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Release Date:
5 May 1934 (USA) more
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A Musical Novelty more
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The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marries... more | full synopsis
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A Failed Experiment more (23 total)

Cast

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Moe Howard ... Tom (as Moe)
Larry Fine ... Jim (as Larry)
Curly Howard ... Jack (as Curley)
Marjorie White ... Mary
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21 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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This was the first short the Three Stooges made with Columbia, explaining why certain aspects of the short are very different from what they normally did. more
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Boom mic visible: In the scene near the end of the film that takes place in the Woman Haters Club meeting room, as the camera moves from the chairman down the table to the door, the shadow of the boom mic moving with it can be seen on the far wall of the room. more
Quotes:
Mary's father: [talking to match the background music] That reminds me of a story, listen.
[points to a fat woman]
Mary's father: That's my other daughter there. When on her wedding day, the fella she was about to marry, tried to run away. Did you ever hear of a nerve like that? Well, I took care of that guy. In a room I locked him, then I socked him right in the eye.
[points to a cop]
Mary's father: Then I turned him over to my brother, the cop. He just picked him up. And spinned him round like a top.
[points to a tall strong guy]
Mary's father: Then my other brother, who's a fighter, began. Seemed ashamed to tell you what he did to that man.
[Jim looks frightened]
Jim: Did he marry your daughter?
Mary's father: Did he? I should say he did.
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9 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
A Failed Experiment, 9 December 2006
2/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

We begin with a meeting of the Women Haters Club, dedicated to the idea that "romance is a crime!"

What's unusual about this short movie is that all the dialog is done in rhyme. I thought it would be kind of stupid but, to be honest, a lot of it is very clever - for about five minutes. Whoever wrote this did a pretty good job. The music is nice, too, but five minutes was enough. It's cool at first but wears thin in a hurry.

The emphasis on poetry and song drastically diminished the slapstick humor, the normal wisecracks and the atmosphere that made The Three Stooges what they were. I can see why this early experiment was just that: an experiment, and thankfully a one-time experience.

Just give me back the Stooges as they are - crude, violent, stupid and funny - with Curly and his squeaky voice, not singing poets, for cryin' out loud. This turned out to be one of the longest 20 minutes I've ever endured.

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