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Bonnie Bonnell
Bonnie Bonnell (August 1, 1905 – March 14, 1964) was an actress who played "straight woman" in seven early short comedies, most of which featured the Three Stooges when they worked with Ted Healy, between 1933 and 1934. Career According to Stooges biographers, she was also Healy's offscreen girlfriend during that time. In the film ''Plane Nuts'', she plays a "fourth stooge", working as a partner to Moe, Larry, and Curly as they torment Healy during his stage act. She was a stage and vaudeville actress for several years before her film career. Bonnell died of liver failure on March 14, 1964, at age 58 in Santa Monica, California. Filmography *''Nertsery Rhymes'' (1933) as The Fairy Godmother (billed as "Bonny") *''Beer and Pretzels'' (1933) as Bonny *''Hello Pop!'' (1933) as Bonny *''Plane Nuts'' (1933) as Bonnie *'' Myrt and Marge'' (1933) as gate crasher *'' The Big Idea'' (1934) as cleaning lady *''Hollywood on Parade ''Hollywood on Parade'' (1932–1934) is a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nertsery Rhymes
''Nertsery Rhymes'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges, released on July 6, 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the first of five short films the comedy team made for the studio. Plot The Stooges play Ted Healy's children who refuse to go to sleep unless they are told a bedtime story. Healy first tries singing a comic version of '' The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere'' which ultimately fails putting the young lads to sleep. Healy's date, the Good Fairy (Bonnie Bonnell) then tells them her own bedtime story, courtesy of a musical revue. The trio eventually turn in for the evening, only to have Curly request a second bedtime story. Healy and the Good Fairy then proceed to tell the children about '' The Woman in the Shoe''. When that fails to work, a frustrated Healy smacks the three lads over the head with a rubber mallet, knocking them unconscious. Cast * Ted Healy - Papa * Moe Howard - son 1 * Larry Fine - son 2 * Curly Howard - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beer And Pretzels
''Beer and Pretzels'' is the second of five short films starring Ted Healy and The Three Stooges, His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 26, 1933. A musical-comedy film, the film also featured Bonnie Bonnell, Healy's girlfriend at the time. Some footage of Healy and the Stooges from the unfinished MGM musical ''The March of Time (MGM musical), The March of Time'' was included in the film as well. Plot Ted Healy and his Stooges are entertainers. But because Healy is much more interested in women than he is in performing, they are thrown out of the Happy Hour Theatre. Unable to keep a job anywhere else, they are reduced to waiting tables at a high-class restaurant. This, of course, ends up being a disaster as the restaurant is thrown into chaos because of them. So, yet again, they are thrown back out on to the streets. Cast Credited *Ted Healy as himself *Moe Howard as Moe *Larry Fine as Larry *Curly Howard as Curly *Bonnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville Performers
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatre, theatrical genre of variety show, variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian era, Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, animal training, trained animals, Magic (illusion), magicians, Ventriloquism, ventriloquists, Strongman (strength athlete), strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobatics, acrobats, clowns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood On Parade
''Hollywood on Parade'' (1932–1934) is a series of short subjects released by Paramount Pictures. Production background One short (# B-9) is frequently misidentified as future Stooge Curly Howard's first appearance on film, as cited by historians (he replaces Shemp). This is because it was mistaken for a 1932 short when Criterion Pictures acquired the shorts for television distribution in the early 1950s, and slapped a generic title card on all films in this series with a 1932 copyright notice. In fact, # B-9 was a 1934 Paramount release, and most likely filmed during a loan-out period for Howard from MGM, around the same time Ted Healy and the Three Stooges costarred in '' Myrt and Marge'' (1933) for Universal Studios. # A-8 is one of only two movies to portray a live-action Betty Boop. The other is a Paramount short film '' Musical Justice'' (1931), in which Mae Questel portrays Betty Boop. Cast * Ben Alexander *Gracie Allen *Adrienne Ames *Richard Arlen *Roscoe Ates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Idea (1934 Film)
