobe" and an official thinks they are planning to assassinate president Ward Robey. With the help of Rita, a beautiful revolutionary, the boys escape a firing squad, and are sent on a mission to deliver important plans to the revolutionary leader. When they deliver a rolled up calendar by mistake, they are once again heading for a firing squad but are spared when Rita arrives with the real plans. |
1939-06-30 |
| 6 |
Calling All Curs |
The stooges run a pet hospital and get an important patient, Garcon, a rich ladies poodle. When dognappers posing as reporters steal the poodle, the boys are in a tough spot. |
1939-08-25 |
| 7 |
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise |
The stooges are tramps looking for handouts. Although the boys are down and out, Curly seems to get everything he wishes for. After some trouble with a farmer, the boys come across an abandoned car, one of Curly's wishes. The car actually belongs to some con men who have just gypped the widow Jenkins out of her land. The boys winds up at the Mrs. Jenkins' house just in time for a free meal. To repay Mrs. Jenkins the boys try to fix her well and instead unleash an oil geyser. Learning that Mrs. Jenkins has been swindled, the boys go to retrieve the deed before it can be recorded. They find the bad guys and after a wild fight recover the deed. The boys return the deed to Mrs. Jenkins and marry her daughters; April, May and June. |
1939-10-06 |
| 8 |
Three Sappy People |
The stooges are phone repairmen who are mistaken for the psychiatrists in whose office they are working. A rich man hires them to treat his impetuous young wife who is always running of for submarine rides and the like. The boys ruin a dinner party at their clients mansion but their antics so amuse his wife the she is cured and the stooges are paid off handsomely. |
1939-12-01 |
| 1 |
You Nazty Spy! |
The King of Moronica is overthrown and the Three Stooges are chosen to take his place. |
1940-01-19 |
| 3 |
A Plumbing We Will Go |
To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion. |
1940-04-19 |
| 4 |
Nutty But Nice |
Three bumbling waiters try to help a clinically depressed little girl by locating her kidnapped father. |
1940-06-14 |
| 5 |
How High is Up |
The stooges are the 'Minute Menders', three tinkers who live under their car. The boys decide to drum up some business by punching holes in the unattended lunch boxes of some workmen. When they're caught in the act, they escape and accidentally get hired as riveters on a new building, working on the 97th floor. Their ineptitude and lousy workmanship screw up construction of the building and they must parachute off the building to escape the wrath of the boss |
1940-07-26 |
| 6 |
From Nurse to Worse |
The stooges' friend Jerry convinces them to buy an insurance policy on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him act like a dog. But the plan backfires when the doctor wants to perform a brain operation on Curly. |
1940-08-23 |
| 7 |
No Census, No Feeling |
Three gung-ho census-takers let nothing stand in the way of an accurate count,whether it be crashing a fancy bridge party,spiking drinks or invoking a riot at a professional football game. |
1940-10-04 |
| 8 |
Cookoo Cavaliers |
The stooges are three fish peddlers who, looking for a new business opportunity, open a beauty salon south of the border. Their first customers are some chorus girls from a local night club. After the stooges completely ruin the girl's hair, and their manager finds out, the boys must leave on the run. |
1940-11-15 |
| 9 |
Boobs in Arms |
The stooges are greeting card salesmen who are mistakenly inducted into the army after escaping from the jealous husband of one of their customers. In bootcamp their sergeant turns out to be the same man, whom they constantly vex and bewilder. When the boys are sent to the front lines and the sergeant is captured they must rescue him, which they do after doping themselves with laughing gas. At the end they get shot off into the sunset on a cannon shell |
1940-12-27 |
| 1 |
So Long Mr. Chumps |
The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with executive ability. Their search leads them to a woman who's fiancée is honest, but he's in jail. The boys decide to commit a crime so they can go behind bars to find him. In prison the boys locate the man and help him escape, only to find out that their benefactor is a con man and on the way himself to the slammer. |
1941-02-07 |
| 2 |
Dutiful But Dumb |
The stooges are photographers for Whack magazine ("If it's a good picture it's out of Whack") who, after messing up an assignment, are sent to the country of Vulgaria to get a picture of a death ray gun. In Vulgaria the penalty for taking pictures in is death, and the boys soon wind up in front of a firing squad. Curly's last request is a giant cigar and by the time he's done smoking it all the soldiers are asleep and the stooges make their escape. |
1941-03-31 |
| 5 |
An Ache in Every Stake |
When the Three Stooges agree to help Mrs.Lawrence prepare a fancy birthday party,their particular specially-an exploding,gas-filled cake - goes off with a bang. |
1941-08-22 |
| 6 |
In the Sweet Pie and Pie |
The stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit. The day before the execution they are tricked into marrying three rich girls who need husbands to collect a legacy. At the last minute the real murderers confess and the stooges are pardoned. The girls are now stuck with the stooges so they plot to get rid of them by making them become gentlemen. The girl's lawyer convinces them to throw a big party in the hope that the stooges will humiliate them and they can get a divorce. The boys do just that as the party degenerates into a wild pie fight. But the girls decide to keep the stooges and give their lawyer the boot. |
1941-10-16 |
| 7 |
Some More of Samoa |
The stooges are tree surgeons who are enlisted by a rich old man to find a mate for his rare puckerless persimmon tree. The boys sail to the tropical island of Rhum-Boogie to find the tree. When they arrive they are captured by the natives and will be eaten unless Curly marries the Chief's ugly daughter. The stooges escape with the tree and, after a confrontation with an alligator, sail off with their prize. |
1941-12-04 |
| 1 |
Loco Boy Makes Good |
