Does anyone know where I can buy/download/view some Shemp shorts. I enjoyed Knife of the Party (only one I've seen thus far.) I most want to see Hit With a Miss.
Very few Shemp solo short subjects are available on home video. This site's
VIDEOGRAPHY has a rundown of DVD and VHS (& Beta, Laser Disc and CED) Three Stooges and solo home video from 1980 - today. Amazon.com links provided.
Sony is releasing its
first Shemp solo short in a couple weeks,
PLEASED TO MITT YOU (1940), a bonus feature on the DVD of GOLDEN BOY. Indications are that Sony may have more solo Shemps (and/or Bessers & DeRitas) in 2008/2009, either as bonus features for other Columbia features like GOLDEN BOY, or on future
Three Stooges Collection volumes. (Last month, Sony included the Tom Kennedy / Monty Collins short subject MIDNIGHT BLUNDERS (1936) in its "Sam Katzman Horror Collection.")
Catcom (a bargain label distributor) put out a DVD in 2003, "The Three Stooges: Wiseguys," that has six of Shemp's Vitaphone comedies -
DIZZY AND DAFFY (1934),
HERE COMES FLOSSIE (1933),
HIS FIRST FLAME (1935),
I SCREAM (1934),
SERVES YOU RIGHT (1935) and
WHY PAY RENT? (1935).
American Home Treasures (again, a bargain label) released "The Three Stooges: The Early Years" in 1998, with these Vitaphones -
CORN ON THE COP (1934),
HIS FIRST FLAME (1935) and
SALT WATER DAFFY (1933).
The Videography also lists all of Shemp's available solo feature film work, mostly listed among the Universal Studios entries.
