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Three Stooges, The

The Triumphs and Tragedies of The Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time

Author: Jeff Forrester, Tom Forrester, Joe Wallison
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Donaldson Books (2003)
Avg. Rating: [6.50/10]
In Print? No

As a means for learning the history of Ted Healy's stooges, all of them, and their comings-&-goings in the act thru the years, "Triumphs and Tragedies" is a good resource.  The authors also present many rare, unusual, professional & candid photographs.  Unfortunately, the authors also chose to include dubious and fictionalized accounts to sensationalize their story, e.g., tales involving Wallace Beery, Buddy Hackett, Thelma Todd, work-caused cerebral hemorrhages, more.  That choice damaged the book's reputation and credibility.

The following promotional blurb most particularly does not represent the view of this Bibliography's administrator.  From the back cover...

"Did Stooge favorites Curly, Shemp and Larry suffer cerebral hemorrhages as a result of being repeatedly hit on the head? What role did the Stooges' creator Ted Healy play in the mysterious death of comedienne Thelma Todd? Was Healy himself fatally beaten by a group of tough guys (including Oscar-winning actor Wallace Beery and gangster Pat DiCicco) during a nightclub brawl on Hollywood's Sunset Strip? What did Beery's boss, MGM president Louis B. Mayer, do to cover up the incident? And what was the connection between the New York Mafia, Columbia Pictures rajah Harry Cohn, and the Stooges themselves? And just who were all 18 (that's right, 18) of the men who played one of the Three Stooges throughout the team's rollercoaster career in show business? These and many other fascinating questions are addressed in this authors' look at the Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time."


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