The stooges decide to get some easy money by having Curly slip on a bar of soap in a hotel lobby so they can sue the owner. Curly slips as planned but the hotel turns out to be run by an old lady who is about to lose her lease to the evil landlord. The stooges decide to help her fix up the place and start by beating up the landlord and stealing his watch. After their usual antics in renovating the place, the hotel is ready for the grand re-opening. The stooges put on a big show with a famous critic in attendance. Their corny act goes over poorly until Curly accidentally puts on a magicians coat and becomes a sensation and the place is a success. |
1942-01-08 |
| 2 |
Cactus Makes Perfect |
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to find the treasure. After some mishaps with Curly's gold finding invention, they locate the mine and strike it rich. When two crooked miners try to take their gold they hole up in an abandoned hotel and, although they get bombarded by dynamite, triumph over the crooks |
1942-02-26 |
| 4 |
Matri-Phony |
The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be brought before him so he can select a wife, Diana, a pretty red-head, seeks refuge with the stooges. Some soldiers find Diana's hiding place and they are all brought to the palace where the stooges escape and try to pass of Curly as Diana, having broken the emperor's glasses. Their ruse fails and they're caught by the palace guards as they try to escape. |
1942-07-02 |
| 5 |
Three Smart Saps |
The stooges are engaged to the three daughters of a prison warden. When they learn that some crooks have taken over the prison and their prospective father-in-law has been locked up, they decide to go undercover to rescue him. The stooges sneak into the prison where they find a casino with a fancy party in progress. After swiping some formal attire, they crash the party and get candid camera evidence to expose the crooked goings-on. With the crooks behind bars once again, the stooges are able to get married and all ends well |
1942-07-30 |
| 6 |
Even As I O U |
A destitute mother and child move into the stooge's vacant lot home and the boys decide to help them. They steal the kids piggy bank and sneak into the race track. They bet on a long shot that wins and then are gypped out of their winnings by two con men who sell them a washed up race horse. Everything turns out happily when Curly swallows horse vitamins and gives birth to a colt! |
1942-09-18 |
| 7 |
Sock-A-Bye Baby |
The Stooges awake in the middle of the night to a crying baby left on their doorstep. A letter from the despondent mother (Julie Gibson) states that baby Jimmie (Joyce Gardner) has been abandoned. The Stooges react by taking the little guy in, feeding him, and trying their best to act fatherly.
When the mother and two motorcycle cops come to reclaim the baby the Stooges evacuate their home quickly, with Jimmie in tow; unbeknownst to the stooges Jimmie crawled into the back seat of their car. The police on their motorcycles track them down and the baby is returned to the parents who, the father being one of the cops, reconcile. The Stooges, meanwhile, make a conspicuous escape by skittering away hidden in large haystacks. |
1942-11-13 |
| 1 |
They Stooge to Conga |
The stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control. |
1943-01-01 |
| 2 |
Dizzy Detectives |
The stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the cops baffled and Mr. Dill, the head of the citizens league, threatening the police chief's job. |
1943-02-05 |
| 3 |
Spook Louder |
The stooges are salesman selling a weight reducing machine. They have no luck until they show up at the house of an eccentric inventor where they are hired as caretakers. When the scientist goes to Washington to demonstrate his death-ray machine to the government, the boys are left to guard his house and must contend with enemy spies and a mysterious pie thrower. |
1943-04-02 |
| 4 |
Back From the Front |
Set in WW II, the stooges are the only survivors of an American ship sunk by an enemy torpedo. Adrift on a raft, they come upon a German battleship and by various means, such as Moe disguising himself as Hitler, and Curly and Larry as Goering and Goebbels, manage to capture the enemy ship. |
1943-05-28 |
| 5 |
Three Little Twirps |
The Stooges get a job putting up posters for a circus but discover that instead of money, their pay is tickets to the show. When trying to scalp their tickets gets them in trouble, they hide out backstage where Curly has an encounter with a bearded lady and Moe and Larry hide in a horse suit. When they're caught, the circus manager gives them a choice of going to jail or joining the circus. What they don't know is that they are to be targets for the Zulu spear thrower. When Curly hits the spear thrower with one of his own spears, the boys are on the run once again. |
1943-07-09 |
| 6 |
Higher Than a Kite |
After being accidentally dropped behind enemy lines, the Stooges disguise themselves and steal important plans from the Nazi high command. |
1943-07-30 |
| 7 |
I Can Hardly Wait |
Defense workers Moe, Larry, and Curly are home to take a nice rest before going back into work. After Curly hurts his tooth on a bone, Moe and Larry try desperately to pull the problem out. |
1943-08-13 |
| 8 |
Dizzy Pilots |
The stooges are the Wrong brothers, three inventors trying to finish building an airplane they can sell to the army and thereby avoid the draft. When their plane, the "Buzzard", turns out to be a flop, the boys are drafted into the army where they have trouble with a tough drill sergeant. |
1943-09-24 |
| 9 |
Phony Express |
Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them to be three famous lawmen coming to clean up the town. Assigned to guard the bank, the boys have the local gang scared at first, but when the gang learns who the stooges really are, they rob the bank. The boys go in pursuit, find the bad guy's hideout, subdue the bandits and recover the money |
1943-11-18 |
| 10 |
A Gem of a Jam |
The stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Harts, Burns and Belcher. Some crooks arrive seeking medical attention after their boss has been wounded in a shoot out with the cops. Mistaken for doctors, the boys are forced to operate on the wounded crook, but instead they accidentally dump him out the window into a passing police car. The rest of the gang chases them into a store room filled with dummies where the cops finally catch the bad guys. |
1943-11-30 |
| 1 |
Crash Goes the Hash |
