Moe Howard

A voice teacher must marry within hours to inherit a fortune, and the Stooges scramble to find him a bride among a parade of bruisers and shrews. One of the four public-domain Columbia Stooge shorts, and a particular favorite of Shemp-era fans. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Comedy

The Three Stooges are called as witnesses at a murder trial and proceed to wreck the courtroom with their chaos, accidentally helping to expose the real killer. One of the four Columbia Stooge shorts that fell into the public domain, and among the best-loved. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Comedy

The Stooges run a cafe and get mixed up with a band of desert cutthroats hunting the tomb of Rootin' Tootin, where they mistake a circle of magicians for the thieves. One of the four public-domain Columbia Stooge shorts. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Comedy

The Stooges run a failing tailor shop and stumble into a cache of stolen loot hidden by a gangster, leading to a frantic scramble to stay alive and collect the reward. One of the four public-domain Columbia Stooge shorts. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Comedy

The first film to feature the Three Stooges, directed by Benjamin Stoloff for Fox Film Corporation. Ted Healy stars as the obnoxious owner of a dress shop whose employees include the three men who would become the most famous comedy team in history: Moe Howard, Shemp Howard, and Larry Fine. The plot involves a fire insurance scam gone wrong, but the real attraction is seeing the Stooges in their original incarnation as Healy's comic foils. The film captures the rough, violent, vaudeville-style humor that defined their act before they broke from Healy and refined their slapstick for the two-reel shorts that made them legends. The film is in the public domain.

Comedy · Pre-Code