[[index]]
!!The Ted Healy years (1930-1934)
Before becoming "The Three Stooges," the trio was part of a Vaudeville act with entertainer Ted Healy. Healy and the Stooges starred in a feature film for [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]] and five shorts for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.

* ''Film/SoupToNuts''

Shemp left the Stooges after ''Soup to Nuts'' and was replaced by Jerome "Curly" Howard.

* ''Film/NertseryRhymes''
* ''[[Film/BeerAndPretzels Beer and Pretzels]]''
* ''[[Film/HelloPop Hello Pop!]]''
* ''Film/PlaneNuts''
* ''Meet the Baron''
* ''Film/TheBigIdea''
* ''Hollywood Party''

!!The Curly years (1934-47)
When Columbia offered them a contract to appear in theatrical shorts, The Stooges parted ways with Ted Healy and became their own act. This was the time they started officially going as "The Three Stooges."\\

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[[folder:1934]]
#Film/WomanHaters
#Film/PunchDrunks
#[[Film/MenInBlack1934 Men in Black]]
#Film/ThreeLittlePigskins
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1935]]
[numlist:5]
#[[Film/HorsesCollars Horses' Collars]]
#Film/RestlessKnights
#Film/PopGoesTheEasel
#Film/UncivilWarriors
#Film/PardonMyScotch
#Film/HoiPolloi
#Film/ThreeLittleBeers
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1936]]
[numlist:12]
#Film/AntsInThePantry
#Film/MovieManiacs
#[[Film/HalfShotShooters Half-Shot Shooters]]
#[[Film/DisorderInTheCourt Disorder in the Court]]
#[[Film/APainInThePullman A Pain in the Pullman]]
#Film/FalseAlarms
#[[Film/WhoopsImAnIndian Whoops, I'm an Indian!]]
#Film/SlipperySilks
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1937]]
[numlist:20]
#Film/GripsGruntsAndGroans
#Film/DizzyDoctors
#[[Film/ThreeDumbClucks 3 Dumb Clucks]]
#[[Film/BackToTheWoods Back to the Woods]]
#[[Film/GoofsAndSaddles Goofs and Saddles]]
#[[Film/CashAndCarry Cash and Carry]]
#[[Film/PlayingThePonies Playing the Ponies]]
#Film/TheSitterDowners
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1938]]
[numlist:28]
#[[Film/TermitesOf1938 Termites of 1938]]
#Film/WeeWeeMonsieur
#[[Film/TasselsInTheAir Tassels in the Air]]
#[[Film/HealthyWealthyAndDumb Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb]]
#[[Film/ViolentIsTheWordForCurly Violent is the Word for Curly]]
#Film/ThreeMissingLinks
#[[Film/MuttsToYou Mutts to You]]
#Film/FlatFootStooges
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1939]]
[numlist:36]
#[[Film/ThreeLittleSewAndSews Three Little Sew and Sews]]
#Film/WeWantOurMummy
#Film/ADuckingTheyDidGo
#[[Film/YesWeHaveNoBonanza Yes, We Have No Bonanza]]
#[[Film/SavedByTheBelle Saved by the Belle]]
#Film/CallingAllCurs
#[[Film/OilyToBedOilyToRise Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise]]
#Film/ThreeSappyPeople
