Archie Gottler (May 14, 1896 – June 24, 1959) was an American

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.Archie Gottler at threestooges.net
Gottler is known for being the director of ''

Woman Haters ''Woman Haters'' is a 1934 musical short subject directed by Archie Gottler starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Jerry Howard). It is the inaugural entry in the series released by Columbia ...

'' (1934), the first of a series of 190

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. His works include: *Music for " Hunting the Hun", popular

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Heart of Wetona Heart of Wetona is a World War I era song released in 1919 by Leo Feist, Inc. of New York, New York. Sidney D. Mitchell wrote the lyrics. Archie Gottler composed the music. Rosenbaum Studios provided the cover art. On the cover is a soldier embrac ...

song of 1919

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Archie Gottler recordings
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