“Brideless Groom” (1947) starring The Three Stooges / Z-View
Brideless Groom (1947)
Director: Edward Bernds
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Virginia Hunter and Emil Sitka
Tagline: Gold-diggers mob the Stooges for their money!
The Plot…
Shemp learns that he will inherit $500,000 if he is married by 6pm. The trouble is he has no girlfriend and no prospects. Luckily, Shemp is joined by Moe and Larry in an effort to find him a wife before the deadline arrives. What could go wrong?
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Emil Sitka, a Stooges regular, gets his best-remembered line “Hold hands, you lovebirds!” in this one. Believe it or not, the line is on Sitka’s headstone!
Christine McIntyre, another Stooges regular, has a scene where she is to repeated hit Shemp. Despite repeated takes, the punches didn’t look convincing. The story goes that Shemp told Christine to really let him have it, explaining that a lot of repeated half-hearted slaps hurt more than a few good ones. On the next take Christine cut loose with a punch that broke Shemp’s nose. The take was used. As Christine apologized, Shemp told her, it was okay, he told her to cut loose and she sure did!
Clyde Bruckman, the writer of Brideless Groom, was the co-writer on the film Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances (1925) which had a similar plot.
Brideless Groom (1947) rates 3 of 5 stars.
I watched it – maybe I’m gettin’ old – NO WAIT A MINUTE !!! I am old – I used to laugh at the 3 – today I sat and felt I had just wasted 16 minutes of my life – sorry Boss
I totally get where you’re coming from. When you’re younger the Stooges are so much funnier. Also they aren’t for everyone. I made it a goal to watch every Stooges’ short. It would have been more fun if I was a kid, but I’m still enjoying the journey (and memories of Saturday mornings watching with my Uncle).
This episode sounds fun.
It was. Thanks for the comment.