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Released June 21, 1961
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly Joe
20th Century-Fox
107.4 min. (Feature Film)

Adaptation of the children's Snow White tale, with an exception... instead of the Seven Dwarves, we have The Three Stooges. Too faithful an adaptation, the Stooges are given little opportunity for 'stoogery," resulting in a sappy, big-budget dud.

Upon the King's death, the Queen (Patricia Medina) takes control of the Kingdom with the help of her wizard aide Count Oga, and imprisons her stepdaughter Snow White. Several years earlier, the Queen arranged for Hordred the Archer (Buddy Baer) to kill the bordering kingdom's Prince Charming, to void his promised betrothal to Snow White. But the Prince was rescued by three travelling medicine show hawkers (Moe, Larry & Curly Joe), and Hordred kept his failure a secret from the Queen. Stricken with amnesia, the Prince was adopted by the Stooges and spent several years travelling with them as ventriloquist and magician, Quatro the Magnificent.

Returning to present-day, the Queen is threatened by Snow White's beauty and orders Hordred to kill her as well, but the archer frees her and tells Snow White to flee the kingdom. She meets the Stooges, and Snow White and Quatro fall in love. During a performance at the castle, the Queen discovers that Charming and Snow White are still alive, and orders the deaths of them and the Stooges. The Stooges escape with the Princess, and thinking that Quatro has been killed, take refuge in a high mountain cabin. But with the help of Oga and his magics, the Queen discovers their hideaway, and plots to kill Snow White herself. Meanwhile, Prince Charming has regained his memory, and organizes the kingdom's citizens into a coup against the Queen and Oga.

Filmed in CinemaScope and TechniColor.

Carol Heiss earned a figure-skating Gold Medal at the 1960 Olympics; the film's ice-skating backdrops were designed to showcase her talents.

Academy Award winner Martin Landau (ED WOOD, TUCKER, television's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) auditioned for the role of Count Oga; that audition footage was included on Fox's "Hidden Hollywood" DVD.

Reknowned voice artist Mel Blanc is the voice of Quinto the puppet. Patricia Medina was married to Joseph Cotten (CITIZEN KANE, NIAGARA).

Walter Lang directed the Stooges once before, in MEET THE BARON (1933 MGM), and went on to become one of Hollywood's greatest musical directors with THE KING & I (1955) among his credits. Personal problems led to a career slide by 1960; although SNOW WHITE was a big-budget project, it was a far cry from the calibre of Lang's prior projects.

Costar Edson Stroll (McHALE'S NAVY) was interviewed in The Three Stooges Journal # 108 (Winter 2003).

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SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES on IMDb

