The second annual november comedy challenge nov, 2012. The indepth program pulls back the comedic curtain and tells the backstory of all the members of the three stooges, covering a hundred years from the perspective of narrator paul howard, moe howards son. The best martial arts movies of the 1980s flickchart. Discover what genre the three stooges meet hercules, 1962, directed by edward bernds, with the three stooges, vicki trickett, quinn redeker, belongs at turner classic movies. Ullman continued to work with bernds into the 1960s, contributing to several three stooges feature films including the three stooges meet hercules and the three stooges in orbit. The three stooges meet hercules approved 1h 29min comedy, fantasy 15 february 1962 usa three goofy druggists travel back to ancient greece on a milquetoast inventors time machine. The three stoogesa retrospective by steve ferrante issuu. Three stooges go around the world in a daze, the sequel to jules vernes tale, as the stooges join phileas foggs grandson to span the globe in 80 days and foil the con artists who framed him for bank theft. The three stooges meet hercules 1962 rotten tomatoes. Fox movietone news return to peyton place may 2 snow white and the three stooges june 21 1962. The trailer is narrated by film producer michael peyser, who recalls seeing the. Brothers moe howard and curly howard of the three stooges appearwithout ted healy and without larry finealmost unrecognizably, as otto and fritz, two clowns in makeup.
Any film over 40 minutes long is considered to be of featurelength although most feature films produced since 1950 are considerably longer, those made in earlier boom quently ranged from little more than an hour to as little as four reels, which amounted to about 44 minutes. The three stooges go around the world in a daze august 21 its a mad, mad, mad, mad world november 7. Together with schuylers girlfriend, diane, they are all transported back to ancient ithaca which is ruled by the tyrannical king odius. Legendary comedy act featuring three bumbling fools who find themselves in outrageous predicaments and take out their frustrations on one another violently. Even though the budget was about one sixth of snow white it was more successful and considered a far superior film. Zoo animals reflect on their lives in video interviews, moving from silly to surprisingly biting political satire. The two following black and white sequels, return of the fly and curse of. The three stooges meet hercules the three stooges filmography. A time machine lands its inventor and the stooges in ancient greece, meeting hercules and crossing a conniving ruler whos dethroned ulysses. Cut back to the floor above where the stooges are still walking around shemp.
Very much in the tradition of such columbia three stooges period shorts as back to the woods, the 1962 costume epic the three stooges meet hercules is 100% pure moelarrycurly joe comedy, with the barest of a ho hum love interest to detract from the nonsense at hand. Larry, moe, and curlyjoe are friends of a young scientist, schuyler davis, who has created a time machine. It grossed about two million dollars at the box office, exceeding expectations, and landed the stooges a threepicture deal. The three stooges filmography the three stooges meet hercules. Rent the three stooges meet hercules 1962 starring moe howard and larry fine on dvd and bluray. Those three would turn out to be three stooges in orbit, three stooges go around the world in a daze, and outlaws is coming. Larry, moe and curly joe work in a pharmacy where a young professor works on a time machine. Chapter one perhaps the most underrated and critically overlooked comedy team in the history of filming is the three stooges. The three stooges meet hercules is more a curiosity than funny. The three stooges made an american comedy in 1962 called the three stooges meet hercules with samson burke playing hercules. I saw the movie when i was a kid, then thought i would revisit it as an adult.
This illadvised approach has been employed over the years in service of such sorry sequels as the three stooges meet hercules 1962, escape from the planet of the apes 1971, star trek iv. They both look up at the ceiling and can hear the stooges footsteps. June 5, 2017 chicago, il decades network, the multicast tv network from weigel broadcasting co. By this time, the trio consisted of moe howard, larry fine, and joe derita. In their next film, the three stooges meet hercules, the three stooges finally found their feature film rhythm. The three stooges meet hercules following cams entry on have rocket will travel, in the 1962 comedy, the stooges are sent back through time thanks to the experimental time machine of their neighbor to their owned drug store. This 2dvd set also includes the three stooges meet hercules 1962. This is a list of american comedy films comedy films are separated into two categories. On the floor below the stooges, professor sneed and his daughter are in a jail cell. Snow white and the three stooges 1,075 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article as snow white, who must flee her home after the evil queen, her evil stepmother, wishes her to be dead. The working title was hercules and the three stooges. Vincent price was the only returning cast member from the original.