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1940]]
[numlist:44]
#Film/YouNaztySpy
#[[Film/RockinThruTheRockies Rockin' Thru the Rockies]]
#Film/APlumbingWeWillGo
#Film/NuttyButNice
#[[Film/HowHighIsUp How High Is Up?]]
#[[Film/FromNurseToWorse From Nurse to Worse]]
#[[Film/NoCensusNoFeeling No Census, No Feeling]]
#Film/CookooCavaliers
#[[Film/BoobsInArms Boobs in Arms]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1941]]
[numlist:53]
#[[Film/SoLongMrChumps So Long Mr. Chumps]]
#Film/DutifulButDumb
#[[Film/AllTheWorldsAStooge All the World's a Stooge]]
#[[Film/IllNeverHeilAgain I'll Never Heil Again]]
#[[Film/AnAcheInEveryStake An Ache in Every Stake]]
#[[Film/InTheSweetPieAndPie In the Sweet Pie and Pie]]
#[[Film/SomeMoreOfSamoa Some More of Samoa]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1942]]
[numlist:60]
#Film/LocoBoyMakesGood
#Film/CactusMakesPerfect
#[[Film/WhatsTheMatador What's the Matador?]]
#[[Film/MatriPhony Matri-Phony]]
#Film/ThreeSmartSaps
#[[Film/EvenAsIOU Even as IOU]]
#[[Film/SockAByeBaby Sock-a-Bye Baby]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1943]]
[numlist:67]
#[[Film/TheyStoogeToConga They Stooge to Conga]]
#Film/DizzyDetectives
#Film/SpookLouder
#[[Film/BackFromTheFront Back from the Front]]
#Film/ThreeLittleTwerps
#[[Film/HigherThanAKite Higher Than a Kite]]
#Film/ICanHardlyWait
#Film/DizzyPilots
#[[Film/PhonyExpress Phony Express]]
#[[Film/AGemOfAJam A Gem of a Jam]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1944]]
[numlist:77]
#[[Film/CrashGoesTheHash Crash Goes the Hash]]
#[[Film/BusyBuddies Busy Buddies]]
#[[Film/TheYokesOnMe The Yoke's on Me]]
#Film/IdleRoomers
#Film/GentsWithoutCents
#Film/NoDoughBoys
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1945]]
This is the year that Curly's health problems begin to become serious, as his subsequent performances (including the feature film ''Swing Parade of 1946'') were generally marred by slurred speech and slower timing, which new director Edward Bernds had to work around.
[numlist:83]
#[[Film/ThreePestsInAMess Three Pests in a Mess]]
#Film/BoobyDupes
#Film/IdiotsDeluxe
#[[Film/IfABodyMeetsABody If a Body Meets a Body]]
#[[Film/MicroPhonies Micro-Phonies]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[index]]
[[folder:1946]]
This is the year that Curly's health took for the worst. After coming back from a performance tour in New York and after hearing that Curly's absence had temporarily halted production on the shorts, Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn prohibited him from taking any more time off. This... [[FromBadToWorse didn't end well and it likely proved to be one of the leading factors that led to poor Curly having a stroke while filming for "Half-Wits Holiday"]], though some people speculated that this likely didn’t happen.