The stooges are hired as reporters and their first assignment is to get a picture of a visiting prince who is planning to marry a local socialite. The boys disguise as servants and infiltrate a party being in thrown in the honor of the prince. The stooges ruin the party, but save the day as they expose the prince as crook who is planning to rob the house. Their boss is so grateful for the expose that he gives the boys a bonus and the rich lady decides to marry Curly! |
1944-02-05 |
| 2 |
Busy Buddies |
The stooges run a small restaurant, and must come up with some quick money to pay off a pie dealer who's wares they ruined. They enter Curly in a milking contest at the county fair, but his technique leaves something to be desired, and he quickly falls behind the champ. Moe and try to help by putting on a cow suit and pouring milk from a concealed bottle, but when their cheating is exposed, they must leave on the run. |
1944-03-18 |
| 4 |
Idle Roomers |
The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon the stooges are the ones trying to run away. The boys end up caught in an elevator with the wolfman who shoots them into the sky. |
1944-07-16 |
| 5 |
Gents Without Cents |
The stooges are three small time actors looking for a job. They meet three girl dancers in the situation and get a small part in a big producers show at the shipyard. When the rest of the cast doesn't show up, the stooges and the girls must put on the whole show themselves. The show is a hit and the stooges marry the girls and head to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. |
1944-09-22 |
| 6 |
No Dough Boys |
The stooges are dressed as Japanese soldiers for their job as magazine models. On their lunch break they go into a restaurant with their Japanese uniforms on causing the proprietor to mistake them for the real thing, and a chase ensues. The boys fall through a trap door, and into a nest of Nazi spies where they are mistaken for "Naki", "Saki" and "Waki", three Japanese saboteurs. The stooges try to act the part, including demonstrating acrobatics and jiu-jitsu to their hosts. When the real "Naki", "Saki" and "Waki" show up, the boys are exposed and impostors, but after a wild fight manage to capture all the Axis spies. |
1944-11-24 |
| 1 |
Three Pests In a Mess |
Trying to patent a new fly-catching device, the Stooges calculate that they need to catch 100,000 flies to pay for it, but nearby crooks overhear their conversation. Unfortunately, they misunderstand the conversation, thinking that the Stoogies won $100,000, and chase the Stooges to get the winnings. |
1945-01-19 |
| 2 |
Booby Dupes |
The Stooges decide to run a fish business, and catch their own fish, but the whole thing turns to disaster when they're mistaken for Japanese spies when their boat sinks, and they raise a pain-splattered rag to signal for help. |
1945-03-17 |
| 3 |
Idiots Deluxe |
Moe is on trial for assaulting Curly and Larry with an ax. Moe relates how Curly and Larry took him on a hunting trip for his nerves. Out in the woods they confronted a bear which Curly and Larry stunned, and thinking it was dead, threw it in the back of their car, where it came awake, tossed Moe out and drove the car into a tree. The judge finds Moe not guilty and Moe promptly goes after Larry and Curly again with the ax. |
1945-07-20 |
| 4 |
If a Body Meets a Body |
When Moe reads that Curly's rich uncle has died, and has left his estate to Curly, the boys go there to collect. They find that the uncle was murdered and his body and will are missing. |
1945-08-30 |
| 5 |
Micro-Phonies |
The trio are employed as handymen in a recording studio. While not doing their work, they hear a recording session as a woman sings "Voices of Spring." Impressed by the operatic virtuosity of this stunningly beautiful soprano, Curly lip syncs, as the other stooges dress him as a woman.
Curly (in drag) is "heard" by the radio host. Moe dubs Curly "Señorita Cucaracha," and the trio are hired to sing professionally on the radio, but must also appear at the home of the radio show’s sponsor for a party. |
1945-11-15 |
| 1 |
Beer Barrel Polecats |
The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a cop. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a keg of beer Curly has hidden under his coat explodes while the boys are being photographed. In prison the stooges get into more trouble with the warden and wind on the rockpile when they try to escape. Released as old men with long gray beards, the first thing Curly wants is a bottle of beer. |
1946-01-10 |
| 2 |
A Bird in the Head |
The stooges are working as paperhangers in the home of Professor Panzer, a mad scientist looking for a brain to use in his experiments. The professor wants to put a human brain into a gorilla but has trouble finding a brain small enough, which leads him to select Curly (for obvious reasons) as the perfect donor. The stooges manage to foil the madman with the help of the Gorilla who befriends Curly. |
1946-02-28 |
| 3 |
Uncivil War Birds |
After initially joining the Union army, Moe and Larry switch allegiances to their Southern home state and Confederate brother Curly. |
1946-03-29 |
| 4 |
The Three Troubledoers |
Set in the old west, the stooges become marshals in a town with a high death rate for lawmen. The boys set out prevent a marriage between the villain Blackie and the heroine Nell, who's father Blackie has kidnapped. The stooges manage to defeat Blackie and his henchmen, but when Nell's father learns she promised to marry Curly if he could save her, he decides death would be a preferable fate. |
1946-04-25 |
| 5 |
Monkey Businessmen |
The stooges are bumbling electricians who decide to go away for a rest after they are fired for their incompetence. The rest home they choose is run by Dr. Mallard, a quack who gyps the patients for everything they've got. When the boys discover the crooked goings on they escape, but not before Curly accidentally cures another patient who rewards him with a thousand dollars. |
1946-06-20 |
| 6 |
Three Loan Wolves |
Told in flash back, the stooges tell their son how he came to have three fathers. The stooges, owners of a pawn shop, owed money to the gashouse protection society, a bunch of loan sharks. To complicate matters, a lady leaves a baby in the shop as part of a plan to sell a phony diamond and the stooges wind up caring for the kid. The stooges manage to defeat the crooks and when they finish telling the story, the kid goes off to find his real mother. |
