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Victor Travers
Victor Travers (1884 – 26 May 1948) was an English character actor of theatre and film, known for his work in many of the Three Stooges films. During his career, which began in 1938 and ended with his death in 1948, he appeared in more than 80 films. Selected filmography * ''Heavenly Daze'' (1948) * '' All Gummed Up'' (1947) * '' Hold That Lion!'' (1947) * '' Blondie in the Dough'' (1947) * '' The Good Bad Egg'' (1947) * ''Half-Wits Holiday'' (1947) * '' The Three Troubledoers'' (1946) * '' Mr. Noisy'' (1946) * ''If a Body Meets a Body'' (1945) * '' Three Pests in a Mess'' (1945) * ''The Yoke's on Me'' (1944) * '' Crash Goes the Hash'' (1944) * ''Phony Express'' (1943) * '' Three Smart Saps'' (1942) * '' Loco Boy Makes Good'' (1942) * ''An Ache in Every Stake'' (1941) * ''Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939) * '' Three Sappy People'' (1939) * '' Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise'' (1939) * '' A Ducking They Did Go'' (1939) * ''Tassels in the Air ''Tassels in the Air'' is a 1938 short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical, farce, and slapstick comedy. Six total Stooges appeared over the act's run (with only three working at any given time). The two constants were: * Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz), 1922–1970, and *Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg), 1925–1970 The "third stooge" was played in turn by: * Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz), 1922–1932, 1947–1955 ** Joe Palma (born Joseph Provenzano), 1956; stand in for Shemp * Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz), 1932–1946 * Joe Besser (born Jessel Besser), 1956–1957 * "Curly Joe" DeRita (born Joseph Wardell), 1958–1970 The act began in 1922 as part of a vaudeville comedy act billed as "Ted Healy and His Stooges", consisting originally of Ted Healy and Moe Howard. Over time, they were joined by Moe's brother, Shemp Howard, and then La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yoke's On Me
''The Yoke's on Me'' is a 1944 short film, short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 79th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who appeared in 190 shorts at the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges attempt to join the army during World War II, but are labeled Selective Service System, 4-F by the draft board due to Curly having Knee effusion, water on the knee. Transitioning from thwarted aspirations of enlistment to the realm of agricultural endeavor, the trio, spurred by paternal encouragement, embraces farming as a means to contribute to the war effort. Symbolically shedding their urban trappings, they embark on a venture marked by resourcefulness and determination, epitomized by the sale of their car to acquire a dilapidated farm. Within the rustic confines of their newfound agricultural domain, characterized by scant livest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Film Actors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Italy and of New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ' Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 – In the United States: ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel ('' Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the '' Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London to promote gradualist social progress. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera '' Princess Ida'', a satire on feminism, premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 7 – German microbiologist Robert Koch isolates '' Vibrio cholerae'', the cholera bacillus, working in India. * January 18 – William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * January – Arthur Conan Doyle's anonymous story " J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" appears in the ''Cornhill Magazine'' (London). Based on the disappearance of the crew of the '' Mary Celeste'' in 1872, many of the fictional elements introduced by Doyle come to replace the real event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tassels In The Air
''Tassels in the Air'' is a 1938 short subject directed by Charley Chase starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 30th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The burgeoning aspirations of Nouveau riche housewife Mrs. Smirch converge with the professional endeavors of the esteemed interior decorator, Omay. Eager to ascend the echelons of the local elite, Mrs. Smirch endeavors to enlist Omay's services to overhaul her residence, thereby ingratiating herself within esteemed social circles. Omay, in turn, accedes to her proposition. Concurrently, the Stooges are engaged as painters tasked with refurbishing the edifice housing Omay's office. Assigned the responsibility of affixing temporary identifiers to office doors, their ineptitude precipitates a series of mishaps. Notably, Curly's idiosyncratic aversion to ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ducking They Did Go
''A Ducking They Did Go'' is a 1939 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 38th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges botch an attempt to steal a watermelon from a deliveryman (Cy Schindell), which lands them in trouble with a cop ( William Irving). The trio winds up at the offices of the Canvas Back Duck Club, a hunting club run by conmen Blackie (Lynton Brent) and Doyle (Jack Gardner), where they are hired to sell club memberships. Unbeknownst to them, the whole thing is a scam. Dressed in duck-hunting gear, Moe, Larry and Curly invade the police station and barge into the office of the police chief (Bud Jamison) and sell memberships to several men, including the police chief and the mayor. By the time the group arrives at the lodge to hunt ducks, the conme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oily To Bed, Oily To Rise
''Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise'' is a 1939 short film, short subject produced and directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 42nd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are hapless tramps who inadvertently stumble into a series of misadventures. After inadvertently causing chaos on a farmer's property, they set off on foot, longing for a car. Their luck seemingly changes when they stumble upon what they believe to be a free car and take it for a joyride. However, their distraction almost leads to several accidents before they come to the aid of Widow Jenkins and her daughters. Grateful for their assistance, Widow Jenkins treats the Stooges to a lavish meal, and in return, they offer to fix her broken water pump. During the repair, they accidentally uncover oil beneath the farm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Sappy People
''Three Sappy People'' is a 1939 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 43rd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are phone repairmen unwittingly mistaken for esteemed psychiatrists, Drs. Z. Ziller, X. Zeller, and Y. Zoller, while occupying their office space. Wealthy patron J. Rumsford Rumford, influenced by a recommendation from a medical acquaintance, engages the services of the Stooges to attend to his spirited wife, Sherry Rumford. During the course of their appointment, the Stooges inadvertently disrupt a formal dinner gathering, instigating a chaotic food altercation in their characteristic manner. Despite the commotion, the unorthodox behavior of the Stooges inadvertently amuses Mrs. Rumford, leading her husband to conclude erroneously that her ail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Angels Have Wings
''Only Angels Have Wings'' is a 1939 American adventure romantic drama film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, and is based on a story written by Hawks. Its plot follows the manager of an air freight company in a remote South American port town who is forced to risk his pilots' lives while vying for a major contract. It features supporting performances from Thomas Mitchell, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Jr., and Rita Hayworth in her first major role.Frankel, Mark"Articles: ''Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939)."''Turner Classic Movies''. Retrieved November 27, 2022. Released by Columbia Pictures in May 1939, the film is generally regarded as being among Hawks' finest films, particularly in its portrayal of the professionalism of the pilots of the film, its atmosphere, and the flying sequences. In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Ache In Every Stake
''An Ache in Every Stake'' is a 1941 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 57th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are hapless icemen, grappling with a series of misadventures as they navigate their mundane profession. Upon awakening from slumber within their delivery wagon, precipitated by their horse's agitation, Moe and Larry find themselves extricated from the vehicle's confines, while Curly, having employed a block of ice as an improvised pillow, becomes ensconced within its chilly embrace. Subsequently liberated from his icy enclosure, the trio embarks on their routine ice block deliveries, culminating in a challenging assignment at a residence perched atop a daunting staircase. The arduous ascent to the elevated abode presents a formidable obstacle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loco Boy Makes Good
''Loco Boy Makes Good'' is a 1942 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 60th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are suffering from economic hardship as they face eviction from their lodgings due to significant arrears in rental payments. Expelled from their accommodation under the auspices of their irascible landlord, they are relegated to a precarious existence until their outstanding debt is discharged. In a bid to ameliorate their financial predicament, the trio devises a stratagem wherein Curly contrives to experience a contrived mishap within the confines of a local hotel, thereby facilitating a lawsuit aimed at procuring the necessary funds for their restitution. However, their scheme encounters an unexpected twist when Mrs. Brown, the elderly h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
