The Three Stooges

A detailed Summary of The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges developed their own brand of comedy. They specialized in slapstick, and produced a number of comedies, which are now becoming recognized as classics. During their prime moviemaking years, the 1930s and '40s, the Three Stooges made great comedy movies. The Stooges currently hold the record for appearing in more movies than any other comedy team in history. The Three Stooges started their career as a trio in 1925 in a studio in California. They were all actors that wanted to make people laugh. They thought it would be fun to decivilize society. The more rude and violent they acted, the more popular they became.

The boss of the Three Stooges throughout its entirety was Moe Howard. He was born Harry Horwitz in 1897. Moe grew up in Brooklyn and found playing child parts in silent films. Moe eventually graduated to traveling theatrical troupes. Moe married Helen Schonberger in 1925, shortly before becoming a permanent member of the Stooges.

The "middleman" of the team was Larry Fine. He was born Louis Feinberg in 1902. Larry grew up in Philadelphia, and, like Moe, went into show business at an early age. He played child parts in vaudeville comedy plays and eventually formed his own musical act. He marr

Remakes of earlier comedies became very popular by this time. Columbia Studio started re-releasing cuts from previous movies and some new material called "shorts". For several years in the 1950s, the Columbia Stooges shorts were among the nation's most popular box office attractions. For short comedies, they were selected top money-makers for five consecutive years, from 1950 through 1954.

ied a woman named Mabel Haney and became one of the stooges in 1925.

By 1959, the Stooges were suddenly back on top, because of television. They were very popular, more popular then they have ever been. They were now national celebrities. They also appear on the Ed Sullivan Show and the Steven Allen show.

The Three Stooges was official over. Soon after, Moe died.

Shemp died in 1955, and was replaced by Joe Besser, a chubby character comic. Besser was bald except for a little of ring of hair on his head, he was fat and cherubic like Curly. Besser left the act in the late 1950s, after appearing in only a handful of comedies with the Stooges.

These six performers were all of the members of the Three Stooges. Other "Three Stooges" ensembles, however, popped up throughout the years, including a trio consisting of three other Healy Stooges, and another group that simply called itself the "Three Stooges." Strangely enough, both of these other teams also made movie appearances of their own at different studios.

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