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Three Stooges FAQ : everything left to know about the eye-poking, face-slapping, head-thumping geniuses
Record details
- ISBN: 9781557837882
- ISBN: 1557837880
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p.[381]-384) and index. Includes filmography. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: maybe they were geniuses -- The Three Stooges: a biographical and career timeline -- The Columbia two-reel department: purpose, product, and personnel -- The Stooges and the fairer sex -- The Stooges and the sporting life -- The Stooges on the job -- The Stooges out West -- The Stooges rewrite history -- The Stooges puncture high society -- The Stooges and showbiz -- The Stooges and the law -- The Stooges and the youth of America -- The Stooges at home -- The Stooges abroad -- The Stooges and the fantastic. |
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| Subject: | Three Stooges films History and criticism Three Stooges (Comedy team) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | PN 1995.9 .T5 H64 2011 | 30542709 | General Collection | Available | - |
CHOICE_Magazine Review
The Three Stooges FAQ : Everything Left to Know about the Eye-Poking, Face-Slapping, Head-Thumping Geniuses
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Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
The resurgence of interest in the Three Stooges (e.g., Stoogeology: Essays on the Three Stooges, ed. by Peter Seely and Gail Pieper, CH, Dec'07, 45-1937) inevitably invites an encyclopedia of trivia on this most inane trinity of film comedy. This is that book, and it is a cornucopia of details and insights. Covering the two-reel shorts of vaudeville veterans Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, and Joe with thematic logic, Hogan presents the slapstick heroes with affection and celebration. Beginning with a biographical and career time line, Hogan establishes their origins with director Jules White in the Cohn brothers' Columbia Studio. He organizes the shorts around recurring themes--for example, sports, high society, show business. Though the book primarily provides plot descriptions with snippets of funny dialogue, three sections offer rich veins of cultural significance--those on the Stooges' rewriting history, engaging in war, and traveling abroad. Readers will delight in these clowns' mindless antics, and the pristine and rare photographs will elicit grins. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; professionals; general readers. T. Lindvall Virginia Wesleyan College
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