by Moe Howard
The Bravados (20th Century-Fox, 1958 feature) Henry King
INDEX
Italicized page numbers indicate photographs
Abbott and Costello, 88
Aberg, Sivi, 221
Academy Awards, 92
Aherne, Brian, 144
airplane crash, 160
Allen, Steve, 193
Ameche, Don, 194
Andrews, Lois, 128
Annette Kellerman Diving Girls, 16
ants, 102
Ants in the Pantry, 102, 107
Appleby, Dorothy, 139
automobiles, 18–19, 19
awards, 92, 174
Back to the Woods, 117
Ball, Lucille, 93
barbecues, 150, 163
Barclay, Don, 143
bear, wrestling, 50, 53, 54, 55
Beddoe, Don, 136
Beer and Pretzels, 73, 108–9
Beer Barrel Polecats, 155
Beery, Wallace, 85
Bells, The, 24–25
Berle, Milton, 194
Bernds, Edward, 167, 174
Bertera, John, 192
Besser, Joe, 184, 184, 185, 187, 188
Betz, Matthew, 77
Big Idea, The, 73
Billboard magazine, 21–22
Black, Preston, 102, 104
Black and White Society, 42
Blair, Janet, 144
blindness, 4
Blinn, Beatrice, 114
Blunder Boys, 181
Boniface, Symona, 170
Bonnell, Bonnie, 73, 74, 75, 77, 82
Bourquin, Lindsay, 152
Bramdon, Arthur, 22
Brennan, Walter, 92
Briskin, Sam, 87
Broadway shows, 49–54, 51, 52, 128, 132, 193
Brooke, Van Dyke, 15
Bruce, Virginia, 121
Bryant, Billy, 22–25
Bunny, John, 15
Bupp, Sonny, 122
Burke, Sampson, 202
Callahan, Joe, 83
Captain Hates the Sea, The, 95
Carmen, Jeanne, 185
Carpentier, Georges, 58, 62
Carroll, Nancy, 145
cartoons, 191, 196, 205
Carver, Louise, 144
Casey, Kenneth, 15
Cash and Carry, 121, 122
Catlett, Walter, 95
cats, 52–53
chickens, 29, 153, 157, 163
children, as fans, 191–92, 214
Circle Stock Company, 22
Clark, Wallis, 144
Cleveland Palace, 64
Cohn, Harry, 87–88, 106
college lecture circuit, 217–18, 218, 222, 225
Collins, G. Pat, 95
Collins, Monte, 144
Columbia Studios, 87–92, 144, 196, 201
comic books, 196
Connolly, Walter, 95
contest, drawing, 192
Costa, Mary, 194
Costanzo, Jack “Mr. Bongo,” 194
Costello, Maurice, 14–15
Counts, Eleanor, 155
Creeps, 183
Curly. See Howard, Curly
Curly-Joe. See DeRita, Joe
Curtis, Dick, 136
Dancing Lady, 79
Darrin, Diana, 187
Decker, Nancy, 40
Dent, Vernon, 115, 137, 139, 155
DeRita, Joe (Curly-Joe)
joining Three Stooges, 184, 188, 189
in Life magazine, 191
movies with, 196–204
post-Stooges act, 212
publicity shots, 190
television appearances with, 193, 194, 194
television pilots with, 195, 196, 196
diving shows, 16
Doctor Death, 221, 225
Don’t Throw That Knife, 174
Dopey Dicks, 172
Doran, Ann, 130
Douglas, Melvyn, 121
Douglas, Mike, 222, 225
Downey, Morton, 138, 141
dressing rooms, 62, 64
driving lessons, 18–19
Dupre, Vanda, 187
earthquake, 70–71
encyclopedia entry, 162
England, 125, 127
Errol, Leon, 95
Exhibitor Laurel Award, 92, 174
eye-poking routines, 58, 132
Falkenburg, Jinx, 144
False Alarms, 112
fan club, 196
fan mail, 192, 214
farming experiences, 29–31, 153, 157
Ferry the Frogman, 32–33
Fifi Blows Her Top, 187
Finch, Flora, 15
Fine, Larry (Larry Fineberg)
background, 39–40
health decline and death of, 211–13
injuries, filming-related, 92, 93, 117
