Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Three Stooges supporting player Bud Jamison in a publicity shot from the 1934 Columbia short, WHEN DO WE EAT?
FALL 2012 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
Lloyd Kino, Joe Kubert
by Ryan Fay
Page(s): 3
Two local L.A. hosts recall Moe Howard's appearances on their television shows, HEADSHOP (early 1972) and THE MOVIEMAKERS (summer 1974); also, Jack Perkins talks about Moe's final interview (April 1975) for a report on the Stooges by NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
A rare onstage shot of Joe DeRita with Bing Crosby during a 1940s USO performance
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 4 - 5
A detailed look, with transcription, at SURPRISE, SURPRISE (1937); at 2-1/2 minutes, the brief film produced with Columbia promotes Pillsbury's Moving Picture Machine, a cardboard flipper-image toy
by Betty Hickman Healy
Page(s): 6 - 7
Transcription of a hand-written memoir by Ted Healy's 2nd wife, Betty Hickman Healy; recently obtained by the Fan Club, it relates details and stories of her brief marriage and life with Ted
by Mike Dugo
Page(s): 8 - 9
A look at home movies and video rarities (spanning 1938 - 1973) of The Three Stooges that have surfaced in recent years on internet resources such as YouTube; notably July1, 1938 color footage shot by George K. Mann on the Atlantic City boardwalk's Steel Pier featuring Moe, Larry, Curly, Barbara Bradford (Mrs. Mann), and Mann himself
by Jim Pauley
Page(s): 10
A look at the L.A. site of a former train station, used in the filming of A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN (1936), with photos then and today
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 11 - 13
Louise Carver, John L. Cason, Nancy Caswell, Connie Cezon, Wheaton Chambers, Eddie Chandler, Lane Chandler
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 14
A set (4) of early 1940s candid shots show Shemp clowning around with his wife Babe, and with Moe's son Paul
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia Q&A
Jim Pauley's The Three Stooges: Hollywood Filming Locations from Santa Monica Press will be published on November 1, 2012; Jim will do a special presentation based on the book at the Alex Theater's Three Stooges film festival, Glendale CA on November 24
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