![]() There are, however, exceptions, especially when Joe Besser came on board, and far-away shots of Curly could sort of pass for a shot of Joe. This was mostly done with shorts featuring Shemp Howard as the previous third stooge Curly Howard was no longer involved in production. Shemp is married, and the short then ends with new footage of Moe and Larry telling Shemp it was all a lie because he let Moe and Larry marry his two overweight sisters and got divorced. Cut to footage from Brideless Groom where Moe falsely tells Shemp he will inherit $500,000 if he is married by the end of the day. They decide to trick him into getting married. As such, they feel that Shemp should be married too. ![]() Moe and Larry are shown enduring the agony of married life. One example involves the short Husbands Beware. A typical example consists of using wrap-arounds: new footage is used for an opening, old footage is used for the middle, and new footage is used at the end to wrap things up. In the later years of The Three Stooges shorts, a tactic was used to cut costs by recycling footage from previous shorts. ![]()
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Curtis London
6/17/2024 08:40:02 pm
I always wondered why they used recycled footage even before Shemp passed away. And now I know.
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