The best Shemp Howard’s movies

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

11/03/1895- 22/11/1955
We present our ranking of the best Shemp Howard’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Shemp Howard.
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Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
7.3/10
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 08/08/1941
  • Character: Soda Jerk
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman
6/10
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 25/12/1941
  • Character: Louie
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights
6.1/10
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Africa Screams

Africa Screams
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/05/1949
  • Character: Gunner
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.

Buck Privates

Buck Privates
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 31/01/1941
  • Character: Chef
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/11/1940
  • Character: Joe Guelpe
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/03/1943
  • Character: Umbrella Sam
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.

Hold That Lion!

Hold That Lion!
7.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/07/1947
  • Character: Shemp
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.

Keep 'em Slugging

Keep 'em Slugging
6.2/10
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.

In the Navy

In the Navy
6.7/10
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

Howd' Ya Like That?

Howd' Ya Like That?
5.7/10
  • Release: 13/01/1934
  • Character: Sailor
Two sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them.

Crazy House

Crazy House
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 08/10/1943
  • Character: Mumbo
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.

Musty Musketeers

Musty Musketeers
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/05/1954
  • Character: Shemp
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but the King won't give his consent until Princess Alicia gets married. The princess is abducted by Mergatroyd, an evil magician who plans to marry her and become ruler of the country. The stooges help the princess escape and then defeat the magician and his henchmen in a sword fight.

Private Buckaroo

Private Buckaroo
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicWar
  • Release: 12/06/1942
  • Character: Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
The film tells the story of army recruits following basic training, with the Andrew Sisters attending USO dances. The film is a mixture of comedy and songs.

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
5.3/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 27/03/1942
  • Character: Det. Sgt. Sweeney
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.

Who Done It?

Who Done It?
7.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/03/1949
  • Character: Shemp
The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his "trusty shovel") and find the missing man.

Fuelin' Around

Fuelin' Around
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/04/1949
  • Character: Shemp
The stooges are carpet layers working in the home of a scientist, Professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.

Spooks!

Spooks!
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/06/1953
  • Character: Shemp
The stooges are private detectives hired to find a missing girl. The boys disguise as pie salesmen and end up wandering around a mad scientist's mansion, trying to find the girl. The boys confront a gorilla and various other bad guys, before rescuing the girl.

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