Three Stooges, the [01] - Curly Classics
by Archie Gottler, Del Lord, Edward Bernds, Lou Breslow, Ray McCarey
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Actor: Betty André, Carmen Andre, Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe HowardDirector: Archie Gottler, Del Lord, Edward Bernds, Lou Breslow, Ray McCarey
Brand: Sony
Writer: Curly Howard
Writer: Edward Bernds
Writer: Elwood Ullman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Three Stooges, the [01] - Curly Classics
Movie Review: Classic Curly is as good as it gets with the Three Stooges
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Three Stooges: Curly Classics" includes not only the first four shorts the Stooges made with Columbia in 1934 and then skips ahead to the classic "A Plumbing We Will Go" from 1940 and "Micro-Phonies" from 1945 and Consequently, from both a historical and a comedy standpoint, this is one of the better videos of the Stooges out there:
"A Plumbing We Will Go" (#46) is a classic short the Stooges did at Columbia. The cops are chasing Curly, who was fishing illegally (in a pet store tank), and eventually the boys end up stealing a plumber's truck. This gets to the classic gags of the boys trying to plug up leaks in an expensive home. This is the one where Curly is trying to stop a leak in the bathroom by connecting pipe lengths together, not stopping until he has completely encased himself in pipes. Once again the Three Stooges show that their best bits are actually the ones with a minimum amount of slapping and conking heads, but as they wreck havoc trying to make things right.
"Men in Black" (#3) is the only short for which they were ever nominated for an Oscar. The boys are doctors at the Los Arms Hospital and every time they are paged over the intercom ("Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard") they find a different mode of transportation for getting to where they need to be (e.g., horses, go-carts). One of the things that makes this one a standout is that in addition to Moe slapping Larry and Curly around, there are a lot of pretty good one-liners having to do with the (mal)practice of medicine.
"Micro-phonies" (#87) is another classic Three Stooges adventure with the boys as handymen trying to fix a heating pipe at a radio station. The next thing we know Curly, in drag and lip-synching a song, is hired to sing the song at the part of a rich lady. So Senorita Cucaracha, along with Senors Mucho and Gusto (Larry and Moe) arrive to destroy the party. The Stooges take on a tenor and have to be rescued by the lovely Christine McIntyre, who would often appear in these shorts during the late Forties.
"Punch Drunks" (#2) has Moe as a fight manager who needs a fighter. He settles on Curly, who fights as KO Stradivarius, because every time Larry starts playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" on the violin, Curly becomes a fighting machine. Of course, Larry's violin gets destroyed during the fight with Killer Kilduff, and he has to find another way of getting the song played before Curly gets killed. The solution is actually pretty funny and so far this video has three classics in a row.
"Three Little Pigskins" (#4) is the Three Stooges answer to the climax of "Horse Feathers" where the Marx Brothers destroy a football game. Here the gangster Joe Slack needs some ringers to help his team beat a professional team, especially since Joe has a $50,000 bet on the game. So a young and blond Lucille Ball suggests Joe check out the local college where he gets the mistaken idea the Stooges are football players. On the gridiron the boys try their best, but you know how good that is going to end up being and their are some pretty funny football gags before Joe chases them away with his gun.
"Woman Haters" (#1) has the distinction of being their first short with Columbia, but fails to attain classic status. Actress Marjorie White gets top credit and for some reason that passes understanding, all of the dialogue is done in rhyming couplets. The Stooges make a grand entrance with lots of slapping and Curly does say "nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" for the first time, but the poetic dialogue wears thin really quick. However, there is no doubt that all those years in vaudeville have well prepared the Stooges for the big time in comedy shorts.
Summary of Three Stooges, the [01] - Curly Classics
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/25/2007 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: NrSimilar DVD Movies
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