on Queen Mary, 125
stage names, 58, 85
vaudeville acts with Howard and Howard, 58, 62–67, 63, 65
See also related Three Stooges topics
Fine, Mabel Haney, 40, 60, 71
Fine, Winona, 40
Fiske, Richard, 136
Fitzroy, Emily, 95
food-throwing, 42, 62, 104, 107–8, 222
Ford, Glenn, 144
Four for Texas, 205, 210
Franchi, Sergio, 219
Frank Howard, Gertrude, 36, 40
Freeman, Joan, 209
Fright Night, 167
From Nurse to Worse, 139
Frome, Milton, 186
Fugitive Lovers, 73, 84
G. I. Wanna Home, 158
Gable, Clark, 79
gardens, victory, 149, 153
Garner, Paul “Mousie,” 212
Gents Without Cents, 152
George White’s Scandals of 1939, 128, 132, 193
Gibson, Wynne, 95
Gilbert, John, 95
Gillingwater, Claude, 95
Givot, George, 83
Goldberg, Rube, 58, 59
Goodall, Grace, 104
Goofs and Saddles, 116
gophers, 153
Guns A Poppin!, 186
Gypped in the Penthouse, 182
Half Shot Shooters, 113
Half-Wits’ Holiday, 167
Haney Fine, Mabel, 40, 60, 71
Haney Sisters, 40
Have Rocket—Will Travel, 196, 197
Hay and Grain Association, 42
Hayes, Grace, 39
Hayworth, Rita, 144
Healy, Betty Braun, 37, 39, 50
Healy, Ted (Charles Earnest Lee Nash)
with Bonnell and Stooges, 73, 74
Broadway shows with, 49–54, 51, 52
death of, 124
drinking and health, 67–68, 124
early entertainment employment, 16
films with, 57–58, 60, 73–82, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84
first meeting with, 15–16
with Gable and Stooges on Dancing Lady set, 79
homes of, 49–50
hotel escape, 69–70
partnership dissolution, 85
personality, 50, 67
vaudeville acts, 37–42, 49–54, 51, 52, 55, 58, 68–70
Heavenly Daze, 169, 170
Heiss, Carol, 198, 199
Hello Pop!, 78, 78
Here’s How, 110
Hiatt, Ruth, 93
High, Pauline, 103
Hoi Polloi, 104, 105, 106
Hold That Lion!, 167, 168
Holiday Inn show, 190–92
Hollywood Party, 73, 84
Hoofs and Goofs, 184
Horses’ Collars, 96
Horsing Around, 185
Horwitz, Irving, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
Horwitz, Jack
with brothers, 3, 19, 220
childhood recollections of, 1, 4, 5, 7
farming, 29
Horwitz, Jennie
childhood recollections of, 3–4, 5, 7, 10, 14
photographs of, 6, 10, 72
residences, 5, 29
Horwitz, Jerome. See Howard, Curly
Horwitz, Moses Harry. See Howard, Moe
Horwitz, Sam “Shemp.” See Howard, Shemp
Horwitz, Solomon
childhood recollections of, 2–3, 5, 7, 10
with family, 6, 72
residences, 5, 29
hotel escape, 69–70
Howard, Curly (Jerome Horwitz)
appearance and character development, 69
at Bensonhurst farm, 29–30, 30, 30–31
in California with parents and Moe, 72
childhood, 7
and dogs, 69, 131
family, 69
gun accident, 31, 167
health decline and death of, 167
injuries, filming-related, 92, 93, 113
nicknames, 7, 36, 69
post-stroke film appearance, 167
solo movie roles, 83
vaudeville acts of, 68–69
Howard, Fine, and Howard (vaudeville act), 58, 62, 63, 64–67, 65
Howard, Gertrude Frank “Babe,” 36, 60
Howard, Harry. See Howard, Moe
Howard, Helen Schonberger
courtship and marriage, 35–36
on Downey’s Coca-Cola tour, 138, 141
