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1935 American short film by Del Lord

Three Little Beers

Directed by	Del Lord
Written by	Clyde Bruckman
Produced by	Jules White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bud Jamison Jack "Tiny" Lipson Harry Semels Lew Davis Althea Henley
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	William Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 28, 1935 (1935-11-28) (U.S.)
Running time	16:32
Country	United States
Language	English

Three Little Beers is a 1935 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 11th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are employed at Panther Pilsner Beer company, where they encounter a series of mishaps while loading barrels onto their delivery truck. Upon learning about a cash prize golf tournament sponsored by their company, they hastily head to the Rancho Golf Club to hone their golfing skills. Using makeshift press badges, they infiltrate the event, inadvertently causing chaos and destruction on the golf course.

Curly's attempt to retrieve a stuck golf ball results in him chopping down a tree, Moe leaves the ground pockmarked with divots, and Larry's effort to remove a root disrupts the putting green. Their behavior enrages the Italian groundskeepers, who alert the golf course management and prompt a police pursuit.

While escaping in their beer truck, the Stooges inadvertently lose control, sending barrels tumbling down a hill in pursuit. Their frantic flight concludes with them accidentally plunging into wet cement on a nearby sidewalk.

Cast

Credited

Moe Howard as Moe
Larry Fine as Larry
Curly Howard as Curly
Bud Jamison as Mr. Panther

Uncredited cast

Jack "Tiny" Lipson as Jones
Eddie Laughton as relief desk clerk
Jack Kenney as additional desk clerk
Monte Carter as first groundskeeper
Harry Semels as second groundskeeper
William Irving as cement layer
Stanley Mack as first Press entrant
Larry Wheat as second Press entrant
Frank Terry as short man in locker room who shoots perfect 78
Marvin Loback as bald man in locker room
John Tyrrell as golfer who shot birdie
Charles Dorety as annoyed golfer on 18th hole
Arthur Thalasso as golfer on 18th hole
Lew Davis as golfer on 18th hole
George Gray as apologizing caddy on 18th hole
Chet Brandenburg as second golfer yelling "fore"
George Ovey as golfer with three girls
Althea Henley as girl on golf course
Eve Reynolds as girl on golf course
Ninette Crawford as girl on golf course
Frank Mills as golfer with lost ball
Harry Keatan as golfer who advises Curly his ball is in a tree
Sam Lufkin as first policeman at golf course
George Magrill as policeman directing traffic

Production notes

Three Little Beers was filmed on location in Los Angeles, California on October 9–12, 1935; it features more outdoor locations than any other Stooges film. The golf course featured was Rancho Golf Course, on Pico Boulevard and Patricia Avenue in Cheviot Hills, located across the street from 20th Century Fox studios. The scene featuring rolling beer barrels chasing the Stooges down a hilly street was filmed off of Echo Park Avenue in Los Angeles. This scene was actually filmed on TWO streets. When we see the Stooges running down the hill in a side view, the street is Scott Avenue with 1517 Scott Avenue visible in the background at right. When the camera angle switches to a view down the hill with the Stooges running down the hill away from the camera, the street is Cerro Gordo Street at Echo Park Avenue.

This is the second of sixteen Stooge shorts with the word "three" in the title

This short also marks the first appearances of two Stooge regulars, Eddie Laughton and John Tyrrell.

The leaflet the boys read announcing the Panther Brewing Company’s Sixth Annual Golf Tournament states the event will be held at the Public Golf Course “Sunday, Dec. 19, 1935”, however, December 19 fell on a Thursday that year.

In popular culture

Two slapstick routines from Three Little Beers were reworked in the Farrelly brothers 2012 Three Stooges film:

Moe smacks Larry with his right hand, and Larry cries "Oh, my neck!", then Moe slaps him again with his left hand and asks "How does it feel now" and Larry replies "All right," then Moe slaps him yet again with both hands and says "That's good. C'mon on! What's the matter with you?".
In a deleted scene on the DVD release, Curly is washing his clothes on the golf course (the original scene from 1935 featured Curly using a ball washer for laundering his clothes). Moe is about to smack Curly, but Larry butts in and asks what's going on. Moe tries to poke Larry's eyes, but Curly stops him. Moe then slaps Curly. He turns to Larry, who has his eyes covered. Moe smacks the top of Larry's head, Larry opens his hand, and Moe pokes his eyes, this continues twice. Moe sets up his fist, Curly smacks, Moe begins the around-the-world bop (or "hand-to-hand head clunk"), hitting Larry's chin in the process, then hitting Curly's head.

References

Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Glendale, California: Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.
^ Three Little Beers at threestooges.net
Pauley, Jim (2012). The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations. Solana Beach, California: Santa Monica Press, LLC. pp. 261–269. ISBN 9781595800701.
Now, Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and. "Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now". Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
Now, Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and. "Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now". Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
Now, Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and. "Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now". Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now. Retrieved 2024-09-24.

External links

Three Little Beers at IMDb
The short film Three Little Beers is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
Three Little Beers at AllMovie
Three Little Beers at threestooges.net

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1935	Horses' Collars Restless Knights Pop Goes the Easel Uncivil Warriors Pardon My Scotch Hoi Polloi Three Little Beers
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1937	Grips, Grunts and Groans Dizzy Doctors 3 Dumb Clucks Back to the Woods Goofs and Saddles Cash and Carry Playing the Ponies The Sitter Downers
1938	Termites of 1938 Wee Wee Monsieur Tassels in the Air Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb Violent Is the Word for Curly Three Missing Links Mutts to You Flat Foot Stooges
1939	Three Little Sew and Sews We Want Our Mummy A Ducking They Did Go Yes, We Have No Bonanza Saved by the Belle Calling All Curs Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise Three Sappy People
1940	You Nazty Spy! Rockin' thru the Rockies A Plumbing We Will Go Nutty but Nice How High Is Up? From Nurse to Worse No Census, No Feeling Cookoo Cavaliers Boobs in Arms
1941	So Long, Mr. Chumps Dutiful But Dumb All the World's a Stooge I'll Never Heil Again An Ache in Every Stake In the Sweet Pie and Pie Some More of Samoa
1942	Loco Boy Makes Good Cactus Makes Perfect What's the Matador? Matri-Phony Three Smart Saps Even as IOU Sock-a-Bye Baby
1943	They Stooge to Conga Dizzy Detectives Spook Louder Back From the Front Three Little Twirps Higher Than a Kite I Can Hardly Wait Dizzy Pilots Phony Express A Gem of a Jam
1944	Crash Goes the Hash Busy Buddies The Yoke's on Me Idle Roomers Gents Without Cents No Dough Boys
1945	Three Pests in a Mess Booby Dupes Idiots Deluxe If a Body Meets a Body Micro-Phonies
1946	Beer Barrel Polecats A Bird in the Head Uncivil War Birds The Three Troubledoers Monkey Businessmen Three Loan Wolves G.I. Wanna Home Rhythm and Weep Three Little Pirates
1947	Half-Wits Holiday
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