1946-07-04 |
| 7 |
G.I. Wanna Home |
The stooges are discharged from the army and go to see their fiancée, but find they have been dispossessed and the wedding is off until they find a home. The boys have trouble finding a vacant apartment so they set up housekeeping in a vacant lot. Their housing problems seem to be solved until a farmer destroys their new home with a tractor. The stooges then build a house of their own, but the girls aren't impressed with the one room mansion and walk out on them. |
1946-09-25 |
| 8 |
Rhythm and Weep |
The stooges are actors who can't seem to find a job, so they decide to jump off a high building and end it all. On the roof top they meet three girl dancers with the same idea. Before they can jump, they meet a millionaire Broadway producer who hires them all for his next show. The rehearsal goes so well that he doubles their salary, but it all comes to naught when they discover that the "producer" is an escaped patient from Dr. Dippy's retreat. |
1946-10-03 |
| 9 |
Three Little Pirates |
The stooges are castaways from a garbage scow who land on Dead Man's Island where everyone is living in olden times. To escape from the governor, they disguise Curly as a Maharaja and win permission to journey to their own country to fetch presents. The governor is fooled, but the boys run into more trouble in the den of Black Louie the pirate where Curly is forced into a knife throwing contest with Larry as the target. Things look bad until a mis-thrown knife cuts the rope that holds the chandelier and it crashes down on Black Louie's men. With the pirates defeated, Moe decides to take over as ruler of the island. |
1946-12-05 |
| 1 |
Half-Wits Holiday |
A professor bets one of his colleagues that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen within 60 days. With the aid of his pretty daughter, the professor tries to teach the boys proper etiquette. After many frustrating attempts, he introduces the stooges into society at a fancy party. At first things go all right, but the party soon degenerates into a wild pie fight. |
1947-01-09 |
| 2 |
Fright Night |
The stooges are managers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bank roll on his next fight. When a gangster tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose their lives, the boys decide to play along. They try to soften Chopper up by feeding him rich food and having him spend time with their friend Kitty. The fight gets canceled when Kitty dumps Chopper for his opponent and the two boxers engage in some pre-match fisticuffs that result in a broken hand for the opponent. The stooges think they've put one over on the gangsters, only to have the bad guys corner them in a deserted warehouse. Instead of being rubbed out, the boys capture the crooks and get a reward. |
1947-03-06 |
| 3 |
Out West |
The stooges go out west for Shemp's health and get mixed up with some bad guys. The villains have locked up the Arizona Kid and their leader plans to marry his girl, Nell. The boys help the Arizona Kid escape and he rides to fetch the Cavalry. Somehow, the stooges manage to defeat the bad guys before the Cavalry arrives. |
1947-04-24 |
| 4 |
Hold That Lion |
The Three Stooges are gypped out of their inheritance by Icabod Slipp, crooked lawyer. The Boys follow Slipp onto a train and corner him, but not before they let a lion loose on the train. |
1947-07-17 |
| 5 |
Brideless Groom |
Shemp's Uncle Dies and leaves him 500,000 dollars but to inherit the money Shemp must wed by 6:00 or he gets no money. |
1947-09-11 |
| 6 |
Sing a Song of Six Pants |
The stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to their problems. The bank robber conveniently ducks into their shop and leaves a suit with a safe combination. After his girl friend fails to retrieve it, the robber returns with gang and a wild fight ensues. The boys miss out on the reward but wind up with the crook's bankroll and can pay their creditors. |
1947-10-30 |
| 7 |
All Gummed Up |
The stooges run a drug store and are about to have their lease taken away by the Flint, the mean old man who owns the place. When Flint kicks his wife out for being old, the stooges try to help her by inventing a formula that makes old people young. Their concoction turns the wife into a beautiful young woman, and Flint offers the boys the store for free if they'll transform him as well. They agree, but after he swallows the stuff he turns into an infant, and the boys leave on the run. |
1947-12-18 |
| 1 |
Shivering Sherlocks |
The stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed but are now the only ones who can identify the crooks. Meanwhile, their friend Gladys has inherited a house in the country and the boys go with her to inspect it so she won't be gypped when its sold. The house turns out to be the crook's hideout, and when they abduct Gladys, the stooges must rescue her. |
1948-01-08 |
| 2 |
Pardon My Clutch |
The Stooge's friend Claude sells them his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp, who is sick with a toothache, camping. The car won't work and the boys are apparently out a bundle, when a car collector happens on the scene and offers to buy it at a premium. Claude backs out on the deal and gives the stooges their money back, only to discover the "collector" is an escaped lunatic. |
1948-02-26 |
| 3 |
Squareheads of the Round Table |
Set in Arthurian times, the stooges decide to help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. At night the group sneaks into the castle to serenade Elaine, but pick the wrong window and are caught by the King. Tossed in the dungeon, the boys escape with Cedric's help and manage to foil the plans of the Black Prince who was plotting against the King. All turns out well when the grateful King allows Cedric to marry Elaine. |
1948-03-04 |
| 4 |
Fiddlers Three |
The stooges are musicians at the court of King Cole. When they ask the king's permission to marry their sweethearts, the King agrees, but only after Princess Alicia has married Prince Valiant. This news upsets Mergatroyd, an evil magician who plans to marry the Princess himself and rule the Kingdom. Mergatroyd abducts the Princess, and it's up to the stooges to foil his plans and expose his evil doings. |
1948-05-06 |
| 5 |
Hot Scots |
