THE THREE STOOGES

Moe, Curly & Larry

FORMATION: Three of the stooges were brothers: Moses Harry Horwitz "Moe," Samuel Horwitz "Shemp" & Jerome Lester Horwitz "Curly." The original group included Moe, Shemp & Larry during their Vaudeville acts in 1925. Moe was not just the leader on the stage and screen but he helped create the concept of the group with his good friend Ted Healy. With their start at Vaudeville, they became a success and the team soon changed to Moe, Curly & Larry. It was these three that are the most popular known of the trio.

Larry, Shemp & Moe

STUDIOS: Their first short was "Soup to Nuts" (1930) at Fox Film Corporation. Loosing a deal with the studio, due to their co-creator Ted Healy, they went back to the stage for awhile. It was in 1933 that they found themselves with MGM. Here they were in a few short and full-length films both together and apart. In 1934 they left MGM and Healy at the same time. Now they joined Columbia Pictures and became known as "The Three Stooges". Moe, Larry & Curly reached a popularity that continued on into our day during this era. They stayed with Colombia for 24 years making countless shorts for the studio with a few feature films. At the end of 1957 they were let go as the comedy shorts were declining. It was then that they turned to the medium of Television and found new success.

Joe, Larry & Moe

ENDING: Of the original trio, only Moe & Larry were left in 1969. Shemp had died of heart attack in 1955 and Curly had retired from the team in 1946, due to a stroke and then later passing away in 1952. These two were the anchors of the team and both of them passed away in 1975, leaving behind a legacy that spanned five decades.

Larry, Moe & Curly Joe

They were like three big kids, unable to comprehend an idea and then whacking each other when they didn't get their way. They brought back the slapstick of the silent era, adding to an almost violent form of it with an emphasis on sound effects. There act started before the world was torn apart from a second war and continued on into an era where mankind reached into outer space. Their shows were loved by kids and parents alike even though they received much rejection for their aggressive comedy.

This is a compilation of slap from Moe that was made by a fan.

Here is a scene that shows off the talent of Curly.