''Husbands Beware'' is a 1956 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

(

Moe Howard Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He is best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television ...

Larry Fine Louis Feinberg (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975), known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges. Early life Fine was born to a Russian Je ...

and

Shemp Howard Samuel Horwitz (March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), known professionally as Shemp Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Litvak accent. He is best known as the ...

). It is the 167th entry in the series released by

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

Moe and Larry marry Shemp's overweight sisters ( Lou Leonard and Maxine Gates), and discover to their horror after the vows that the girls are a couple of battle axes.Ordered to prepare a wedding feast,Moe and Larry produce hard-as-a-rock muffins;coffee scented with soap;and roast turkey bathed in flammable turpentine. After being kicked out from their place, the new bridegrooms vow revenge on Shemp for introducing them. Later, Shemp has a voice lesson with student, Fanny Dinkelmeyer since he is a music teacher. He then discovers that he has to marry a woman within seven hours to receive $500,000 from his dead Uncle's will. After some searching, the Stooges finally find Shemp's student, Ms. Dinkelmeyer. Several of Shemp's old ex-girlfriends all arrive at the Justice of the Peace's office, wreaking havoc in an attempt to marry Shemp for his money. But Shemp weds the harridan, just under the deadline, and then discovers that his Uncle is not dead, there is no $500,000 will, and that everything was Moe and Larry's revenge because Shemp let Moe and Larry marry his two overweight sisters and got divorced. Shemp gets so angry, he takes out a gun and shoots Moe and Larry in the rear end as they try to flee.

Cast

Credited

as Moe *

as Larry *

as Shemp (final film) * Lou Leonard as Dora * Maxine Gates as Flora * Christine McIntyre as Lulu Hopkins (stock footage) * Dee Green as Fanny Dinkelmeyer (stock footage) ** Sally Cleaves as Fanny Dinkelmeyer (new footage, uncredited)

Uncredited

Emil Sitka Emil Sitka (December 22, 1914January 16, 1998) was a veteran American actor, who appeared in hundreds of movies, short films, and television shows, and is best known for his numerous appearances with The Three Stooges. He is one of only two acto ...

as Justice of the Peace Benton *

Doris Houck Doris Colleen Houck (September 28, 1921 December 14, 1965) was an American film actress. She appeared in 25 films from 1932 to 1955. Biography Houck was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Houck. In 1942, she changed her last name to Howe. ...

as Aggressive former girlfriend (stock footage) * Nancy Saunders,

Judy Malcolm Judy Malcolm (December 1, 1910July 22, 1998) was an American film actress. Born Marguerite Westergren, Malcolm appeared in approximately 25 films between 1933 and 1951. Malcolm is familiar to modern viewers for her roles in several Three Stooges ...

Virginia Hunter Virginia Hunter (née Reed; February 17, 1920 – March 23, 2012) was an American model and actress. She appeared in over 20 films during the 1940s. Early years Hunter was the daughter of Freeman A. Reed. Hunter grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, bef ...

, Nancy Saunders, Alyn Lockwood as Shemp's former Girlfriends (all stock footage) *

Johnny Kascier Johnny Kascier (born John Kacerosky; July 1, 1889May 10, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in over 90 films between 1932 and 1957. Modern viewers will recognize Kascier as the Emir of Schmow in the Three Stooges film '' Malice in the Pala ...

as Bellboy (stock footage)

Production notes

The second half of ''Husbands Beware'' is stock footage from 1947's '' Brideless Groom''. In the new footage of the wedding sequence, a double stands in for Dee Green (Fanny Dinkelmeyer). New scenes were filmed on May 17, 1955. ''Husbands Beware'' was the first posthumous Stooge release featuring

, who died on November 22, 1955.

References

External links

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''Husbands Beware'' at threestooges.net
{{The Three Stooges 1956 films 1956 comedy films The Three Stooges films American black-and-white films The Three Stooges film remakes Films directed by Jules White Columbia Pictures short films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films American comedy films