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| The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 2: 1937-1939 | 
 enlarge | Actor: Three Stooges
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 282
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 415 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 25799
UPC: 043396257993
EAN: 0043396257993
ASIN: B00151QYYE
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Product Description
Get ready for more outrageous antics as The Three Stooges return in this second collection of chronological masterpieces.System Requirements:Running Time: 415 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/SLAPSTICK UPC: 043396257993 Manufacturer No: 25799
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By 1937, where Volume Two of this long overdue chronological collection picks up, Moe, Larry, and Curly had been performing together for over a decade, and appeared in several feature films and 19 short subjects for Columbia. They were just getting warmed up; there is nary a clunker among the 24 shorts on this two-disc set. Several rank in the Stooges pantheon, including "Grips, Grunts and Groans" (with Bustoff the wrestler), "Violent is the Word for Curly" (with "Swinging the Alphabet"), and "Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb" (the Stooges live the hotel high life after Curly wins a radio contest). These comedies must have been a great escape for Depression-era moviegoers, particularly the ones in which the rich are reduced to food-throwing goofs ("Three Sappy People"). For the Stooges, it's not prosperity that's around the corner, but more often, con men on the lookout for "suckers" to swindle ("A Ducking They Will Go," "Playing the Ponies"). Reflecting America's can-do spirit, the Stooges are nothing if not resilient. These shorts may find them down, but they are never out. The boys are ungainfully employed as Calvary spies ("Goofs and Saddles"), janitors ("Three Missing Links"), dog washers ("Mutts to You"), firemen ("Flat Foot Stooges"), traveling salesmen ("Saved by the Belle"), and vets ("Calling all Curs"). Some of the best shorts turn on mistaken identity: They are confused for college professors in "Violent is the Word for Curly," high society escorts in "Termites of 1938," and famous decorators in "Tassels in the Air." For all the hair-tearing, eye-poking, and shovel-clobbering, the Stooges surprise with the odd musical grace note, such as their rendition of the silly "The Lollipop Song" in "Wee Wee Monsieur," and their music box-accompanied pas-de-trio with pilgrim lasses Faith, Hope, and Charity in "Back to the Woods." One also does not ordinarily look to the Stooges for pathos, or, for that matter, heartwarming happy endings, but "Cash and Carry" delivers both as the boys set out to raise $500 for a crippled boy's operation. "Flat Foot Stooges" is something of a milestone. It marks the debut of "Three Blind Mice" as the Stooges new theme song, which would replace the twittering "Listen to the Mockingbird." The shorts are presented complete and uncut, which means the PC police are standing by to issue citations for such egregious stereotypes as the grunting, shrieking "savages" in the colonial comedy, "Back to the Woods," and the Stooges' turn as Yiddish-speaking Chinese launderers in "Mutts to You." --Donald Liebenson
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Treat for Stooges Fans. August 30, 2008
The dvd consists of pristine stooges comedies of their classic period of the late 1930's and early 1940's before Curly had his stroke and Shemp rejoined the trio. These are the original, fully restored, two-reel comedies that true fans enjoy. If you like the stooges, you will love these DVD's. However if you're a passive fan or hate the stooges, nothing I say will change your mind.
What a great transfer! August 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great transfer! There obviously must be a number of Sony Pictures executives who are closet 'Stooge' fanatics. Having been in the home video manufacturing business (both tape and disc) for many years, the care taken in restoring these comedy classics on DVD is to be commended. I have a close friend who is a prominent lawyer and also a Stooge fanatic. Over the years he has collected everything available on the Stooges (at considerable cost) all on VHS. Now he has the DVD's with their dramatically better quality, and a real problem figuring out what to do with 120 videocassettes and all the extra storage area that will be freed up! For all of you Stooge fanatics who are contemplating a purchase, take it from someone in 'The Biz' and pick up this collection without delay. Highly reccomended!!
 Raucous good fun August 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This medley of Three Stooges shows presents a wonderful look back at the very physical, slap-stick humor these three men engage in. Plots are simple and predictable and great fun for young children.
Thanks to Sony! August 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sony has FINALLY done the boys justice by putting these shorts out chronologically which is what all knuckleheads have wanted for years. These are like the golden years of the stooges where you see them hit their stride and really pound out some of their best shorts.
Three Stooges Collection August 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 2: 1937-1939 This is the second collection I have purchased. We have needed this for a long time. I really love the stooges and plan to own the whole collection.
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