Joe DeRita
Curly Joe

Carol Heiss
Snow White

Edson Stroll
Prince Charming

Patricia Medina
Queen / Witch

Guy Rolfe
Count Oga

Mel Blanc
Quinto, voice

Buddy Baer
Hordred

Edgar Barrier
King Augustus

Peter Coe
Captain of the Guard

Robbi LaLonde
Snow White, as a child

Leslie Farrell
Snow White, age 4

Craig Cooke
Young Prince Charming

Chuck Lacy
Frederick

Scott Lane
Eric, boy on sled

Bill Shea
Skater

Owen McGivney
Physician

Sam Flint
Chamberlain

John Roy
Snow White's cell guard

Burt Mustin
Hair tonic customer

Nelson Welch
Equerry, royal butler

Beau Anderson
Torture chamber attendant

Seymour Koenig
Torture chamber attendant

Robert Adler
Arresting guard

Mark Bailey
Arresting guard

Blossom Rock
Young Charming's nurse

Pete Kellett
Torture chamber guard, stunts

Herbie Faye
Head cook

Edward Innes
2nd cook, scene deleted

Teddy Mangean
Hans, assistant cook

Charles Cross
Fritz, assistant cook

G. Ratherton
Palace guard, stunts

Allen Pinson
Palace guard, stunts

J. Hermans
Palace guard, archer

Tony Rock
Rolf's loyal soldier

Buddy Van Horn
Horseman soldier

Loren Janes
Horseman soldier

Bob Folkerson
Horseman soldier

Merrill C. Isbell
Soldier at cliff

B. J. Schramm
Linda & Frederick's twin

J. J. Schramm
Linda & Frederick's twin

Leon McNabb
Skating double for Edson Stroll

Gloria Doggett
Skating double for Patricia Medina

Walter Ridge
Skating double for Moe Howard

Ron Pursley
Skating double for Joe DeRita

Larry Jackson
Skating double for Larry Fine

Scott Lane
Quinto, dream sequence

Jerry Pyne
Innkeeper

Jason Wingreen
1st courier

Bill Walsh
2nd courier

Jesse Wayne
Stunt double for Larry Fine

Bob Rose
Stunt double for Joe DeRita

Mickey Martin
Stunt double for Moe Howard

Midgie Dare
Stunt/stand-in for Carol Heiss

Loren Janes
Stunt double for Edson Stroll

Buddy Van Horn
Stunt double for Guy Rolfe

Kay Adell Stork
Stunt/stand-in for Patricia Medina

Jerry Pyne
Stunt/stand-in for Buddy Baer

Charles Cross
Stand-in for Larry Fine

Charles Owens
Stand-in for Moe Howard

Harold Breen
Stand-in for Joe DeRita

T. Greco
Stand-in for Joe DeRita

Charles Bidwell
Stand-in for Edson Stroll

Norma Zimmer
Singing voice for Carol Heiss

Bill Lee
Singing voice for Edson Stroll

Martin Landau
Count Oga, screen tested

Guy Stockwell
Prince Charming, screen tested

John Richardson
Prince Charming, screen tested

Cesare Danova
Prince Charming, screen tested



Walter Lang
Director

Elwood Ullman
Screenplay

Noel Langley
Screenplay

Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography

John M. Stephens
Assistant Cameraman

Roger Shearman Jr.
Assistant Cameraman

Jack W. Holmes
Film Editor

Pembroke J. Herring
Assistant Film Editor

Maurice Ransford
Art Director

Jack Martin Smith
Art Director

Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration

Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration

Arthur von Kirbach
Sound Engineer

Frank W. Moran
Sound Engineer

Harry Proodian
Sound Recorder

Lyn Murray
Music Conductor

Lyn Murray
Original Music

Ivan Lane
Lyrics, Special Material

Arthur Morton
Orchestrator

Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator

Ron Fletcher
Ice Choreographer

Ivan Lane
Assistant Choreographer

Rita Dallas Palmer
Assistant Choreographer

Renie
Costume Design

Truman Eli
Men's Wardrobe

Vou Lee Giokaris
Women's Wardrobe

Willie Mae Neal
Women's Wardrobe

Helen Turpin
Hair Stylist

La Rue Matheron
Hair Stylist

Ben Nye
Makeup

Bunny Gardel
Body Makeup

Eli Dunn
Assistant Director

Dave Marks
2nd Assistant Director

Richard Lang
2nd Assistant Director

Emil Kosa, Jr.
Special Effects

L. B. Abbott
Special Effects

Jim Donnelly
Special Mechanical Effects

Teresa Brachetto
Script Supervisor

Lee Wallace
Casting Director

George J. Light
Asst. Casting Director

Fred Hall
Gaffer

Leo McCreary
Key Grip

Glenn Delfino
Property Master

Lemuel Tribe
Assistant Props

Steve Marsh
Boom Man

Charles Lewis
Cable Man

Ted Gomillion
Playback Operator

William Webster
Ice Rink Engineer

Mike Jancick
Set Painter

Tex Wilsford
Craft Service

Frank Powolny
Still Photographer

Sonia Wolfson
Publicity

L. B. Merman
Executive Production Manager



















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