The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When they learn that detectives are need to guard a Scottish castle where valuables have been disappearing, they masquerades as Scotsmen to get the job. After a spooky night in the castle, the boys expose the servants as the crooks. |
1948-07-08 |
| 6 |
Heavenly Daze |
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's sales pitch, but it looks he's headed for the fires below anyway. |
1948-09-02 |
| 9 |
Crime on Their Hands |
The stooges are janitors working in a newspaper office. When an anonymous caller phones in a tip about the theft a famous diamond, the boys decide to become reporters and go after the crooks. |
1948-12-09 |
| 1 |
The Ghost Talks |
The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Peeping Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take the armor, until Lady Godiva shows up and the two ride off together. |
1949-02-03 |
| 2 |
Who Done It? |
The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. |
1949-03-03 |
| 3 |
Hokus Pokus |
The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. What they don't is that Mary is only faking her disability to swindle the insurance company. When the boys witness a hypnotist, "The Great Svengarlic", doing his act on the street, they think he might be able to hypnotize Mary so she can walk. Instead, they become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament, they fall into a window, startling Mary, who jumps from her wheelchair just as the insurance adjuster is about to hand her a check |
1949-05-05 |
| 5 |
Malice in the Palace |
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieves that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the diamond. |
1949-09-01 |
| 6 |
Vagabond Loafers |
The stooges are the "Day and Night" plumbers. Called out to a fancy mansion where a society party is going on, they cross the electrical and water systems and generally ruin the place. Despite their incompetent plumbing, they save the day by recovering a painting stolen by a pair of thieves masquerading as party guests. |
1949-10-06 |
| 7 |
Dunked in the Deep |
The stooges are tricked into becoming stowaways by their neighbor "Borscht", a spy for an enemy country. Stranded on a freighter on the high seas, they discover that their friend has concealed some stolen microfilm in watermelons they brought aboard for him. After a wild chase, they subdue Borscht and recover the microfilm. |
1949-11-03 |
| 1 |
Punchy Cowpunchers |
It is the old west and the killer Dillon clan are making life miserable for a small Western town. Sweetheart Nell (Christine McIntyre) and her dashing but dimwitted boyfriend Elmer (Jock Mahoney) rushes off to find help. Meanwhile, cavalrymen the Stooges are making life miserable for superior, Sergeant Mullins (Dick Wessel). Mullins tries to whip the boys into shape, but his plan backfire and has a run-in with his superior, Captain Daley (Emil Sitka). Daley informs Mullins about the Dillion clan's evildoings, and needs some men to run them out of town. Mullins does not miss a beat, and volunteers the unsuspecting Stooges. |
1950-01-05 |
| 2 |
Hugs and Mugs |
The stooges run a furniture store and come into possession of a stolen pearl necklace. Three crooked dames convince the boys that the necklace is theirs, and when the real thieves arrive, the stooges fight to defend the girl's property. |
1950-02-02 |
| 3 |
Dopey Dicks |
The stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys arrive at a spooky mansion where the madman is building a mechanical man that needs a human head. After declining the opportunity to supply a stooge-head for the experiment, they find the girl and escape, only to wind up in a car driven by the headless robot. |
1950-03-02 |
| 4 |
Love at First Bite |
The stooges reminisce about the girls they met overseas while in the military. As they wait for the girls' ship to arrive, they get drunk and Shemp winds up asleep with his feet in a tub of cement. After sobering up, they free Shemp with a dynamite blast that lands them at the dock where their sweethearts are waiting. |
1950-05-04 |
| 5 |
Self-Made Maids |
The stooges are artists who want to marry their models; "Moella", "Larraine", and "Shempetta". The girls' father doesn't approve, so the stooges tickle him into submission. |
1950-07-06 |
| 6 |
Three Hams on Rye |
The stooges are stage hands who also have small parts in a big play. They quickly get on the bad side of the producer. First they fail to prevent a famous critic from sneaking into the audience. Then Shemp accidentally adds a pot holder into a cake they bake as a prop. During the play the stooges (as southern gentlemen) and the rest of the cast spit up feathers during what was supposed to be a serious scene. The critic thinks it's a hilarious satire and the boys are redeemed. |
1950-09-07 |
| 7 |
Studio Stoops |
The stooges are hired by a movie studio as publicity men. Their first assignment is to get publicity for Dolly Devore, a pretty starlet. They fake a kidnapping, but the cops won't believe their story. Then the girl is really kidnapped and the stooges must come to the rescue. Shemp winds up hanging out a tenth story window on an extending telephone. |
1950-10-05 |
| 8 |
Slaphappy Sleuths |
The stooges are investigators for the Onion Oil company. The company's service stations are being robbed by a gang of crooks, so the boys pose as gas station attendants to capture the bad guys. |
1950-10-09 |
| 9 |
A Snitch in Time |
The stooges are carpenters who are re-staining some furniture they've delivered to a boarding house. The plot gets complicated when the boys confront some crooks who are hiding out there. They defeat the bad guys with the help of the varnished furniture which sticks the head crook to a chair. |
1950-11-07 |
| 1 |
Three Arabian Nuts |
The stooges are delivering some Arabian antiques, which include a magic lamp complete with genie. Three Arabian bad guys are after the magic lamp, but the stooges defeat them once they get the "genius", (as Shemp calls the genie) on their side. |
1951-01-04 |
| 2 |
Baby Sitters Jitters |
The stooges are facing eviction and decide to raise some money by becoming baby-sitters. Their first client is a women separated from her husband, who entrusts her son "Junior" to the boys' care. When The husband steals the baby, the stooges set out to find their missing charge and return him to his mother. The boys confront the husband and find Junior, and in the process the estranged couple is re-united. |
1951-02-01 |
