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Shemp!
The Biography of The Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, the Face of Comedy
| Author: | Burt Kearns |
|---|---|
| Hardback: | 271 pages |
| Publisher: | Applause Books (2024) |
| Avg. Rating: |  [ Unrated ] |
| ISBN: | 978-1493074211 |
| In Print? | Yes |
Publisher's press release...
"Shemp Howard is one of the most recognizable faces of the 20th century. He was also one of Hollywood's most influential comic actors. An original member of The Three Stooges, Shemp, along with his brother Moe and vaudeville violinist Larry Fine, perfected a brand of raucous, lowbrow, slapstick comedy that had audiences rolling in the aisles of vaudeville houses, Broadway theaters, and movie palaces, and left an indelible imprint on the face of popular entertainment. Then he walked away... and the new Three Stooges -- Moe, Larry, and brother Curly -- made history.
But Shemp didn't disappear. He made Hollywood history on his own, in a successfufl and unexplored career in more than a hundred movie shorts and features. He appeared in comedies, dramas, mysteries, westerns and musicals -- alongside the biggest stars of the Golden Age, including W. C. Fields, John Wayne, James Stewart, William Powell, Abbott & Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Myrna Loy and Marlene Dietrich.
Shemp! challenges the "official" version of Three Stooges history that's been repeated for decades, shattering myths as it uncovers the surprising and often unsettling facts behind the man's unlikely story: how the child of Jewish immigrants, racked with severe anxiety and a supposed fear of automobiles, dogs and water could conquer vaudeville, Broadway and Hollywood. And it's more than a biography: author Burt Kearns digs into the shorts and feature films he did on his own -- more than a hundred of them -- and, through interviews with fans, family members, scholars, experts, filmmakers and celebrities, examines the "cult of Shemp" that thrives today."
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