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MUSCLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER (1957)

Film Pick of the Day
Friday, July 3, 2026

Moe, Larry, and Joe discover that Joe's fiancee's ring has been stolen. The Stooges suspect it is Elmo, a muscular bully who works at their plant. The Stooges come face to face with him in the company gym, but when they try to make him give the ring back by physical force, the plan backfires and Moe and Larry are knocked senseless. But Joe's girl is tougher!

An unfilmed/deleted scene was discovered in Jules White's final shooting script, and was transcribed in The Three Stooges Journal # 117 (Spring 2006).

Details

Average Rating:

[ 3.47/10 ]   30 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Joe
Release Date Thursday, February 28, 1957
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.83 min.

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Births

Leon Errol
(Actor)

b. 1881

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Richard Cramer
(Actor)

b. 1889

Bryan, OH

John Vosbough
(Actor)

b. 1894

Chicago, IL

Nellie Manley
(Hair Stylist)

b. 1894

Omaha, NE

Doris Lloyd
(Actress)

b. 1896

Liverpool, England

Wynne Gibson
(Actress)

b. 1903

New York, NY

Coley Worth
(Actor)

b. 1908

Rome, NY

Lewis J. Rachmil
(Art Director)

b. 1908

New York, NY

James R. Field
(Gaffer)

b. 1914

California

Riley Thorne
(Gowns)

b. 1918

California

Louise Allbritton
(Actress)

b. 1920

Oklahoma City, OK

Rhoda Williams
(Actress)

b. 1930

Birmingham, AL

Tommy Tedesco
(Music)

b. 1930

Niagara Falls, NY

Eileen O'Neill
(Actress)

b. 1939

Philadelphia, PA



Deaths

Marie Wells
(Actress)

d. 1949   (55)

Los Angeles, CA

Joan Jasmyn
(Lyrics)

d. 1955   (56)

New York, NY

Johnny Clark
(Actor)

d. 1967   (50)

Los Angeles, CA

Alfred Bruzlin
(Sound)

d. 1970   (70)

Los Angeles, CA

Wally Westmore
(Makeup)

d. 1973   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Bill Shannon
(Actor)

d. 1981   (46)

Los Angeles, CA

Nelson Leigh
(Actor)

d. 1985   (80)

Hemet, CA

Rudy Vallee
(Actor)

d. 1986   (84)

North Hollywood, CA

Viola Dana
(Actress)

d. 1987   (90)

Woodland Hills, CA

Gabe Dell
(Actor)

d. 1988   (68)

North Hollywood, CA

Jim Backus
(Actor)

d. 1989   (76)

Los Angeles, CA

Joe DeRita
(Actor)

d. 1993   (83)

Woodland Hills, CA

Jack Smith
(Actor)

d. 2006   (92)

Westlake Village, CA

Noel Neill
(Actress)

d. 2016   (95)

Tucson, AZ



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