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THREE LITTLE TWIRPS (1943)

Film Pick of the Day
Monday, November 9, 2026

The Stooges have a job putting up posters for the circus, but thoroughly bungle the job and discover that their pay is admission tickets, not cash. When Curly accidentally finds a long string of tickets, the boys try to scalp them. Chased by a cop, they're dragged before the circus owner, who instead of sending them to jail, offers them a job at the circus... as human targets for the Mad Sultan of Abadabba, a spear thrower!

One year before THREE LITTLE TWIRPS, costar Anita Sharp-Bolster played the bearded lady in Alfred Hitchcock's SABOTEUR (1942), a rare featured role for the actress who was usually cast in small parts. Fans of the supernatural soap DARK SHADOWS know Anita for a few episodes she did in 1968 as a witch who tries to cure vampire 'Barnabas Collins.'

Details

Average Rating:

[ 8.33/10 ]   30 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Release Date Friday, July 9, 1943
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 15.5 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - November 9th


Births

Marie Dressler
(Actress)
b. 1868

Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Edna May Oliver
(Actress)
b. 1883

Malden, MA

Ed Wynn
(Actor)
b. 1886

Philadelphia, PA

Gertrude Astor
(Actress)
b. 1887

Rockport, OH

Snub Pollard
(Actor)
b. 1889

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lou Lubin
(Actor)
b. 1895

Pittsburgh, PA

William A. Horning
(Associate Art Director)
b. 1904

Missouri

Muggsy Spanier
(Actor)
b. 1906

Chicago, IL

Thomas Glynn
(Actor)
b. 1906

California

Wilkie de Martel
(Actor)
b. 1908

New York

William F. Calvert
(Set Decorator)
b. 1911

Agnes Anderson
(Actress)
b. 1913

Detroit, MI

Marvin Weldon
(Script Supervisor)
b. 1917

Whitey Hughes
(Actor)
b. 1920

Arkoma, OK

Chris Seivard
(Camera)
b. 1964

Reading, PA


Deaths

Hugh Cameron
(Actor)
d. 1941   (62)

New York, NY

Edna May Oliver
(Actress)
d. 1942   (58)

Los Angeles, CA

Scotty Mattraw
(Actor)
d. 1946   (66)

Los Angeles, CA

Edgar Kennedy
(Actor)
d. 1948   (58)

Woodland Hills, CA

Tom Powers
(Actor)
d. 1955   (65)

Los Angeles, CA

Tandy MacKenzie
(Actress)
d. 1963   (71)

Los Angeles, CA

James V. Kern
(Screenplay)
d. 1966   (57)

Encino, CA

Charles Bickford
(Actor)
d. 1967   (76)

Los Angeles, CA

Gerald Mohr
(Actor)
d. 1968   (54)

Stockholm, Sweden

Billy Halop
(Actor)
d. 1976   (56)

Brentwood, CA

Gertrude Astor
(Actress)
d. 1977   (90)

Woodland Hills, CA

Florence Marly
(Actress)
d. 1978   (59)

Glendale, CA

Joe Wong
(Actor)
d. 1978   (75)

Los Angeles, CA

Lewis Charles
(Actor)
d. 1979   (59)

Los Angeles, CA

Victor Sen Yung
(Actor)
d. 1980   (65)

North Hollywood, CA

Mary MacLaren
(Actress)
d. 1985   (89)

Los Angeles, CA

Guy Kingsford
(Actor)
d. 1986   (75)

Encino, CA

Billy Curtis
(Actor)
d. 1988   (79)

Dayton, NV

Yves Montand
(Actor)
d. 1991   (70)

Picardie, France

Gertrude Messinger
(Actress)
d. 1995   (84)

Woodland Hills, CA


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THE OFFICER'S MESS (Shemp Howard) was released

1935-11-09

ROCKIN' THRU THE ROCKIES in production

1939-11-07 to 1939-11-11

THE YOKE'S ON ME in production

1943-11-08 to 1943-11-12

SLAPHAPPY SLEUTHS was released

1950-11-09

Joe Besser costarred on THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW

1963-11-09

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