HUSBANDS BEWARE (1956) -- ThreeStooges.net

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Released January 05, 1956
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp

Columbia
15.83 min. (Short Subject)

Moe and Larry marry Shemp's plump sisters, and discover to their horror after the vows that the girls are a couple of battle axes. The new bridegrooms vow revenge on Shemp for introducing them. Shemp is a music teacher who discovers that he has to marry a woman within 7 hours to receive $500,000 from his dead Uncle's will. After some searching, the Stooges finally find an ugly crone, one of Shemp's students. Several of Shemp's old girlfriends, golddiggers all, arrive at the Justice of the Peace's office, wrecking havoc in an attempt to marry Shemp for his money.

A remake, with stock footage, of BRIDELESS GROOM (1947).

Avg. Rating:

[7.40/10]

Cast List

Shemp Howard
Shemp

Moe Howard
Moe

Larry Fine
Larry

Lu Leonard
Dora

Maxine Gates
Flora

Emil Sitka
Justice of the Peace Benton

Dee Green
Fanny Dinkelmeyer

Sally Cleaves
Fanny Dinkelmeyer, new footage double

Johnny Kascier
Bellboy

Christine McIntyre
Lulu Hopkins

Doris Houck
Aggressive former girlfriend

Judy Malcolm
Former girlfriend

Alyn Lockwood
Former girlfriend

Nancy Saunders
Former girlfriend

Virginia Hunter
Former girlfriend

Charles Cross
Larry's stand-in

Johnny Kascier
Moe's stand-in

Harold Breen
Shemp's stand-in

Production Crew

Jules White
Producer

Hugh McCollum
Producer, stock footage

Jules White
Director

Edward Bernds
Director, stock footage

Clyde Bruckman
Story

Felix Adler
Screenplay

Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay, stock footage

Henry Freulich
Director of Photography

Vincent Farrar
Photography, stock footage

Tony DiMarco
Film Editor

Henry DeMond
Film Editor, stock footage

Ross Bellah
Art Director

Charles Clague
Art Director, stock footage

Eddie Saeta
Assistant Director

Stooge Businesses (0)

Stooge Goofs (3)

Stooge Mayhem (Avg. 5.50)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2001-09-17 14:17:00 by Shemp_Diesel
Edited 2016-07-04 23:42:46 by Shemp_Diesel

This one is disappointing in the sense that the opening new footage that starts the short is so good, that you can't help but feel cheated when the stock footage is inserted--much like the earlier Booty and the Beast. And the jarring contrast of the storylines as the new is merged with the old is very lazily handled.

Maybe if this short had been crafted in the 1940s, Felix Adler might have given us a good "all original" short. But--as it is--Husbands is a passable Shemp recycle...

5 pokes

Reviewer's Rating:

(5)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2010-10-12 16:43:33 by JustSayMoe

It's no "Brideless Groom" but this is a pretty fair Shemp short. I generally like it better when the Stooges have homely looking wives/girlfriends than improbably pretty ones - unless the lovely gals have an ulterior motive to swindle one or more of the boys.

Reviewer's Rating:

(8)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2010-06-02 15:25:10 by falsealarms

I have always liked this one. The new footage at the start (the kitchen and dining scenes) is top notch and the stock footage doesn't fit too badly.

Reviewer's Rating:

(9)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2001-08-16 04:24:00 by Stooge
Edited 2008-06-16 08:34:33 by Stooge

The new opening scene is excellent, with Moe and Larry being married to Shemp's fat, bossy sisters, and have to cook a turkey dinner for them. In fact, it was so good, there was no real need to reuse footage from BRIDELESS GROOM. And the real let-down is, after they go to the reused footage from BRIDELESS, there's hardly any new footage after that until the very end, and the new ending seemed really rushed. But the new footage at the beginning was surprisingly very funny, and that deserves enough points right there.

Reviewer's Rating:

(8)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2003-08-11 17:52:00 by Pat Stooge

A dencent remake. Only the plot evolves more around Larry and Moe than Shemp.Those fat women are mean,I mean MEAN!But the old footage was acually worth it this time because Columbia was on a tight budget watching all the scenes from Brideless Groom was sort of repetitive but it's great seiing Shemp in the new footage knowing he's not going to be alive in the next 6 months,its great to watch the reused scenes where Shemp is still alive.

Reviewer's Rating:

(8)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2002-11-29 03:54:00 by Chowder_head

I actually like this short, but it is subpar compared to Bridelss Groom. The part where the boys give their girls those muffins is halirious in my book. G.B.: Using stock footage is NOT a skill, it's a way to save money if you're going broke... How would you like it if your favorite TV show used stock footage in a good number of their episodes?

Reviewer's Rating:

(9)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2002-06-20 22:41:00 by jaronson

I agree with Stooge. This remake is fairly good with great new footage, but there were a whole load of strange cuts where they edited out old footage.Grade: B-

Reviewer's Rating:

(8)

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2001-08-22 06:44:00 by [Deleted Member]

I am now convinced that out of all the posters in all Stooge forums, I must be the one that minds seeing a reuse of old footage the least. Mind you, the more reused footage there is, the less I like it, but I don't mind a film being 85% old reused footage. Anyway, I thouroughly enjoyed this remake. Whatever happened to the "That's just to let YOU know who's going to be boss around here!" mentality Moe and Larry displayed in "In the Sweet Pie and Pie?" Those women were mean! But the Stooges were hilarious as usual nevertheless.I also loved the ending- I can't get enough of the scoot-around-on-your-butt gag.ISLIPP, you SLIPP, we all SLIPP for ISLIPP! ©2001

Re: HUSBANDS BEWARE
Posted 2001-05-17 01:13:00 by Mike Holme

Great remake, I got a real kick out of the end and the new footage was pretty good. One of the best remakes.

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Working Title(s):	EAT, DRINK AND BE MARRIED
Title Origin:	Working title is parody of the expression, "Eat, drink and be merry."
Prod. No.:	4236
Shooting Days:	1 days From: 1955-05-17 To: 1955-05-17
Locations:	Columbia Stage 2

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