| 4 |
Scrambled Brains |
Shemp is a sick man, suffering from hallucinations. His worst vision is that his ugly nurse Nora is actually beautiful. When Moe and Larry come to take him home from the sanitarium, they discover he's become engaged to Nora. On the way to Nora's apartment for the wedding, the boys get in a fight with a stranger who promises to get even with them if he ever sees them again. They arrive to finding Nora waiting for her father, who, when he arrives, turns out to be the man they just fought with. |
1951-07-07 |
| 5 |
Merry Mavericks |
Set in the old west, the stooges are mistaken for lawmen and manage to capture a gang of crooks. The boys then get the job of guarding some money in an old house reputed to be haunted by the ghost of an Indian Chief. The crooks escape and go after the money disguised as ghosts, but Shemp, disguised as the Indian Chief, manages to knock them out. |
1951-09-06 |
| 6 |
The Tooth Will Out |
The stooges graduate from dental school and go out west to open a practice. Everything goes well until Shemp "cures" an outlaw's toothache from the instructions in a carpentry book, and the boys must leave on the run. |
1951-10-04 |
| 7 |
Hula-La-La |
The stooges are dance instructors sent by a movie company to a tropical island to teach the natives how to dance so they can appear in a movie. The boys run into trouble with the local witch doctor who wants to add their heads to his collection. The stooges defeat the witch doctor with hand grenades they swipe from a multi-armed idol, and get on with the dancing lessons. |
1951-11-01 |
| 8 |
Pest Man Wins |
The stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. The boys are hired, but must dress as guests to work unobserved. They disrupt the party and a wild pie fight ensues. |
1951-12-06 |
| 1 |
A Missed Fortune |
Shemp wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente where they live it up and wreck their fancy suite. While they wait for the prize money to arrive, the boys are pursued by three gold-digging dames after their winnings. When the check arrives however, it's only for $4.85 after tax deductions. |
1952-01-03 |
| 2 |
Listen, Judge |
The stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They escape from the courtroom and wind up getting hired in the judges' house after their antics attempting to fix the doorbell cause the servants to quit. The boys are discovered when the cake they bakes explodes all over a political supporter of the judge and he loses his chance for re-election |
1952-03-06 |
| 3 |
Corny Casanovas |
The stooges don't know it, but they are all engaged to the same girl, a gold-digger who plans to get an engagement ring from each of them and then abandon them. When all three show up at her house at the same time, a wild fight ensues, as each stooge accuses the others of making time with "his" girl. The stooges knock each other senseless and the girl escapes with their rings. |
1952-05-01 |
| 4 |
He Cooked His Goose |
Larry is a pet dealer who's seeing Moe's wife while at the same time trying to steal Shemp's fiancée. When Moe's become suspicious, Larry attempts to frame Shemp as the boyfriend. He gets Shemp a job as a door to door pajama salesman and sends him to Moe's apartment, and then tells both Moe and Shemp's fiancée to go there and catch him in the act. Larry's plan backfires when Shemp catches him and lets Moe deliver some punishment. |
1952-07-03 |
| 5 |
Gents in a Jam |
Shemp's rich Uncle Phineas comes to visit the stooges who are broke and about to evicted. The boys convince their landlady Mrs. McGruder not to toss them out as Shemp is set to inherit a fortune. The boys also have trouble with a circus strongman after Shemp accidentally rips off his wife's dress. Uncle Phineas gets in the middle of the fight, and Mrs. McGruder ends it by knocking out the strongman. It turns out that Uncle Phineas and the landlady were childhood sweethearts and he marries her, leaving the stooges out of the bucks once again. |
1952-07-04 |
| 6 |
Three Dark Horses |
A campaign boss is looking for three delegates to the presidential convention, delegates that are too stupid to discover that his candidate, Hammond Egger, is a crook. Enter the stooges as janitors sent to clean the man's office. After some of their antics, the boy's suitability for the job is apparent and they're hired. The stooges go to the convention, but double cross their boss and vote for another candidate, Abel Lamb Stewer. When the boss and his muscle man come looking for revenge, the boys defeat them in a wild fight. |
1952-10-16 |
| 7 |
Cuckoo on a Choo Choo |
Larry and Shemp are living in a stolen railroad car. Larry wants to marry his girlfriend, but she won't consent until Shemp marries her sister. Shemp however, is constantly drunk and in love with "Carry", an imaginary giant canary. Moe is an investigator from the railroad, sent to discover how the car was stolen from a moving train. Moe is also in love with Shemp's girl. Shemp winds up with both women, but still prefers his imaginary canary. |
1952-12-04 |
| 2 |
Booty and the Beast |
The stooges do a good turn and help a stranger open a safe in what they think is the man's house. Actually the man is a crook and the boys were unwitting accomplices to a robbery. Once they realize what's happened, the stooges go after the bad guy and who's left on the train to Los Vegas. The boys trap the villain and recover the booty. |
1953-03-05 |
| 3 |
Loose Loot |
The stooges are willed a lot of dough from a rich uncle, but the executor of the estate, Icabob Slipp, is a crook who absconds with the money. The stooges trail him to a a theater where they engage in a wild chase and ultimately recover their inheritance. |
1953-04-02 |
| 4 |
Tricky Dicks |
The stooges are policemen on the trail of a murderer. They unsuccessfully interrogate an Italian organ grinder, among other suspects, and then catch the bad guy after a gun fight that nearly destroys the police station. |
1953-05-07 |
| 5 |
Spooks |
The stooges are private detectives hired to find a missing girl. The boys disguise as pie salesmen and end up wandering around a mad scientist's mansion, trying to find the girl. The boys confront a gorilla and various other bad guys, before rescuing the girl. |
1953-06-15 |
| 6 |
Pardon My Backfire |
The stooges are auto mechanics who need money so they can marry their girls. When some escaped convicts pull into their garage, the boys manage to capture them and use the reward money to marry their sweethearts. |
