Complete Three Stooges, The (The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion)
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LEGENDS OF COMEDY - Guest Stars of Film and Radio: The Fabulous '40s
Air Date/Released | Sunday, February 21, 1993 |
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Station/Studio | Disney Channel/Readers Digest |
Featuring | Miscellaneous Appearances |
A three-part retrospective of film, radio and television comedians from the 1920s to the 1960s. It relied heavily on public domain footage. Co-produced by Reader’s Digest Magazine, the special initially aired on the Disney Channel in February 1993 and was then released on VHS as a 3-tape box set.
The Three Stooges received five minutes in this episode (part 2), with a look at their career from the 1920s into the 1940s. In addition to footage from DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947) and MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), numerous publicity and promotional photographs are used.
(Archive footage) Edgar Bergen, Mae West, Victor Moore, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Ted Healy, Bud Jamison, James C. Morton, Alice Belcher, Edward LeSaint, Virginia Hunter, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Thelma Todd, Allan Jones, Tiny Lipson, Victor Borge, Danny Kaye, Spike Jones, Mel Blanc, Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Frances Langford, Jerry Colonna, Bing Crosby, John F. Kennedy, Johnny Bench, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Sidney Fields, Grace Hartman, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stu Erwin
Crew: John C. Feld (Producer, Director), Gary Thereux (Writer, Editor), Charles Grinker, Edward J. Murphy (Executive Producers)
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