The Three Stooges in Color
by Jack White (II)
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Actor: Dan Brady, Hank Bell, Larry Fine, Nick Baskovitch, Sol HorowitzDirector: Jack White (II)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Three Stooges in Color
Movie Review: GET STOOGED...IN COLOR !
Summary: 5 Stars
The "Three Stooges" purist in me say's absolutely no way to the colorized shorts. I'll admit that after watching this DVD I have warmed up to the Three Stooges in color. 20th Century Fox Studio did a great job with this one and the price is very reasonable for what you get. Fans will enjoy four classic Three Stooges shorts in all new color versions plus the same four shorts restored and remastered in glorious Black & White.
Included on the DVD are Trailers, Wraparounds by the mystery science 3000 crew and a film crew easter egg. I didn't particularly care for the wraparounds or the mystery science 3000 guys because I've never been a fan of MST3K. These same four "Three Stooges" shorts presented have been released many times over the years in the public domain, but I've never seen them look so good until now. This DVD is an affordable way to see the "Three Stooges" in great clarity at a low price.
DVD Shorts:
- Disorder in the Court
- Sing a Song of Six Pants
- Malice in the Palace
- Brideless Groom
DVD Features:
- DVD Includes all-new color version and restored black-and-white version
- Comedy Wraparounds by the Film Crew (Mike Nelson and the cast from Mystery Science Theater 3000)
- Vintage trailers
- Hilarious film crew Easter egg
- Play: Original Black & White Movies
- Three Stooges DVD Comparison
Summary of The Three Stooges in Color
A quartet of Three Stooges shorts, with a 3-to-1 balance tilting toward Shemp over Curly. The 1936 "Disorder in the Court" is definitely an honor-roll Stooges entry, with Curly providing testimony in a murder case. Note to prosecutors: Do not bring a vise into the same courtroom as Curly Howard. The other shorts shift to the late 1940s, adding (and highlighting) returning Howard brother Shemp in place of Curly. "Brideless Groom" has Shemp inheriting a half million dollars if he can get married in a few hours. As Moe observes, this should be a snap: "When Shemp pours on the charm, no dame can resist." Ooof."Sing a Song of Six Pants" is a lesser outing, with the boys running a tailor shop and getting mixed up with gangsters. It does provide an illustration of that Stooges truism: when a beartrap is located anywhere nearby, the law of probabilities favors an eventual convergence with Moe's backside. "Malice in the Palace" takes place in an Arabian café, where Moe, Larry, and Shemp are waiters. The best sequence has the boys and their diners convinced that Larry has sacrificed a dog and cat for the evening's entree.
This Fox DVD offers colorized versions of the shorts, but like the 2004 Columbia colorized discs, it also features the original black-and-white versions. The fake color looks pretty bad, with the lurid shades of the Arabian nights episode especially glaring. Stick with the improved black-and-white versions of these familiar shorts. Wraparound introductions are provided by Mike Nelson and a couple of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew--they're hit and miss, but their mockery of poor, sputtering Shemp Howard is just a bit cruel. --Robert Horton
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