History Film / SnowWhiteAndTheThreeStooges

* ParentalAbandonment: Snow White's mother, of course to have the king remarry, and her father dies on her birthday.

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A 1961 live-action retelling of ''Literature/SnowWhite'' directed by Walter Lang, starring Carol Heiss (a then-recent Olympic gold medalist in figure skating) as Snow White, with Film/TheThreeStooges taking the place of the Seven Dwarfs.

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->''"And if, by now, you're wondering what on earth the Three Stooges have to do with the fairy tale of Snow White, it's very simple. In this version, we're telling the story of... ''Snow White and the Three Stooges''!"''

The story follows the fairy tale, with a few twists, such as PrinceCharming having been raised by the Stooges after they saved him from an assassin when he was a boy (he'd lost his memory in the attack). The film started as a NonActorVehicle for Heiss, similar to the Creator/SonjaHenie films also by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, with the Stooges only being brought in when Fox realized that Heiss couldn't carry the movie.

This is a live action retelling of "Literature/SnowWhite", starring Carol Heiss, a then-recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating, as Snow White, and Film/TheThreeStooges taking the place of the seven dwarfs. The story follows the fairy tale, with a few twists, such as PrinceCharming having been raised by the Stooges after they saved him from an assassin when he was a boy (he'd lost his memory in the attack). The film started as a NonActorVehicle for Heiss, similar to the Creator/SonjaHenie films also by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, with the Stooges only being brought in when Fox realized that Heiss couldn't carry the movie.

This is a live action retelling of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs", starring Carol Heiss, a then-recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating, as Snow White, and Film/TheThreeStooges taking the place of the seven dwarfs. The story follows the fairy tale, with a few twists, such as PrinceCharming having been raised by the Stooges after they saved him from an assassin when he was a boy (he'd lost his memory in the attack). The film started as a NonActorVehicle for Heiss, similar to the Creator/SonjaHenie films also by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, with the Stooges only being brought in when Fox realized that Heiss couldn't carry the movie.

* MythologyGag: The Stooges just got their house from a bunch of dwarfs.

This is a live action retelling of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs", starring Carol Heiss, a then-recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating, as Snow White, and Film/TheThreeStooges taking the place of the seven dwarfs. The story follows the fairy tale, with a few twists, such as PrinceCharming having been raised by the Stooges after they saved him from an assassin when he was a boy (he'd lost his memory in the attack). The film is notable for having originally started as a NonActorVehicle for Heiss, similar to the Creator/SonjaHenie films also by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, with the Stooges only being brought in when Fox realized that Heiss couldn't carry the movie.

* CanonForeigner: Count Oga

* TheDragon: Count Oga

* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Snow White's skating dress on her birthday is loaded with sequins.

* GorgeousPeriodDress

* NonActorVehicle: Carol Heiss

* PrinceCharming: Actually named that.
* PrincessClassic

* {{Slapstick}}: There were a few scenes of this, but very little compared to the Stooges' other films.

* PimpedOutDress: Snow White's skating dresses.

This is a live action retelling of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs", starring Carol Heiss, a recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating, as Snow White, and Film/TheThreeStooges taking the place of the seven dwarfs. The story follows the fairy tale, with a few twists, such as PrinceCharming was raised by the Stooges after they saved him from an assassin when he was a boy, but lost his memory in the attack. The film originally started as a NonActorVehicle for Heiss, similar to the Creator/SonjaHenie films also by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, and the Stooges were brought in to try to flesh out the story.

This is a live action retelling of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs", starring Carol Heiss, a recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating, as Snow White, and Film/TheThreeStooges taking the place of the seven dwarfs.

The story follows the fairy tale, with a few twists, such as PrinceCharming was raised by the Stooges after they saved him from an assassin when he was a boy, but lost his memory in the attack.

The film originally started as a vehicle for Heiss, similar to the Creator/SonjaHenie films also by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, and the Stooges were brought in to try to flesh out the story.

* {{Slapstick}}: There were a few scenes of this, but very little compared to the Stooges other films.

->''"And if, by now, you're wondering what on earth the Three Stooges have to do with the fairy tale of Snow White, it's very simple. In this version, we're telling the story of... ''[[TitleDrop Snow White and the Three Stooges]]''!"''

This movie stands as a textbook case of misusing a good cast. The film had two leads who were simply not used properly.

The film originally started as a vehicle for Carol Heiss, who was a recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating. This was an attempt by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox to make her the next Creator/SonjaHenie (who had made a number of successful films for the studio a couple of decades before).

Unfortunately, they forgot that Sonja's films were mainly tailored made to show off her skating. This film was taking the plot of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs" but did not alter the plot to fit the skating. Thus, the skating seemed just thrown in. Worse, Carol had no acting experience, and this was giving her a major role. Henie's earlier films kept her roles smaller than this.

Once the studio realized that Carol couldn't carry the film as it was, they could have rewritten the film to fit the skating and not relied on her acting. But they didn't want to go ''that'' far, so they tried to compensate with one of the most brazen acts of StuntCasting in film history. They brought in Film/TheThreeStooges to take the place of the seven dwarfs.

That could have worked, but they ''still'' didn't rewrite the script, and while the Stooges had a lot of screen time, it started late in the film, and had barely any {{Slapstick}}. You read that right. A trio whose career was based on slapstick, had almost none. Not to mention being called upon to do some serious pathos, for which the Stooges were clearly unsuited. This is why the film was turned from [[SoOkayItsAverage a decent, if passible, film]] into something loathed by their fans.

If you aren't a big fan of the stooges, you may enjoy this film, though. It's otherwise a nice, frothy film.

->"And if, by now, you're wondering what on earth the Three Stooges have to do with the fairy tale of Snow White, it's very simple. In this version, we're telling the story of... ''[[TitleDrop Snow White and the Three Stooges]]''!"

The film originally started as a vehicle for Carol Heiss, who was a recent Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating. This was an attempt by TwentiethCenturyFox to make her the next SonjaHenie (who had made a number of successful films for the studio a couple of decades before).

Once the studio realized that Carol couldn't carry the film as it was, they could have rewritten the film to fit the skating and not relied on her acting. But they didn't want to go ''that'' far, so they tried to compensate with one of the most brazen acts of StuntCasting in film history. They brought in TheThreeStooges to take the place of the seven dwarfs.