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Husbands Beware
Directed byJules White
Written byFelix Adler
Clyde Bruckman
Produced byJules White
StarringMoe Howard
Larry Fine
Shemp Howard
Lou Leonard
Maxine Gates
Christine McIntyre
Dee Green
Emil Sitka
Doris Houck
Nancy Saunders
CinematographyHenry Freulich
Edited byAnthony DiMarco
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 5, 1956 (1956-01-05)
Running time
16' 00"
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Husbands Beware (1956) 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.

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 girlfriends, and gold diggers, 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's and Larry's revenge. Shemp gets so angry, he takes out a gun and shoots Moe and Larry in the rear end as they try to flee.

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Emil Sitka utters the now-classic catchphrase "Hold hands, you lovebirds!."

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).[1]
  • When Moe runs head first into the wall outside the boys' apartment, it can be seen visibly moving with the impact (indication of it being a prop wall).

References

  1. ^ a b 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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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