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No films in 1931 or 1932?

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Desmond Of The Outer Sanctorum:
It's always struck me as a bit odd that the Stooges appeared in one film in 1930 and then a whole bunch starting in 1933, but none in between. Does anyone know if there was any particular reason for this?

BeAStooge:

--- Quote from: Desmond Of The Outer Sanctorum on February 18, 2013, 11:12:19 AM ---It's always struck me as a bit odd that the Stooges appeared in one film in 1930 and then a whole bunch starting in 1933, but none in between. Does anyone know if there was any particular reason for this?

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Because they broke up with Healy after SOUP TO NUTS (1930), and there were no film offers.
 -  Healy hired replacement stooges and continued to headline the bigger revue shows, and star in Broadway musicals (THE GANG'S ALL HERE and CRAZY QUILT)
 -  Moe, Larry & Shemp toured with little fanfare for two years as "Howard, Fine & Howard: 3 Lost Souls," with hired straightman Jack Walsh

The "originals" rejoined Healy in August 1932 for the Schubert's Broadway revue PASSING SHOW OF 1932 (which also featured Joe Besser's act).
 -  Healy quit the show before it opened its preview tour in Detroit; Moe and Larry stayed with him.  They hired Jerry, continued touring and working their own stage act, and received an MGM offer in early 1933.
-   Shemp (and Besser) stayed with the Schuberts; PASSING received bad reviews and closed in Cleveland.  He returned to New York and soon signed on with Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn.

Desmond Of The Outer Sanctorum:
That would make sense.

archiezappa:

--- Quote from: BeAStooge on February 18, 2013, 01:27:13 PM ---Because they broke up with Healy after SOUP TO NUTS (1930), and there were no film offers.
 -  Healy hired replacement stooges and continued to headline the bigger revue shows, and star in Broadway musicals (THE GANG'S ALL HERE and CRAZY QUILT)
 -  Moe, Larry & Shemp toured with little fanfare for two years as "Howard, Fine & Howard: 3 Lost Souls," with hired straightman Jack Walsh

The "originals" rejoined Healy in August 1932 for the Schubert's Broadway revue PASSING SHOW OF 1932 (which also featured Joe Besser's act).
 -  Healy quit the show before it opened its preview tour in Detroit; Moe and Larry stayed with him.  They hired Jerry, continued touring and working their own stage act, and received an MGM offer in early 1933.
-   Shemp (and Besser) stayed with the Schuberts; PASSING received bad reviews and closed in Cleveland.  He returned to New York and soon signed on with Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn.

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I never thought about this.  Thanks for the great information, BeAStooge!  Very interesting.

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