European cruise, 175
with family, 36, 127, 138, 175, 219, 200, 223
pie-throwing, 222
pregnancies and children, 43–45, 119–20, 124
with Stooges and wives, 60, 71
Toluca Lake home, 149–50, 175, 175
Howard, Jennifer, 162
Howard, Moe (Moses Harry Horwitz, Harry Howard)
acting aspirations and early film roles, 13, 14–15
automobile, first, 18–19, 19
at Bensonhurst farm, 29–31
business ventures, 45, 47
childhood, early, 1–11, 3, 6, 10
childhood, teen years, 13–19, 17, 19
on college lecture circuit, 217–18, 218, 222
courtship and marriage, 35–36, 36
in cowpoke costume, 61
death of, 225
with dogs, 38, 131
European cruise, 175
with family, 72, 127, 138, 150, 161, 175, 219, 220, 223
Goldberg drawing of, 59
with half beard and costume, 31
injuries, performance-related, 93, 108–9, 113, 194
in mid-1970s, 225
missed performances, 193
with Nancy Carroll, 145
with pie (1973), 220
retirement, 217
school experiences, 7–11, 13–14
on set, 159
solo appearances, 217–22, 218
stage names, 29, 58, 85
theatrical roles, first, 24–25
Toluca Lake home, 149–50, 175, 175
on tour (1923), 38
See also related Three Stooges topics
Howard, Paul, 41, 141, 150, 150, 160, 161, 162
Howard, Shemp (Sam Horwitz)
in army, 29
at Bensonhurst farm, 30
and chickens, 153, 157
childhood, 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 7, 8, 16, 18–19, 19
death of, 175
driving lessons, 18–19
with half beard and costume, 31
marriage, 36
quitting Three Stooges, 68
return to Three Stooges, 167
solo film roles, 68, 110
stage names, 29, 58
vaudeville acts, early, 22–23, 27–29, 31–33, 32, 34
vaudeville acts with Healy, 39, 40, 41–42, 55
vaudeville acts with Howard and Fine, 58, 62–67, 63, 65
Howard and Howard—A Study in Black (vaudeville act), 28–29
Howard Maurer, Joan
birth of, 43–45
with family, 44, 141, 161, 200
father’s letters to, 46
with Stooges, 112, 120
on tour with father, 119
wedding, 150, 160, 161
Hugs and Mugs, 172
Human Hearts, 25
Idiots DeLuxe, 154
Idle Roomers, 150
I’ll Never Heil Again, 143
In the Sweet Pie and Pie, 142
injuries, film-related, 92, 93, 108–9, 113, 117
Ireland, 127–28
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 205
Johnson, John Lester, 125
Johnson, Marilyn, 155
Johnson, Rusty, 8–10, 15, 16
Joslyn, Allyn, 144
Kahane, Ben, 89–90, 92
Kane, Babe, 139
Kane, Walter, 87
Keating, Fred, 62
Kelly, Gladys, 16
Keyes, Evelyn, 144
King, Charles, 93
Knutzy Knights, 178, 179
Kook’s Tour, 208, 215, 216
Kovack, Nancy, 205, 211, 213
Lackteen, Frank, 180
Laemmle, Carl, 88
Lake, Arthur, 144
Lang, Walter, 198
Langford, Frances, 194, 194
Larry. See Fine, Larry
Laughton, Eddie, 139, 142
Life magazine, 191
Lind, Peter, 39
Lindsay, Margaret, 121
Lipson, Jack, 143
Lord, Del, 104, 133
MacDonald, Kenneth, 180
Mahoney, Jock, 178
Mann, Fred, 40
Martin, Dean, 205, 210
Mathis, Johnny, 194
Maurer, Jeffrey, 162, 200, 210
Maurer, Joan Howard. See Howard Maurer, Joan
Maurer, Michael, 162
