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bubbadersh:
What was the original aspect ratio of The Three Stooges shorts when they were released in theaters?

Are there any releases available of the full length theatrical release in the original aspect ratio?

All the DVD releases I've seen seem to be the 4:3 full screen TV aspect ratio.  Some seem like they were edited down for TV.

I even read somewhere that there was a Curly cameo in "Malice in the Palace" that was edited out of the TV releases. Did it make into the theatrical release?

Curley91:

--- Quote ---I even read somewhere that there was a Curly cameo in "Malice in the Palace" that was edited out of the TV releases. Did it make into the theatrical release?
--- End quote ---

The scene with Curly was shot, but it didn't make it to the final print. 

As far as I know, pretty much all the shorts are avaliable in their entirety, as they were in theatres, unless Sony-Columbia or a TV station edited them later on.  I'm not sure they are avaliable in their theatrical aspect ratio. 

bubbadersh:
What was the original aspect ratio of The Three Stooges shorts when they were released in theaters?

stooged and confused:
The original aspeect ratio in theatres is a bit off for TV broadcast and earlier video tape and DVD releases. One way that you can tell is when a newspaper headline was shown in a scene, some of the words are cut off.

Also, a good number of times at the opening credits, the "A Columbia Picture" wording is cropped from the early shorts. When the Columbia torch lady appeared later to the left of the screen the verbage 'A Columbia Short Subject Presentation" had some of the letters missing. Like Looney Tunes cartoons, the aspect ratio on Three Stooges shorts were more of a square box format. They inflate the image to fill up a 4x3 TV screen. The last few DVD releases were restored and remastered in high definition, which configured the image accordingly.

I hope that helps!!

thephotoplayer:
All NEW footage shot from SPOOKS! on (1953) was shot for 1.85, which was Columbia's studio policy for all of their films.  That's not counting the footage that was re-used from older shorts.

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