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SMOKED HAMS (1934)

Film Pick of the Day
Saturday, October 10, 2026

Shemp and Daphne Pollard are a struggling husband and wife vaudeville team who are trying to sell their tired Civil-War Era skit to a Broadway producer. A lot of funny bits starting right off at the beginning with Shemp "shaving" himself in a scene repeated later in the Stooges short BRIDELESS GROOM -- only here it is much longer and more painful to watch, though still funny. Shemp and Daphne try to hide their cooking from their landlord, then it's down to see the producer, where they pester him into using their act on the stage.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 7.88/10 ]   8 votes
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Release Date Saturday, October 20, 1934
Studio Vitaphone
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 18.3 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - October 10th


Births

Jules Epailly
(Actor)
b. 1886

France

Arthur Housman
(Actor)
b. 1889

New York, NY

William Forrest
(Actor)
b. 1902

Cambridge, MA

Barney Dean
(Actor)
b. 1903

Russia

Rory Mallinson
(Actor)
b. 1903

Atlanta, GA

Eli Dunn
(Assistant Director)
b. 1904

New York, NY

Johnny Green
(Music)
b. 1908

New York, NY

Johnny Green and His Orchestra
(Actor)
b. 1908

New York, NY

Robert F. Boyle
(Associate Art Director)
b. 1909

Los Angeles, CA

Jean Howard
(Actress)
b. 1910

Longview, TX

Robert J. Stevenson
(Actor)
b. 1915

Harrisburg, PA

Paul Dubov
(Actor)
b. 1918

Chicago, IL

Janos Prohaska
(Actor)
b. 1919

Budapest, Hungary

Richard Jaeckel
(Actor)
b. 1926

Long Beach, CA


Deaths

William H. Tooker
(Actor)
d. 1936   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Joe Norin
(Makeup)
d. 1954   (71)

Los Angeles, CA

Lee Bennett
(Actor)
d. 1954   (43)

Chicago, IL

Ardelle Unger
(Actress)
d. 1960   (46)

Los Angeles, CA

Jewel McGowan
(Actress)
d. 1962   (41)

Los Angeles, CA

Victor Scheurich
(Assistant Cameraman)
d. 1962   (73)

Los Angeles, CA

George Van Marter
(Art Director)
d. 1963   (53)

Los Angeles, CA

Eddie Cantor
(Actor)
d. 1964   (72)

Beverly Hills, CA

Jimmy O'Gatty
(Actor)
d. 1966   (65)

Los Angeles, CA

Al Martin
(Screenplay)
d. 1971   (74)

Los Angeles, CA

Fred Graham
(Actor)
d. 1979   (70)

Scottsdale, AZ

Larry Jackson
(Actor)
d. 1981   (64)

Los Angeles, CA

Pierce Lyden
(Actor)
d. 1988   (80)

Orange, CA

Chet Forrest
(Music)
d. 1999   (84)

Miami Beach, FL

Victoria Horne
(Actress)
d. 2003   (91)

Beverly Hills, CA

Kent Wakeford
(Director of Photography)
d. 2020   (92)

Woodland Hills, CA

Bob Herron
(Actor)
d. 2021   (97)



Events

HIS FIRST FLAME (Shemp Howard) in production

1934-10-08 to 1934-10-13

Ted Healy & Nat Pendleton premiered their regional network radio program WEARY & WILLIE

1934-10-10

THREE LITTLE BEERS in production

1935-10-09 to 1935-10-12

THE FRENCH KEY (Joe DeRita) in production

1945-10-09 to 1945-10-27

The Three Stooges made their 3rd appearance on Milton Berle's TEXACO STAR THEATER

1950-10-10

Joe Besser guest starred on THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE

1967-10-10

Joe Besser guest starred on THAT GIRL

1968-10-10

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