“Woman Haters” (1934) starring The Three Stooges & Marjorie White / Z-View
Woman Haters (1934)
Director: Archie Gottler
Screenplay: Jerome S. Gottler
Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Marjorie White, Walter Brennan, Bud Jamison, Tiny Sandford and Fred ‘Snowflake’ Toones
Tagline: Music! Laughter! Girls!
The Plot…
Tom (Moe), Jim (Larry) and Jack (Curly) are traveling salesmen and members of the Woman Hater’s Club. They vow to never get romantically involved with a woman. Not long after, Jim falls in love with Mary (White). On a train to their honeymoon Jim and Mary run into Tom and Jack. Jim tries to play it off, like he’s not married, but Mary is on to him. Mary decides to get Jim jealous by flirting with Tom and Jack. What could go wrong?
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Woman Haters is the first Three Stooges Short. They weren’t even called Stooges yet. Curly was billed as Jerry Howard. It is one of the rare Stooges shorts where the boys’ characters don’t go by their Stooge names.
Marjorie White had top billing during Woman Haters original release. Sadly it was White’s last film as she was killed in an automobile accident the following year.
Woman Haters wasn’t originally considered a Three Stooges film. It was actually part of Columbia’s “Musical Novelty” series where all dialogue is spoken in rhyme with musical accompaniment. Woman Haters wasn’t a favorite of Larry, Curly or Moe.
Look for Walter Brennan playing the train’s conductor.
Woman Haters earns 3 of 5 stars.