1953-08-15 |
| 7 |
Rip, Sew, and Stitch |
The stooges run a tailor shop and need money to pay their creditors. A bank robber leaves his coat in the shop with a combination to a safe. When the crook comes back to retrieve the coat, the stooges capture him and get his bankroll. |
1953-09-03 |
| 8 |
Bubble Trouble |
The stooges are pharmacists who invent a fountain of youth formula that can turn old people young. They turn an old lady into a beautiful young woman, but when her husband takes the formula it turns him into a gorilla. |
1953-10-08 |
| 9 |
Goof on the Roof |
The Stooges take care of a house while their friend is getting married. Their friend wants them to get a TV and have an antenna installed on the house. The Stooges have a great idea. They decide to install the TV themselves and save the money for a wedding present. Shemp keeps on slipping on soap and having his head dunked in a bucket of water while cleaning the house. Larry totally wrecks the wall by setting it on fire and turning it into swiss cheese with a hammer. Shemp takes apart the TV and while installing the antenna, falls and breaks it. The friend comes back, married, and when his fat wife sees the house, she leaves him. |
1953-11-03 |
| 1 |
Income Tax Sappy |
When the stooges are left to do their income taxes together one day, they decide to get lots of money by defrauding the government with tax schemes. Once they are living richly they throw a party in which the main guest ends up being a government official who tells them the jig is up. |
1954-02-04 |
| 2 |
Musty Musketeers |
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but the King won't give his consent until Princess Alicia gets married. The princess is abducted by Mergatroyd, an evil magician who plans to marry her and become ruler of the country. The stooges help the princess escape and then defeat the magician and his henchmen in a sword fight. |
1954-05-13 |
| 3 |
Pals and Gals |
The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad guy has Nell's sisters locked up, and its up to the stooges to rescue them and save the day. |
1954-06-03 |
| 4 |
Knutzy Knights |
Set in Elizabethan times, the stooges help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. The only problem is that Elaine is promised to the Black Prince who is plotting to take over the kingdom. The stooges manage to foil the plot and the grateful King allows Cedric to marry Elaine. |
1954-09-02 |
| 5 |
Shot in the Frontier |
Set in the old west, the stooges must defend their honor against the Noonan brothers, three desperadoes who want to marry the same girls the stooges are courting. |
1954-10-07 |
| 6 |
Scotched in Scotland |
Would be detectives, the stooges get a job guarding a Scotch castle while the owner is away. The servants are crooks intent on robbing the castle of its valuables. Though they do their best to frighten the boys off, the stooges prevail and expose the crooked goings-on. |
1954-11-04 |
| 1 |
Fling in the Ring |
The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big Mike", their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose their lives, the boys try to soften up Chopper so he'll lose. The fight gets canceled and the stooges have to contend with an angry Big Mike and his goons. |
1955-01-06 |
| 2 |
Of Cash and Hash |
The stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed and go back to their jobs in a Cafe. When one of the robbers comes into the Cafe, the boys recognize him and along with their friend Gladys trail him to a spooky house in the country where the crooks are hiding out. The bad guys abduct Gladys and the stooges must rescue her. |
1955-02-03 |
| 3 |
Gypped in the Penthouse |
Gypped in the Penthouse is the 161st short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. |
1955-03-10 |
| 4 |
Bedlam in Paradise |
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges, who are in league with the devil, from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry' plans and makes it through the pearly gates. |
1955-04-14 |
| 5 |
Stone Age Romeos |
The stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to a museum that cavemen still exist. They return from their expedition with a film purporting to show some stone age stooges defending their women from other cavemen. The museum curators are about to pay they reward, until they overhear the stooges talking about how they faked the film, with themselves playing the cavemen. |
1955-06-02 |
| 6 |
Wham-Bam-Slam |
Shemp is a sick man with a bad case of nerves. The stooge's friend Claude, a self-taught healer, tries to cure Shemp with various home- made remedies. When nothing seems to work, Claude suggests they buy his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp on a trip to the country. The car won't start, and the trip never gets off the ground, but not to worry, Shemp is cured by all the excitement. |
1955-09-01 |
| 7 |
Hot Ice |
The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When they accidentally see a memo about the theft a famous diamond, the boys decide to go after the crooks. They find the crooks, but Shemp accidentally swallows the diamond which was hidden in a bowl of candy. The bad guys want to cut the diamond out, but the boys foil them with the help of a friendly gorilla. |
1955-10-06 |
| 8 |
Blunder Boys |
The stooges go to criminology school and graduate with the lowest possible honors. The boys join the police force and are assigned to track down a crook called the "Eel", who disguises himself as a woman. The stooges track the Eel to a hotel, but he slips through their hands after a wild chase. The stooges are booted off the force and wind up as ditch diggers. |
1955-11-03 |
| 1 |
Husbands Beware |
To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp marries his student before the deadline, and then finds out that there is no inheritance. Moe and Larry have tricked him into marriage as revenge for their marrying his shrewish sisters. |
1956-01-05 |
| 2 |
Creeps |
The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Sir Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take the armor, and is about to skewer them with a sword when it's revealed that the stooges were only telling a bedtime story to their "sons" (also played by the stooges.) |
1956-02-02 |
| 3 |
Flagpole Jitters |
he stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation. |
1956-04-05 |
| 5 |
Rumpus in the Harem |
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys need money to pay their fiancée's taxes, or the girls will be sold as slaves. Some crooks come into their restaurant and convince the boys to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond. The stooges decide to return the diamond to the government and get the reward money. They learn that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the diamond. |
1956-06-21 |
| 6 |
Hot Stuff |
The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep. |
1956-09-06 |
| 7 |
Scheming Schemers |
The stooges are three incompetent plumbers who foul up the plumbing in a fancy mansion where a society party is going on. They manage to catch a couple of thieves masquerading as guests before the whole party degenerates into a pie fight. |
1956-10-04 |
| 8 |
Commotion on the Ocean |
The stooges are would-be reporters, who are tricked into becoming stowaways by "Borscht", a spy for an enemy country. Stranded on a freighter on the high seas, they discover that Borscht has concealed some stolen microfilm in watermelons they brought aboard for him. After a wild chase, they subdue Borscht and recover the microfilm. |
1956-11-08 |
| 1 |
Hoofs and Goofs |
Joe dreams that the stooge's sister Birdie has died and been reincarnated as a horse. The stooges take Birdie home but must conceal her from the snoopy landlord. They succeed, but more complications ensue when Birdie gives birth to a colt. Joe wakes up to suffer some abuse from the real Birdie (Moe in drag), when he tells her he dreamed she was a horse. |
1957-01-31 |
| 2 |
Muscle Up a Little Closer |
Joe is engaged but can't get married until he recovers the engagement ring which has disappeared. The stooges suspect the ring was stolen by Elmo, a beefy bully, who works at the same factory they do. They confront Elmo in the company gym, but he's too tough for them. Fortunately Joe's girl is even tougher, and she gets Elmo to confess and return the ring. |
1957-02-28 |
| 3 |
A Merry Mix-Up |
The stooges appear in triplicate as three sets of triplets who were separated a long time ago. Their reunion causes confusion and troubles for various wives and sweethearts, but it all works out in the end. |
1957-03-28 |
| 4 |
Space Ship Sappy |
An eccentric scientist tricks the stooges into joining himself and his daughter on an expedition to Venus. On Venus, the boys go exploring and encounter some cannibalistic amazons who plan to devour them. The stooges escape and take off in the spaceship which goes wildly out of control. As the ship is about to crash, the scene changes to the annual meeting of the Liars Club, where the stooges win the prize as the biggest liars in the world. |
1957-04-18 |
| 5 |
Guns A Poppin! |
Told in flashback, Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. It seems that Moe was in debt and suffering a nervous breakdown so Larry and Joe took him to the country for rest and relaxation. After a marauding bear ruined the peace and quiet, their cabin became the scene of a shoot-out between the sheriff and an escaped outlaw. The boys captured the bad guy, and the reward would have paid Moe's debts, but the crook escaped and Moe went after Larry and Joe with an ax. |
1957-06-13 |
| 6 |
Horsing Around |
A sequel (sort of) to "Hoofs and Goofs", The stooges are taking care of their sister Birdie who has been reincarnated as a horse. When they learn that her mate "Schnapps", a famous circus horse, is about to be destroyed, they got to the circus grounds to rescue him. The stooges are successful, and Birdie and Schnapps are reunited. |
1957-09-12 |
| 7 |
Rusty Romeos |
The stooges don't know it, but they are all engaged to the same girl, a gold-digger who plans to get an engagement ring from each of them and then abandon them. When all three show up at her house at the same time, a wild fight ensues, as each stooge accuses the others of making time with "his" girl. The gold-digger gets it in the end (literally) with tacks shot from a repeating rifle. |
1957-10-17 |
| 8 |
Outer Space Jitters |
The stooges accompany professor Jones on an expedition to Venus, where they discover that the Venusians are planning to conquer the earth with an army of zombies. When the boys learn that they're going to be turned into zombies, they escape. The scene changes to the stooges apartment where we learn they are just telling a bedtime story to their kids (also played by the stooges) while they wait for the baby sitter to arrive. When the baby sitter shows up, she looks like one of the zombies and the boys exit in a hurry. |
1957-12-05 |
| 1 |
Quiz Whiz |
Joe wins a contest and is promptly fleeced out of his winnings by some con men. When the stooges go to recover his money, the bad guys convince them that they can get rich by posing as children and becoming the wards of a millionaire. The boys go along with the plan, not realizing that the "millionaire" and his pretty niece are in on the scam and are planning to knock them off. The stooges foil the plan and recover Joe's money. |
1958-02-13 |
| 2 |
Fifi Blow Her Top |
The stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After they finish their tales, they discover that Joe's girl Fifi, whom he left behind in Paris, has moved in next door. The only problem is that she's now married, with a very jealous husband. The husband turns out to be a real cad, and when Fifi overhears him tell about his plans to find a new wife, she clobbers him and goes back to Joe. |
1958-04-10 |
| 3 |
Pies and Guys |
A professor attempts to win a bet by turning the stooges into gentlemen. After some lessons in etiquette, the boys make their society debut at a fancy party. They soon revert to their old habits and a wild pie fight ensues. |
1958-06-12 |
| 4 |
Sweet and Hot |
Small town boy made good, producer Larry returns to his home farm town and asks his friends, Joe and sister Tiny, to join his New York nightclub act. |
1958-09-04 |
| 5 |
Flying Saucer Daffy |
Joe's accidental snapshot of a paper plate blown by a breeze, is mistaken for a picture of a UFO. |
1958-10-09 |
| 6 |
Oils Well That Ends Well |
The Stooges have lost their jobs. Adding insult to injury, they received a letter from Dad with the news that he requires surgery. To help pay for the operation, the father suggests the boys search for uranium on his mining property. |
1958-12-04 |
