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Woman Haters is the first short subject
Short subject

Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of Film. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short film....
 starring American slapstick
Slapstick

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated extreme physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall....
 comedy team the Three Stooges
Three Stooges

The Three Stooges was an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid?20th century best known for their numerous short subject films....
. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
 between 1934
1934 in film

Events*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Hope...
 and 1959
1959 in film

The year 1959 in film involved some significant events....
.

Stooges, employed as traveling salesmen, join the Woman Haters Club. They swear never to get romantically involved with a woman. That does not last very long. Larry finds a woman, Mary (Marjorie White
Marjorie White

Marjorie White , was a Canada-born actress of stage and early talkies....
), falls in love, and has proposed marriage.






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Woman Haters is the first short subject
Short subject

Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of Film. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short film....
 starring American slapstick
Slapstick

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated extreme physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall....
 comedy team the Three Stooges
Three Stooges

The Three Stooges was an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid?20th century best known for their numerous short subject films....
. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
 between 1934
1934 in film

Events*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Hope...
 and 1959
1959 in film

The year 1959 in film involved some significant events....
.

Plot

The Stooges, employed as traveling salesmen, join the Woman Haters Club. They swear never to get romantically involved with a woman. That does not last very long. Larry finds a woman, Mary (Marjorie White
Marjorie White

Marjorie White , was a Canada-born actress of stage and early talkies....
), falls in love, and has proposed marriage. Misogynists
Misogyny

Misogyny is hatred of women or girls. It is parallel to misandry?the hatred of men. Misogyny is also comparable with misanthropy which is the hatred of humanity generally....
 Moe and Curly talk him out of it, but Mary's father threatens Larry and makes him marry his very attractive daughter. Later, on a train ride, the confrontation escalates between the Stooges and Mary.

Mary uses her feminine charm to woo both Curly and Moe in an attempt to make Larry jealous. She sings a theme ("for you, for you my love my life my all") with each of the stooges in turn, as she flirts with them. Each is attracted to her charms as she proves the oath they swore as Women Haters was fraudulent. Finally, Mary tells Moe and Curly the truth, that she and Larry are married, and pushes her way into bed with the trio, knocking Moe and Curly out the train window in the process. The film closes as the Stooges, now old men, finally reunite (at the now empty Woman Haters club house) sharing their hatred of women and old age.

Quotes

    • Club chairman: "Gentlemen, please, the meeting is called to order, and we need quiet, not a riot. Otherwise, we can't proceed."


    • Jim: "Fellas, I'll have to quit that club I joined last week."
    • Tom and Jackie: "Quit the club?!?"


    • Tom: "Now I'll make a toast. To the Three Musketeers
      The Three Musketeers

      The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a Musketeers of the Guard....
      /who've stuck along for years/we've traveled together/in every kind of weather."


Further reading

  • Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard , (Citadel Press, 1977).
  • The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon , (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
  • The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer
    Joan Howard Maurer

    Biographical InformationJoan Howard Maurer is the daughter of Moe Howard of the Three Stooges. She has written several books on the Three Stooges and appeared in a few films....
    , Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
  • The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
  • One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).


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