[numlist:88]
#Film/BeerBarrelPolecats
#[[Film/ABirdInTheHead A Bird in the Head]]
#Film/UncivilWarBirds
#Film/TheThreeTroubledoers
#Film/MonkeyBusinessmen
#Film/ThreeLoanWolves
#[[Film/GIWannaHome G.I. Wanna Home]]
#[[Film/RhythmAndWeep Rhythm and Weep]]
#Film/ThreeLittlePirates
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1947]]
During the Filming of "Half-Wits Holiday" Curly suffered a stroke that forced him to retire from performing with the Stooges. He would make one last appearance in a cameo in "Hold That Lion!"
[numlist:97]
#[[Film/HalfWitsHoliday Half-Wits Holiday]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

!!The Shemp years (1947-56)
Shemp returned to the Stooges as a temporary replacement for Curly. Once it was realized that Curly wasn't going to recover, Shemp permanently rejoined the Stooges so Moe and Larry's careers could continue.
[[folder:1947]]
[numlist:98]
#[[Film/FrightNight1947 Fright Night]]
#Film/OutWest
#[[Film/HoldThatLion Hold That Lion!]]
#Film/BridelessGroom
#Film/SingASongOfSixPants
#Film/AllGummedUp
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1948]]
[numlist:104]
#Film/ShiveringSherlocks
#Film/PardonMyClutch
#Film/SquareheadsOfTheRoundTable
#Film/FiddlersThree
#Film/TheHotScots
#Film/HeavenlyDaze
#[[Film/ImAMonkeysUncle I'm a Monkey's Uncle]]
#[[Film/MummysDummies Mummy's Dummies]]
#[[Film/CrimeOnTheirHands Crime on Their Hands]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1949]]
[numlist:113]
#Film/TheGhostTalks
#[[Film/WhoDoneIt1949 Who Done It?]]
#Film/HokusPokus
#[[Film/FuelinAround Fuelin' Around]]
#[[Film/MaliceInThePalace Malice in the Palace]]
#Film/VagabondLoafers
#[[Film/JerksOfAllTrades Jerks of All Trades]]
#[[Film/DunkedInTheDeep Dunked in the Deep]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1950]]
[numlist:121]
#Film/PunchyCowpunchers
#[[Film/HugsAndMugs Hugs and Mugs]]
#Film/DopeyDicks
#[[Film/LoveAtFirstBite1950 Love at First Bite]]
#[[Film/SelfMadeMaids Self-Made Maids]]
#[[Film/ThreeHamsOnRye Three Hams on Rye]]
#Film/StudioStoops
#Film/SlaphappySleuths
#[[Film/ASnitchInTime A Snitch in Time]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1951]]
[numlist:130]
#Film/ThreeArabianNuts
#Film/BabySittersJitters
#[[Film/DontThrowThatKnife Don't Throw That Knife]]
#Film/ScrambledBrains
#Film/MerryMavericks
#Film/TheToothWillOut
#[[Film/HulaLaLa Hula-La-La]]
#Film/PestManWins
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1952]]
In 1952, Columbia began to scale back their Shorts division. As a result, the quality of the Stooge shorts began to decline at this point.
[numlist:138]
#Film/AMissedFortune
#[[Film/ListenJudge Listen, Judge]]
#Film/CornyCasanovas
#Film/HeCookedHisGoose
#[[Film/GentsInAJam Gents in a Jam]]
#Film/ThreeDarkHorses
#[[Film/CuckooOnAChooChoo Cuckoo on a Choo Choo]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1953]]
By this point, a lot of the Stooge Shorts began incorporating footage from earlier shorts to speed up and reduce the cost of production further.
[numlist:145]
#[[Film/UpInDaisysPenthouse Up in Daisy's Penthouse]]
#[[Film/BootyAndTheBeast Booty and the Beast]]
#Film/LooseLoot
#Film/TrickyDicks
#[[Film/{{Spooks}} Spooks!]]
#Film/PardonMyBackfire
#[[Film/RipSewAndStitch Rip, Sew and Stitch]]
#Film/BubbleTrouble
#[[Film/GoofOnTheRoof Goof on the Roof]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1954]]
[numlist:154]
#Film/IncomeTaxSappy
#Film/MustyMusketeers
#[[Film/PalsAndGals Pals and Gals]]
#Film/KnutzyKnights
#[[Film/ShotInTheFrontier Shot in the Frontier]]
#[[Film/ScotchedInScotland Scotched in Scotland]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1955]]
By this point, it was obvious that they were now going heavy on recycled footage, with lots of the shorts being remakes of previous shorts mostly consisting of recycled footage with the occasional new scene included.
[numlist:160]
#[[Film/FlingInTheRing Fling in the Ring]]
#[[Film/OfCashAndHash Of Cash and Hash]]
#[[Film/GyppedInThePenthouse Gypped in the Penthouse]]
#[[Film/BedlamInParadise Bedlam in Paradise]]
#Film/StoneAgeRomeos
#[[Film/WhamBamSlam Wham-Bam-Slam!]]
#Film/HotIce
#Film/BlunderBoys
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1956]]
[numlist:168]
#Film/HusbandsBeware
#Film/{{Creeps}}
#Film/FlagpoleJitters
#[[Film/ForCriminOutLoud For Crimin' Out Loud]]
[/numlist]

After the filming of "Flagpole Jitters," ("For Crimin' Out Loud" was filmed earlier, but released later) 60-year-old Shemp abruptly died of a heart attack while on his way back from a boxing tournament on November 22, 1955. However, Columbia has promised exhibitors eight Stooge shorts for 1956. Therefore, the last four shorts of the year were remakes of Shemp-era shorts and mostly contained recycled footage; any new footage had supporting actor Joe Palma as Shemp, almost always from the back.

[numlist:172]
#[[Film/RumpusInTheHarem Rumpus in the Harem]]
#Film/HotStuff
#Film/SchemingSchemers
#[[Film/CommotionOnTheOcean Commotion on the Ocean]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

!!The Joe years (1957-59)
After Shemp's death, Moe considered disbanding the Stooges, but Columbia still had them under contract. They picked Joe Besser as the new third Stooge, and the shorts continued. However, by the end of the year, the market for theatrical shorts had dried up, so Columbia let their contract expire and later fired the Stooges. Columbia would release the last of the Stooge shorts over the next two years, though not in the order they were produced in.

