The Three Stooges Story (2001)
You'll see all six of the Three Stooges - brothers Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita - in this exhaustive "Nyukumentary" covering their comedic career in all its goofy glory. Starting in the early 1920s as sidekicks for comedian Ted Healy, the Stooges made their movie debut in Soup to Nuts (1930), and gained their greatest fame in a series of short films for Columbia from 1934-'57. You'll see the Stooges and many of their collaborators from both sides of the camera (actor Emil Sitka, directors Edward Bernds and Jules White) in rare film clips, documentary footage, TV Interviews, and more. Narrated by Mike Eagan
Directors: Edward Bernds, Jules White.
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Moe Howard as Moe (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Larry Fine as Larry (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Curly Howard as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Shemp Howard as Shemp (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Joe Besser as Joe (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Joe DeRita as Curly-Joe (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Ted Healy as Stooges Manager (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Bonnie Bonnell as Manager's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Emil Sitka as Actor (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Paul 'Mousie' Garner as 1929 Replacement Stooge (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Sammy Wolf as 1929 Replacement Stooge (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Dick Hakins as 1929 Replacement Stooge (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Edward Bernds | Director |
| Production | Sandy Oliveri | Producer |
| Production | Paul Harris | Producer |
| Production | Ken Cayre | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stan Cayre | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joe Cayre | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Baker | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sandy Oliveri | Film Processor |
| Directing | Jules White | Director |