Woman Haters
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| Woman Haters | |
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 Woman Haters title card |
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| Directed by | Archie Gottler |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Jerome S. Gottler |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard |
| Cinematography | Joseph August |
| Editing by | James Sweeney |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 5, 1934 |
| Running time | 21 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Punch Drunks (1934) |
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Woman Haters (1934) is the first of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges join the Woman Haters Club. They swear never to get romantically involved with a woman. That, of course, doesn't last very long. Larry finds a woman, Mary (Marjorie White), and falls in love. Moe and Curly talk him out of it, but Mary's father threatens Larry and makes him marry his daughter. Later, on a train ride, the confrontation escalates between the Stooges and Mary.
Mary uses her feminine charm to woo both Curly and Moe in an attempt to make Larry jealous. Finally at the end of the film, Mary tells Moe and Curly the truth and pushes her way into bed with the trio, knocking Moe and Curly at the train window in the process. The film closes as the Stooges, now old men, finally reunite (at the now empty Woman Haters club house) sharing their hatred of women and old age.
[edit] Cast
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard
Marjorie White
Monty Collins
Bud Jamison
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Walter Brennan
Jack Norton
Tiny Sanford
June Gittelson
George Gray
A.R. Heysel
Dorothy Vernon
[edit] Notes
- Originally Marjorie White received top billing over the Stooges, but she passed away shortly after production and the short became the first "official" Three Stooges comedy short film.
- This was the sixth entry in Columbia's "Musical Novelty" series, and the whole film is done in rhyme. Music plays throughout the entire short. The Three Stooges had different names in this short; Curly Howard - Jackie, Moe Howard - Tom, and Larry Fine - Jim.
- This is one of the few Stooge shorts that focuses heavily on Larry as the main character.
- This short was sixth in a “Musical Novelties” short subject series, and it appropriated its musical score from the first five films. The memorable song “My Life, My Love, My All,” featured in this short, was originally “At Last!” from the film “Um-Pa.”
- Bud Jamison's character delivers the first "eye pokes" to the Stooges, as part of the initiation into the Woman Hater's Club. He pokes Larry in the eyes first, followed by Curly. Finally, he delivers an eye poke to Moe, who mistakenly blames Curly and promptly slaps him, igniting the first real Stooge brawl of the short films.
- Curly delivers his first "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" around the 16:30 mark of this short.
[edit] Quotes
Bud Jamison: "Gentlemen, please, the meeting is called to order, and we need quiet, not a riot. Otherwise, we can't proceed." - Opening line of the first short
Larry: "Fellas, I'll have to quit that club I joined last week." Moe and Curly: "Quit the club?!?" - First lines by the Stooges
Moe: "Now I'll make a toast. To the Three Musketeers, who've stuck along for years, we've traveled together, in every kind of weather."
