Husbands Beware
| Husbands Beware | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by |
Felix Adler Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring |
Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Lou Leonard Maxine Gates Christine McIntyre Dee Green Emil Sitka Doris Houck Nancy Saunders |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Anthony DiMarco |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 16' 00" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Husbands Beware is the 167th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. This short was released in 1951 and features Shemp Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine.
Plot
Moe and Larry marry Shemp's overweight sisters (Lou Leonard and Maxine Gates), and discover to their horror after the vows that the girls are a couple of battle axes. After being kicked out from their place, the new bridegrooms vow revenge on Shemp for introducing them. Later, Shemp has a voice lesson with student, Fanny Dinkelmeyer since he is a music teacher. He then discovers that he has to marry a woman within seven hours to receive $500,000 from his dead Uncle's will.
After some searching, the Stooges finally find Shemp's student, Ms. Dinkelmeyer. Several of Shemp's old ex-girlfriends all arrive at the Justice of the Peace's office, wreaking havoc in an attempt to marry Shemp for his money. But Shemp weds the harridan, just under the deadline, and then discovers that there is no dead Uncle or will, and that everything was Moe and Larry's revenge because Shemp let Moe and Larry marry his two overweight sisters and got divorced. Shemp gets so angry, he takes out a gun and shoots Moe and Larry in the rear end as they try to flee.
Production notes
The second half of Husbands Beware is stock footage from 1947's Brideless Groom.[1] In the new footage of the wedding sequence, a double stands in for Dee Green (Fanny Dinkelmeyer). The new scenes were filmed on May 17, 1955.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 477. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.
