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Shemp Howard, MOONLIGHT AND CACTUS (1944) publicity shot

FALL 2007   -   Editor: Gary Lassin

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Larry Fine Birthday Celebration Scheduled For October
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
Larry Fine 105th birthday celebration to include an Oct. 5 "Best of Larry" film festival at Moore College in Philadelphia, and Stoogeum open house on Oct. 6, with special Stoogeum theatre presentations

Obituary
by Frank Reighter
Page(s): 3
Alyn Lockwood

News Flashes
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
  • Dates set for the 2008 Fan Club Meeting, April 25 - 27
  • Oct. 30 Sony will release Vol. 1 (1934 - 1936) of new DVD box sets releasing the Stooges' films in chronological order
  • Stoogeology, edited by Peter Seely, has been published by McFarland Press, featuring 19 scholarly essays on The Three Stooges

Joe Besser TV Appearance Discovered
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 3
Previously undocumented Joe Besser appearance on a 1960 episode of CBS' sitcom ANGEL has been discovered

Behind the Scenes... Three Stooges Film Footage Found in Real 16mm Color!
by Jim Pauley
Page(s): 4 - 5
Detailed discussion of behind-the-scenes, color home movie footage found, taken on the set of BACK FROM THE FRONT (1943); with screen capture pictures

Interview With, An: Peter Seely, Editor of Stoogeology
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 6 - 7
Interview with Prof. Peter Seely, editor and co-author of Stoogeology, a new book from McFarland Press featuring 19 scholarly essays about the films of The Three Stooges

Candid Photo
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 7
"A rare candid shot of the Stooges clowning around with Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, on the set of TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM (1941)"

Three Stooges Supporting Players: Mini-Biographical Profiles, The
by Ed Shifres
Page(s): 8 - 9
Marjorie White, Blackie Whiteford, Robert Williams

More Critical Thinking: Trade Magazine Reviews of The Three Stooges' Shorts, Part 6
by Richard Finegan
Page(s): 10
1940 newspaper and trade publication reviews of the Stooges' Columbia shorts

For Collectors Only: Breygent's Three Stooges Trading Cards
by Frank Reighter
Page(s): 11
Discussion and details of the popular line of Three Stooges trading cards released by Breygent in 2005 and 2006

Three Stooges' Hidden Hollywood, The: HOW HIGH IS UP? How Much Was Edited?
by Brent Seguine
Page(s): 12 - 13
From Jules White's files, the script details of deleted scenes from HOW HIGH IS UP? (1940)

DVD Review: The Three Stooges All-Time Favorites
by Richard J. Kunkel
Page(s): 14
Review of the 2-disc All-Time Favorites set released by Anchor Bay in 2002, containing the featurette Family Album (1998), and the TV pilots JERKS OF ALL TRADES (1949) and KOOK'S TOUR (1970)

Bulletin Board
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements

Stooge Trivia
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia questions and answers

Rafterthoughts: What's Next? Three Very Polite Stooges?
by Ken Woodley
Page(s): 16
Source: The Farmville (VA) Herald
In response to the sanitization of cartoon and film characters, the author presents a "huggy-feel-good" Three Stooges film scenario

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