On friday january 26, 1962, the three stooges moe howard, larry fine and curlyjoe derita embarked on a three day promotional tour for their latest feature film, the three stooges meet hercules. The three stooges were an american vaudeville and comedy team active from. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Samson burkes career includes several years in hawaii as tom sellecks standin and stunt double on magnum p. View the tcmdb entry for the three stooges meet hercules. Original columbia pictures insert poster 14x36 for the edward bernds comedy, the three stooges meet hercules 1962 starring larry fine, moe howard, joe derita, and samson burke. Hercules is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics debuting in the silver age of comic books, the character is based on heracles of greek mythology. The film series of the fly is a sequence of science fictionhorror films, consisting of an original series started in 1958 and a remake series made in 1980s.
Before viewing the three stooges in orbit, i watched all of the many three stooges movie shorts on the three stooges collection, volumes 1, 2, 3, and 6 which were produced from 1934 to 1951. Jun 10, 2012 the three stooges travel back in time, meeting hercules samson burke and king odius who are pitted against them and their friend quinn redeker as they try to get back to their own time. Hera sent heracles into a fit of temporary madness due to her hatred for him. This lineup, now frequently referred to as larry, moe and curly joe, starred in six fulllength feature films from 1959 to 1965. In 1970, arnold schwarzenegger starred in hercules in new york. It is the third feature film to star the three stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. The three stooges in orbit also 1962 is funnier and more like the stooge films of old. The three worlds of gullivar 1960morningsidecolumbia 100mins. When the machine is sabotaged by foil ralph dimsal george n. The three stooges meet hercules 1962 full synopsis. Hecules greek roman egyptian gods and others wiki fandom. Wallace and gromit take advantage of their holiday to make an unusually long trip for some cheese. The three stooges meet hercules is a 1962 comedy film directed by edward bernds.
Still, not a bad diversion if your in the mood for silly comedy. Dressed in sandals and togas, they are trapped on a galley ship, battle cyclops, and wind up. They disguise as carpet layers and go to sneeds house, but larry is mistaken for professor sneed and kidnapped along with moe and shemp. In 2008, hercules debuted in his own series titled the incredible hercules. Megara was married to heracles by her father as a reward for the hero after he led the defense of thebes against the minyans at orchomenus, and the couple had several sons together. Apr 07, 2014 the three stooges hop in a time machine and are transported to the era of the roman legion in greece. The turkey stuffing gags were performed 7 years earlier by shemp howard in his vitaphone short subject a peach of a pair 1934. The three stooges developed a brand of comedy uniquely their own. Teenage mary cummings, who has been born again her whole life, is about to enter her senior year at american eagle christian high school near baltimore with her fundamentalist christian friends hilary faye and veronica, the three of whom have formed a girl group called the christian jewels.
After encountering hercules, burke, and other mythical creatures, the stooges return to their own time. The three stooges meet hercules 1962, the three stooges in orbit 1962. The three stooges were an american vaudeville and comedy act of the early to. I dont know what to do or how to get out of this thing. Author and film critic leonard maltin awarded the film his usual two and a half out of four stars, his most frequently used rating, calling it an adequate sequel to the fly.
The three stooges filmography the three stooges meet. Andys anachronisms the three stooges meet hercules 1962. May 28, 2017 the three stooges meet hercules 1962 time travel. First film of the three stooges written and produced by norman maurer, who was the soninlaw of moe howard. Rko alhambra theatre in new york, ny cinema treasures. People wanted to laugh at the stooges during their revival, and they were indeed kept happy by some good gags for one, see hercules disrupt the kings speech by cracking nuts with his biceps. The three stooges in orbit wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The three stooges 6 movie collection time out for rhythm 1941, rockin in the rockies 1945, have rocket, will travel 1959, three stooges go around the world in a daze 1963, the three stooges meet hercules 1962, the outlaws is coming 1965. The three stooges meet hercules 1962 and around the world in a daze 1963. The three stooges meet hercules 1962 directed by edward. Its my favorite film in this set, but its also included in the three stooges. This film was made at the height of the stooges popularity in the late 50s and early 60s. With a title like the three stooges meet hercules, you know the studio was.
