The best Curly Howard’s movies

Curly Howard

Curly Howard

22/10/1903- 18/01/1952
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Disorder in the Court

Disorder in the Court
7.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/05/1936
  • Character: Curly
The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing Kirk Robin.

Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady
6.7/10
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/09/1942
  • Character: Subway Builder (uncredited)
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.

Horses' Collars

Horses' Collars
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/01/1935
  • Character: Curly Howard
The stooges are private detectives in the old west trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a bad guy. Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villains wallet and then from a safe meet with problems until Curly, who goes berserk whenever he sees a mouse, knocks out all the bad guys.

You Nazty Spy!

You Nazty Spy!
7.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/01/1940
  • Character: Curly Gallstone
In this satire of the Nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe becomes Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry becomes Minister of propaganda. After successfully preventing a female spy from committing mayhem, the boys are run out of office by a mob and eaten by lions.

Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 24/05/1934
  • Character: Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party with so that he might use the lions in his next movie. His film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante.

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
7.5/10
Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are feature film clips, ultra-rare shorts, solo appearances, and TV performances, rare home movies, and interviews with Stooge family members and special guest stars. A must for any Stooge fan? Why soitenly!

Woman Haters

Woman Haters
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/05/1934
  • Character: Jack
The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marries a girl anyway and attempts to hide the fact from Moe and Curly as they take a train trip.

Swing Parade of 1946

Swing Parade of 1946
5.2/10
The Three Stooges help an aspiring singer, Carol Lawrence, and a nightclub owner, Danny Warren, find love. It features dizzy dishwashers Moe, Larry, and Curly, and musical numbers by Connee Boswell and the Louis Jordan and Will Osborne orchestras, including "Stormy Weather" and "Caldonia."

Sock-a-Bye Baby

Sock-a-Bye Baby
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/11/1942
  • Character: Curly
The stooges mistakenly kidnap a baby they find on their doorstep. When the cops and the baby's mother come looking for the baby, the boys panic and flee into the country with the cops (one of them is the baby's father) pursuing them by motorcycle. It all ends happily with the baby reunited with its parents and the stooges running off disguised as bushes.

Men in Black

Men in Black
7.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/09/1934
  • Character: Dr. Howard
The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.

From Nurse to Worse

From Nurse to Worse
7.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/08/1940
  • Character: Curly
The stooge's friend Jerry convinces them to take out on insurance on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him act like a dog. Unfortunately, the insurance doctor wants to perform a brain operation (Cerebrum decapitation). The boys try to escape by hiding in the dog catchers wagon, but are caught and taken to the hospital. They escape again, this time by rigging a sheet to a gurney and sailing down the street, where they run into Jerry and knock him into wet cement.

Punch Drunks

Punch Drunks
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/07/1934
  • Character: Curly
Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy
5.8/10
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Hold That Lion!

Hold That Lion!
7.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/07/1947
  • Character: Curly - Sleeping Passenger (Uncredited)
The stooges are scammed out of their inheritance by Icabob Slipp, a crooked lawyer. The boys follow Slipp onto a passenger train and corner him, but not before they accidentally let a lion loose on the train. The only Stooges SHORT where Moe, Curly and Shemp appear together.

Back to the Woods

Back to the Woods
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/05/1937
  • Character: Curly
Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that the colonists are starving because the local Indians won't let them on their hunting grounds. The stooges go hunting any, and after a wild chase, are captured by the Indians. They escape and another wild chase ensues.

Even as IOU

Even as IOU
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/09/1942
  • Character: Curly
A destitute mother and child move into the stooge's vacant lot home and the boys decide to help them. They steal the kids piggy bank and sneak into the race track. They bet on a long shot that wins and then are gypped out of their winnings by two con men who sell them a washed up race horse. Everything turns out happily when Curly swallows horse vitamins and gives birth to a colt!

A Pain in the Pullman

A Pain in the Pullman
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/06/1936
  • Character: Curly
The stooges are small time actors traveling by train to an engagement. Along with their pet monkey, they manage to spoil the trip for quite a few of the other passengers including the conductor and a big movie star. Eventually their antics get out of hand and they are literally tossed off the train.

Restless Knights

Restless Knights
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/02/1935
  • Character: Baron of Gray Manor
Set in Medieval times, the stooges learn they are of royal blood and vow to save the kingdom. They become the queen's royal guards but are sentenced to die when the queen is abducted on the orders of the evil prime minister. The stooges escape, free the queen, and end up knocking each other out.

Dizzy Doctors

Dizzy Doctors
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/03/1937
  • Character: Curly
The stooges get a job selling "Brighto", what they think is cleaning fluid. After ruining a cop's uniform and a new car, they discover Brighto is actually medicine. Taking their sales pitch to a hospital, they get into more trouble and must leave on the run when the head of hospital turns out to be the owner of the car they ruined.

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