[[folder:1957]]
[numlist:176]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesHoofsAndGoofs Hoofs and Goofs]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesMuscleUpALittleCloser Muscle Up a Little Closer]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesAMerryMixUp A Merry Mix Up]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesSpaceShipSappy Space Ship Sappy]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesGunsAPoppin Guns a Poppin!]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesHorsingAround Horsing Around]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesRustyRomeos Rusty Romeos]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesOuterSpaceJitters Outer Space Jitters]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1958]]
[numlist:184]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesQuizWhizz Quiz Whizz]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesFifiBlowsHerTop Fifi Blows Her Top]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesPiesAndGuys Pies and Guys]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesSweetAndHot Sweet and Hot]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesFlyingSaucerDaffy Flying Saucer Daffy]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesOilsWellThatEndsWell Oil's Well That Ends Well]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1959]]
[numlist:190]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesTripleCrossed Triple Crossed]]
#[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesSappyBullFighters Sappy Bull Fighters]]
[/numlist]
[[/folder]]

!!The Curly Joe years (1959-70)
In the interim after Columbia Pictures ended their contract with the Stooges, Joe Besser's wife suffered a heart attack, causing Besser to withdraw from the act. In the meantime, Columbia's TV Division, Screen Gems, released their backlog of Stooge shorts to television, which generated demand for the Stooges. Joe [=DeRita=] was recruited as the new and final "third stooge" and, playing off his resemblance to Curly, shaved his head and went by the name "Curly Joe."[[note]]This was also likely to distinguish himself from Joe Besser.[[/note]] "Larry, Moe and Curly Joe," as they came to be called, made a number of feature-length films, as well as a short-lived animated series. This was the last incarnation of the original Three Stooges.

* ''Film/HaveRocketWillTravel''
* ''Series/TheThreeStoogesScrapbook''
* ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheThreeStooges''
* ''Film/TheThreeStoogesMeetHercules''
* ''Film/TheThreeStoogesInOrbit''
* ''Film/TheThreeStoogesGoAroundTheWorldInADaze''
* ''Film/TheOutlawsIsComing''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNew3Stooges''
* ''Kook's Tour''

In 1970, Larry Fine suffered a stroke during the filming of the pilot for ''Kook's Tour'', and had to retire. He would later die of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 24, 1975. There were plans to replace him with longtime costar Emil Sitka, who was to portray Larry's "brother" Harry; but unfortunately, Moe Howard was diagnosed with lung cancer and later passed away on May 4, 1975, not long after Larry’s death. "Curly Joe" [=DeRita=] tried to continue the act by recruiting other actors and going on tour as "The New Three Stooges," but the act failed to catch on and [=DeRita=] retired, bringing the original Three Stooges act to an end.

!!Supporting roles and cameos (1933-1968)
* ''Turn Back the Clock''
* ''Broadway to Hollywood'' (Neither Larry nor Ted Healy appear)
* ''Meet the Baron'' (with Ted Healy)
* ''Dancing Lady''
* ''Myrt and Marge''
* ''Fugitive Lovers''
* ''Jailbirds of Paradise''
* ''Hollywood Party'' (with Ted Healy)
* ''Film/TheCaptainHatesTheSea''
* ''Start Cheering''
* ''Time Out for Rhythm''
* ''Theatre/MySisterEileen'' (1942 film version)
* ''Rockin' in the Rockies'' (1945 hour-long film starring the Three Stooges, not to be confused with their 1940 short subject of the same name)
* ''Film/SwingParadeOf1946''
* ''Gold Raiders'' (with Shemp Howard)
* ''Film/StopLookAndLaugh''
* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' (with Curly Joe [=DeRita=])
* ''4 for Texas'' (with Curly Joe [=DeRita=])
* ''Star Spangled Salesman'' (with Curly Joe [=DeRita=])

!!The Revival (2012-)
Years after the Three Stooges act came to an end, the Farrelly Brothers directed a movie based on the comedy trio. It featured Creator/ChrisDiamantopoulos, Creator/SeanHayes and Creator/WillSasso as Moe, Larry and Curly, respectively.

* ''Film/TheThreeStoogesTheMovie''
[[/index]]
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