Elwood ullman died of natural causes in hollywood, california on october 11, 1985. Original three stooges meet hercules, the 1962 movie poster. The three stooges meet hercules january 26 the three stooges in orbit july 4 1963. With that said, as was the case with a lot of the features from this era, they were made for kids and i think most young fans will enjoy it. The three stooges meet hercules original trailer on a trip to the past, the classic clowns turn a timid scientist into the legendary strong man. Three stooges meet hercules 1962 a normandy productions comedy feature film starring the three stooges. The series 1990 fireball xl5 get smart gilligans island the guns of will sonnett hercules. The three stooges meet hercules full movie 1962 youtube. Likewise, most of the sons of hercules movies shown on american tv in the 1960s had nothing to do with hercules in their original italian incarnations.
Collection of three stooges related film and television appearances in the. The east coast greenway, or ecg, is a project to create a nearly 3,000mile 4,800 km urban path linking the major cities of the atlantic coast of the united states, from calais, maine, to key west, florida, for nonmotorized human transportation. This movie is a must for stooges fans, and is an improvement over their postshemp short films of the latter half of the 1950s. The stooges work at dimsels drug store where they befriend schuyler davis, the owner of the shop next door. Michael schlesinger is widely acknowledged as the dean of classic film distributors, having worked for more than 25 years at mgm, paramount and sony, keeping hundreds of vintage movies in theatrical release and later dvd, and instigating the restoration of many more, including the completion of orson welles 1942 documentary its all true some 50 years later. It was released in 1959 as a double feature with the alligator people. Unlike the previous film, return of the fly was shot in black and white. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Bernds would come back to direct larry, moe and curly joe in the 1962 feature film the three stooges meet hercules and the three stooges in orbit, released july 4, 1962.
By this time, the trio consisted of moe howard, larry fine, and joe derita dubbed curly joe. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts. In his madness, heracles killed their children either by shooting them with arrows or by throwing them into a fire. Read the full synopsis of the three stooges meet hercules, 1962, directed by edward bernds, with the three stooges, vicki trickett, quinn redeker, at turner classic movies. Cast and crew credits for the three stooges meet hercules, 1962, directed by edward bernds, with the three stooges, vicki trickett, quinn redeker, at turner classic movies. The film features many of mgms stars of the time, including frank morgan, alice brady, may robson, madge evans, jimmy durante, mickey rooney, and jackie cooper. Maurer had written and drawn the three stooges comic book for many years before branching into films. When i began to watch the three stooges in orbit it became obvious that this film was going to be a let down from their earlier films.
The stooges are secret agents, their mission is to protect professor sneed from kidnapping by foreign agents after his rocket fuel formula. In addition, have rocket, will travel makes a great double feature with the three stooges in orbit 1962, which is only available on a separate dvd. Have rocket, will travel 1959, snow white and the three stooges 1961, the three stooges meet hercules 1962, the three stooges in orbit 1962, the three stooges go around the world in a daze 1963 and the. Home filmographyfeature films the three stooges meet hercules. The three stooges meet hercules is a 1962 american comedy fantasy film directed by edward bernds. The avengers all releases from 1962 thru 1968 bewitched the bionic woman 1976 import booker the buccaneers 1956 buffy the vampire slayer captain scarlet and the mysterons daniel boone dr. The studio had enough completed stooge films to be released over the next 18. The three stooges meet hercules see more filming locations. It is the third feature film to star the three stooges after.
The three stooges meet hercules 1962 the three stooges in orbit 1962 time out. Rent the three stooges meet hercules 1962 on dvd and blu. View the tcmdb entry for the three stooges meet hercules 1962. Joe joe derita the movie has the stooges performing their usual antics as they try. Return of the fly is the first sequel to the horror film the fly 1958. The three stooges, american comedy team noted for violent anarchic. Joe dantes addictive trailers from hell web site presents the original trailer for the 1962 film the three stooges meet hercules, a fun but barebones production designed to capitalize on the steve reeves craze of the era. Its success inspired columbia pictures to give the stooges a three picture deal. The character has starred in three selftitled limited series and been a perennial member of the superhero team the avengers. The three stooges go around the world in a daze 1963 has a stronger story. Certainly one of the best of the three stooges feature films, and it is curly joes best appearance. Falla worked on the score for twenty years but had not completed it at his death in argentina in 1946. However, the present theory is that this version of the munsters wasnt the munsters at all, but a bogus family of impersonators brought together by the soulclone draculavalberg, who gave himself the alias of sam dracula and took up residence in the munsters home during one of.
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