Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Actress Ann Doran demonstrates the 3 Stooges Moving Picture Machine in a 1937 publicity photo
FALL 2016 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
Source: The State Journal-Register
"Moe and Curly Joe clown around at the Leland Hotel in Springfield IL on August 10, 1960, just prior to the Stooges’ appearance at the Illinois State Fair"
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn NY has been demolished to make room for condominiums. Originally known as Vitagraph, Moe Howard worked there as a boy circa 1909. As Vitaphone Studios, Shemp Howard worked there from 1933 – 1937.
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 3 - 5
Detailed production records from the feature film SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES (1961) have been acquired by The Stoogeum, and the article examines new cast and crew information provided by these comprehensive studio files.
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 6 - 9
Moe, Larry and Shemp first broke away from Ted Healy in August 1930 after filming SOUP TO NUTS. Part 1 of the article takes a detailed look thru March 1931 at their new act, appearing in the touring, musical-comedy stage revues LOONEY LUNATICS and MASQUERADE.
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 10 - 11, 16
Discussing and debunking the untrue tales about Abbott and Costello taking material from The Three Stooges. Examined in detail in part 1 are the two teams’ shared time at Atlantic City's Steel Pier, and their respective performances of “Niagara Falls.”
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 12 - 14
Joe Garcio, Jack Gardner, Joyce Gardner, Anita Garvin, Maxine Gates, Slim Gaut
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia Q&A
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