I hope these fine gentlemen all had a lot of genuine happiness in their lives, for the happiness they gave to us (and *still* give to us) in such abundance.
I hope so too, they are my heroes, if i lived during the time they did, id hug them, and say they're the best. "You are good son, you were real good, maybe even the best" -Rick May The legendary stooges, may they live beautifully in heaven. Curly, shemp, moe and larry.. the gentlemen with hearts of gold and smiles and fame that made us all smile ☺️ happily!
They visited children's orphanages and children's hospitals around the country back then. Especially around Christmas time. They put a smile and a laugh on every child.
They would be amazed if they knew we would get to see these films in 2020., that we would still be watching their movies today and how much they are loved.
Moe looks better with his hair down, he looks younger that way but when he brushes it back he resembles his brother Shemp. Anyway, this is great to watch as they all looked like a happy family unit in those days of old. Most families today aren't like this. They made it look fun & loving too. God bless the 3 Stooges especially the brothers & Larry & Joe deRita.
@@56squadron Moe did that himself as a child, as he was tired of all the bullying he took from his classmates because of the long curls on his head, so he borrowed a pair of scissors and cut his hair himself, resulting in the bowl cut. (The fact that he put a bowl upside down on his head is beside the point).
This is awesome! I can hardly believe I'm finally watching backstage footage from these masters of comedy. Wait, did I just see at 1:15 they were giving toys to poor kids in Christmas??? I knew they did good deeds like that and more, and also read about Curly's generosity with everyone. But to be able to watch actual footage of such honorable moments is priceless.
God bless you know they're the best you know we all need a good laugh and in this day in age we all need a good freaking laugh you know they were all the Three Stooges were part of our childhood I didn't know who these guys were at first but when I start watching her students shorts and reading reading books tell all books and I understood where you guys come you know they had her ups and downs and stuff like that you know but they managed to pull through all that you know still came on top God Bless The Three Stooges
Its very extremely nice and a blessing to see the home movies of the 3 Stooges. They sure don't make wonderful and great people like they used to make, helping kids with some debilitating illness during the holidays. Today they don't do that in general but very extremely little bit.
This is so AWESOME! I never seen this before. Rare home movies of More, Larry, Curly and Shemp and their families.i mean,I know I've seen some before, but rare behind the scenes and stuff like that.wow.god bless them all.Long live the three stooges and their families.
It looks like there was a lot of love and laughter in the Stooges’ homes growing up. And a little behind-the-scenes filming of Back From the Front (1943) with Jules White directing. Thank you for this great footage! Love all of it!
This film at 2:22 is priceless to a Die hard Stooges fan, Amazing not only new footage but It looks at their private time at home with respect. Even at home they would use their humor and have fun.
Moe's son, Paul, recently did a DVD series called 'Hey Moe! Hey Dad!'. It contains a LOT of home movies, some of which are longer clips of what is shown here and a good deal of it is in color.
Looks like Shemp was visiting Moe and Curly while they were filming Three Little Pirates in March 1946 0:41-0:45. Also looks like supporting actors Cy Schindell (who passed in 1948) and Joe Palma (who would become Fake Shemp 10 years later) are in the shot at 0:45 with Curly and Shemp. The tall guy in the background might be Norman Maurer, Moe’s son-in-law or it could be Edward Bernds. I think Jules White is in the middle.
The little kid smoking a cigarette! Times were different than. My great grandfather got my dad to start smoking before he was 10. The adults thought it was funny a kid smoking. Strange days. Different days back then.
but still BETTER days. I mean we cant go back now because we wont have internet and all these things were use to..but if you lived back then...that was living.
I don't know if that was Shemp's son, Mort, smoking a cig or one of the other kids. Sad side note: Mort Howard, Shemp's son, died of lung cancer in 1972 at the age of 45.
The stooges were, are, will always be the best at what they did for countless generations, simply funny. I know most every short by heart... And it still NEVER gets old.
May all of them RIP who brought so much laughter and slapstick comedy to America and around the world. Curly Howard was the best and funniest of the 3 Stooges who they called Babe as in baby brother. I hate the modern day 3 Stooges it's not the same as the original. RIP 3 Stooges. 🇺🇸🎉😩😫💔😀😊☺😉😂😁😿🙀😊😊😀😀😱😨
The stooges were having a blast Edit: Everyone I have bad news, Joan The daughter of the legendary stooge Moe has died back in September 21st and now she’s in heaven with her mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and uncles.
I can remember watching Stooges on an Erie channel with Superhost, it was a fantastic show, Stooges then Japanese "horror movies", Godzilla etc... so many laughs, happy times...
Footage of Curly appears to have been filmed around 1945 mostly. This would have been during the time his health was not great from the mild strokes. Back from the front was 1943. The others were Three Little Pirates and Uncivil Warbirds. Some of the black and white footage with Joe DeRita was during their first live appearance with Joe at the Holiday House in Pennsylvania.
Yeah it looks like 0:27-0:40 might have been filmed during the 8 weeks or so Curly had off after his January 1945 hospitalization, he let his hair grow back a bit.
I was always amazed at how jolly Moe Howard was in real life. He was such a cantankerous bully in the films, and it was the opposite of his true personality.
It's fantastic to know this personal footage exists/survives! Curley looking quite dapper! Giving a child a cigarette?? Wow - try that today, & see if DCS doesn't haul your kids away. Might not be a bad thing - when I was 5 or 6, my older brother & sister were already in high school, & sneaking cigarettes behind my parents' back. They gave one to me, and I coughed & gagged so much, that it kept me from ever smoking!
I have the documentary they showed this footage on, narrated by Paul Howard (Moe's son). It's a fascinating story that really gets into the Stooges and their various personal lives and also covers Paul's lifelong efforts to remove himself from Moe's shadow than to embrace it.
I have the same documentary and, when I look at the situation from Paul Howard's perspective I can see why as a young man he distanced himself from all the Stoogery. He needed to find himself and his own place in the world (and I'm sure a lot of folks comparing him to his father didn't help). I get the feeling the two men didn't reconcile while Moe was still alive. I think he really stepped up and did a fantastic job with the docu-series.
0:27 this must be footage of Curly when he was already very ill. Maybe after he had his 1st stroke in 1946. The way he walks and the position of his arms, he was a shadow of his former self.
They are great and still are they were true to their craft very careing and loving family most people from that period in time were not as apt about their personal health as they are now diet and alcohol consumption and tobacco use were not top priority
It's so bizarre to see them being "normal" because I just got used to watching them acting like clumsy and not very bright goofballs so it kind of throws me off when I see them like this lol.
At 3:15 the guy to Larry's right, I think is Ted Healy who was the "straight man" in the early days of the Stooges' vaudeville act. The quartet was billed as Ted Healy & His Southern Gentlemen, Ted Healy & His Racketeers, and finally Ted Healy & His Three Stooges. Shemp was in the original lineup, but would leave in 1932 to pursue a solo career and allegedly had difficulty working with Healy who was an alcoholic. Curly replaced Shemp for the next 2 years until the Stooges parted ways with their own studio contract. Healy died in 1937 at the age of 41, likely due to his chronic drinking problem. Despite this, he was known as being extremely generous and freely spent money on friends and children. Shemp of course would rejoin the Stooges in 1946 after Curly suffered a series of strokes.
I wasn't done.The DVD shows them dancing, and fooling around outside, Shemp and Curly then come up to each other, and kiss each on the lips! Too much. I think its on an anniversary DVD.