''The Big Idea'' is the fifth and last of five short films starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 12, 1934. Production Like other shorts Healy and the Stooges filmed at MGM, stock footage was utilized to fill out the 20 minutes of time. For ''The Big Idea'', MGM used musical numbers edited out of the feature films ''Dancing Lady'' (1933), which ironically had a supporting role by Healy and a cameo by the Stooges, and ''Going Hollywood'' (1933). This is one of the last films and the fifth and final musical-comedy short subject in which the Three Stooges appeared with longtime partner Ted Healy. By the time of the release of ''The Big Idea'', the Three Stooges had signed a new contract with Columbia Pictures to do a series of comedy short films without Healy, beginning with ''Woman Haters'' (1934). See also *The Three Stooges filmography References External links *''The Big Idea''athreestooges.net [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrt And Marge (film)
''Myrt and Marge'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Universal Studios feature film, starring Myrtle Vail and Donna Damerel. The film is noteworthy today because it co-stars Ted Healy and his Stooges, shortly before the trio split from him and became the Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine). The team included Bonnie Bonnell, who was a short-lived female Stooge. Synopsis Film adaptation of the popular 1930s radio serial. Myrt Spear's (Myrtle Vail) touring vaudeville revue is full of talent and bound for Broadway, but low on funds. Conniving and lecherous producer Mr. Jackson ( Thomas Jackson) helps the show so he can romance the young star, Marge Minter ( Donna Damerel). Myrt, and Marge's boyfriend Eddie Hanley (Eddie Foy, Jr.), step in to save the revue and Marge. Ted Healy, Moe, Larry and Curly are stagehands with hopes to join the show, but mostly deal with the antics of backstage crasher Bonnie. Also carrying over from the radio show was the comic-relief "pansy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Pop!
''Hello Pop!'' is the third of five short films starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 16, 1933. A musical-comedy film, the film also featured the Albertina Rasch Dancers and Bonnie Bonnell (Healy's girlfriend at the time). The film was considered lost until a 35mm nitrate print was discovered in Australia in January 2013. Stooges Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard were billed as "Howard, Fine and Howard." Plot A theater producer (Healy) is trying to stage an elaborate musical revue. His efforts are constantly interrupted by demanding back stage personalities: a flaky musician (Henry Armetta), a woman who keeps try to ask him something (Bonnie Bonnell), and his raucous sons (the Stooges in children's costumes). He is able to get the show ready for presentation, but during the main number, the Three Stooges slip beneath the enormous hoopskirt costume worn by the leading vocalist. They emerge on stage during the performance, ruining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomasville, Georgia
Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The population was 18,413 at the 2010 United States Census, making it the second largest city in southwest Georgia after Albany, Georgia, Albany. The city deems itself the "City of Roses" and holds an annual Rose Festival. The city features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large farmer's market, and The Big Oak, an oak tree from about 1680 at the corner of Monroe and Crawford streets. History Thomasville was founded in 1825 as seat of the newly formed Thomas County. It was incorporated as a town in 1831 and as a city in 1889. The community was named for Jett Thomas, a general in the War of 1812. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.40%) is water. It is the second largest city in Southwest Georgia after Albany, Georgia, Albany. The city has three U.S. Routes: U.S. Route 19, 19, U.S. Route 84, 84 and U.S. Route 319 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plane Nuts
''Plane Nuts'' is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 14, 1933. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest. The Stooges were billed as "Howard, Fine and Howard." Cast *Ted Healy as Himself *Moe Howard as Moe *Larry Fine as Larry *Curly Howard as Curly *Bonnie Bonnell as Woman with Flowers Uncredited cast * Albertina Rasch Dancers as Themselves *Lorretta Andrews as Chorus Girl *Mildred Dixon as Chorus Girl *Mary Halsey as Chorus Girl *Nelly Loren as showgirl Production notes The musical numbers "Happy Landing" and "Dance Until Dawn" were lifted from the 1931 MGM feature film '' Flying High''. The Stooges and Healy were to appear in a segment where they fly around the world backwards, but it was cut from the final version. This footage is discussed, with production photos, in Leonard Maltin's 1990 television documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
