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How did Joe DeRita's stepsons end up "controlling" the Three Stooges?
sandmountainslim:
--- Quote from: Mark The Shark on December 23, 2012, 08:13:23 PM ---I don't know, but...I do remember seeing the phrase "Distributed by TV III" on some (not all) of the New 3 Stooges cartoons. Others said "Distributed by Heritage." I noticed that on the Rhino DVDs (authorized by Comedy III) in the closing credits, there is a splice where the distributor name is edited out, and the audio is out of sync for the remainder of the closing credits (which isn't much). Whether "TV III" had anything to do with "Comedy III," I have no idea. But it wouldn't surprise me.
I believe there was some confusion (or dispute) over who owned the trademark of the Three Stooges name for a good number of years. I have seen merchandise with Columbia Pictures' name on it, and other times Norman Maurer Productions (including the mini-posters offered through Post cereals in the late 1970s, which were stills from Columbia shorts).
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Normandy should have lost all rights after "The Three Robonic Stooges" >:D C3 seems to be doing a decent enough job of it so I suppose it worked out for the best. I wonder why Sony/Columbia wasn't interested in the theatrical film this year? I guess that makes three TS related films for Fox by my calculations, Soup To Nuts, Snow White and the TS and now this latest film.
archiezappa:
--- Quote from: sandmountainslim on December 23, 2012, 08:42:01 PM ---Normandy should have lost all rights after "The Three Robonic Stooges" >:D C3 seems to be doing a decent enough job of it so I suppose it worked out for the best. I wonder why Sony/Columbia wasn't interested in the theatrical film this year? I guess that makes three TS related films for Fox by my calculations, Soup To Nuts, Snow White and the TS and now this latest film.
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That makes me wonder if Fox will eventually put out a perverse Three Stooges "Trilogy."
sandmountainslim:
--- Quote from: archiezappa on December 24, 2012, 12:14:42 PM ---That makes me wonder if Fox will eventually put out a perverse Three Stooges "Trilogy."
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Lol! What a trilogy!!!
Let's encourage it ;D
BeAStooge:
--- Quote from: sandmountainslim on December 23, 2012, 05:49:49 PM ---The C3 Website says Moe, Larry and Curly Joe formed C3 back in 1959.
If this is true why did Normandy Productions seem to be running the show?
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Norman Maurer set up Norman Maurer Productions to handle licensing for The Three Stooges. Normandy Productions was the film production company he created to produce the Stooges' 1959/1960s film projects.
C3 was always there, in the background. After the 1994 lawsuit, NMP was disbanded and its assets transferred to C3.
--- Quote from: Mark The Shark on December 23, 2012, 08:13:23 PM ---I believe there was some confusion (or dispute) over who owned the trademark of the Three Stooges name for a good number of years. I have seen merchandise with Columbia Pictures' name on it, and other times Norman Maurer Productions (including the mini-posters offered through Post cereals in the late 1970s, which were stills from Columbia shorts).
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No, there was never any confusion or dispute. The trademark was the property of Comedy III. Norman Maurer Productions, essentially, operated as its licensing agent from 1959 - 1994.
Columbia Pictures [Sony] is copyright, ©. C3 is trademark, ™. Two entirely different things.
If Post, or Hostess, or whoever, slapped an incorrect rights credits on their ads and knick knacks, the only confusion belonged to them. Not to the rights owners.
sandmountainslim:
Am I correct that the partners in C3 are the heirs of Moe, Larry and Curly Joe and the heirs of Curly, Shemp and Besser are completely left out of the equation? I know this is fair and legal because it was Moe, Larry and Curly Joe who founded the company but it's sad that Curly, Shemp and Joe's kids and grandkids are left out and can't profit from their work. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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