The Three Stooges Story
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Artist: Three StoogesBrand: GAIAM AMERICAS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Good Times Video
DVD Reviews of The Three Stooges Story
DVD Review: Great value especially for the unitiated
Summary: 4 Stars
I like my Stooges hard and heavy, fast and furious, and this documentary rocks! For Stooge-philes there's nothing new, save many rare stills and a few unfamiliar clips even this fan of nearly 50 years.
Downside: at the time of production, apparently only four Columbia shorts were available to cull from, and so it's the same ol' same ol', as strong as they are. Without the full catalogue, we have that treadmill effect, and lose the chance for alot of brilliant, actually dialogue-driven material. With all the crazy visuals and sound effects, some of the best comedy writing - in History! - is lost, and is clouded by some of the worst examples of unnecessary, unfunny violence ever captured on celluloid. The documentary adroitly points out that when the shorts finally made it to TV, parents were shocked by some of the bits involving hachets, hammers, and the like. And you know what? They were right...and so were the TV stations who went to work to trim off alot of garbage.
Having said that, let's state unequivocally that they were a fabulous team who were held back in many ways, by the tired, predicable schtick. And this program has too much of that banging around (from the pre-Columbia days before they worked with brilliant sound and editing technicians).
Alot of time is spent on Ted Healey here, and he of course was, or is reported to be, the first Stooge supervisor. His talent for oration and singing; his timing and stage presence was remarkable. He could almost perform at the level of W. C. Fields, as well. But he, too, was not the "writer", say, like Stan Laurel and Groucho Marx, etc. So his gifts were often guilded in gruesome stuff, where he appears somewhat sadistic. In short [no pun]...none too funny.
Perhaps less biographical data was needed on the main players - it's about time that the Stooges troupe got more attention: Symona Boniface, Christine MacIntire, et. al., were excellent. But then it goes back to the (surmised) availability of the material.
Kudos to the producer for *finally* mentioning that Curly made not one, but *two* cameos! Yes, the second one came in '49, and sadly, the only reported remnant is a single still used on a lobby card. I've been terribly disappointed that it seems that I am the only fan who is interested in learning alot more about that significant event - and naturally, to watch the actual deleted scene. Why would Columbia discard that?
I disagree with one reviewer who said that the writers, behind-the-scenes folks, had nothing interesting to say. Just the mention of the importance of the sound-effects man to their careers, is huge.
Still waitin' on "Malice In The Palace" (alternate take).
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