Maurer, Norman, 160–62, 190, 201, 205, 208, 210, 215
McCarey, Raymond, 93, 97
McCollum, Hugh, 174, 176
McHugh, Kitty, 105
McIntyre, Christine, 176, 177
McLaglen, Victor, 95
McMann, Donald, 9–10, 15, 16
Meek, Donald, 95
Meet the Baron, 73, 80
Men in Black, 92, 93, 93
Merry Mix-Up, A, 184, 185
MGM Studios, 73
Milestone, Lewis, 95
Minsky, Harold, 165–66, 184
Mitchell, Frank, 212
Mitchell, Mr., 7
Moe. See Howard, Moe
Monkey Businessmen, 157, 158
Montgomery, Robert, 84
Morrison, Leo, 89
Morton, James C., 102
Motion Picture Country House and Hospital, 211
Movie Maniacs, 110, 111
Myrt and Marge, 81, 82
Nash, Charles Earnest Lee. See Healy, Ted
New 3 Stooges, The (cartoon), 205, 214
New Three Stooges, The (DeRita act), 212
Night in Spain, A, 40, 67
Night in Venice, A, 49–54, 51, 52, 67
nightclubs, 190–92
No Dough Boys, 151
Normandy Productions, 201
Norton, Robert, 110
Nutty but Nice, 137
O’Connor, Willie, 16
Of Cash and Hash, 180
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise, 113
Oliver, Edna May, 80
Outlaws IS Coming!, The, 205, 210, 211, 212, 213
Page, Hack, and Mack, 33
Pain in the Pullman, A, 103–4
Palma, Joe, 187
Pardon My Scotch, 103
Pensacola naval base, 141
Phalon, Beverly, 110
Phares, Betty, 152
pie-throwing, 62, 107–8, 222
Pies and Guys, 186
Plane Nuts, 73, 75, 76, 77
Plumbing We Will Go, A, 133, 134, 135
Pop Goes the Easel, 101
Pope-Hartford car, 18–19, 19
Price, Stanley, 172
Punch Drunks, 89, 90, 91, 92
punk, 5, 7
puppets, hand, 121
Queen Mary (ship), 125, 128
racism, 66–67, 166
real estate business, 45
Redeker, Quinn, 204
Renaldo, Duncan, 143
residuals, 91
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Restless Knights, 99, 100
Rhythm and Weep, 160
Rivkin, Joe, 88
Roast-Beef and Movies, 83
Rockin’ Thru the Rockies, 140
Rolfe, Guy, 200
Romm, Harry, 40, 196, 201
Sales, Soupy, 222
Sanborn, Fred, 60
Schonberger, Helen. See Howard, Helen Schonberger
Scotched in Scotland, 176, 177
Scotland, 128
Scott, Jeffrey. See Maurer, Jeffrey
Self Made Maids, 173
Shannon, Paul, 192, 214
Sheehan, Winnie, 58
Sheffield, Jay, 209
shellfish, 104
Shelton, Marti, 169
showboat, 22–25, 24
Shubert, J. J., 52–53, 54, 67
Sinatra, Frank, 205
Sitter Downers, The, 123
Skipworth, Alison, 95
Skouras, Spyros, 198, 201
Slippery Silks, 107, 115
Smith, Wallace, 95
snow, car stuck in, 162
Snow White and the Three Stooges, 198, 198, 199, 200, 201
Some More of Samoa, 144
Soup to Nuts, 57–58, 60
stage names, 29, 58, 85
stock companies, 21–22
Stop! Look! and Laugh!, 201
Stroll, Edson, 198
stunt doubles, 93, 97
Sullivan, Ed, 193, 193
Sunflower (showboat), 22–25, 24
Tamiroff, Akim, 95
Tarler, Harriette, 184, 185, 187
Tashlin, Frank, 198
Ted Healy and His Gang (vaudeville act), 42
Ted Healy and His Three Southern Gentlemen (vaudeville act), 39, 40, 49–54, 51, 52, 55
Ted Healy and the Racketeers (vaudeville act), 41–42, 55
television
cartoons, 196, 205
pilots, 195, 196
travel series, 208, 215, 216
two-reel comedies on, 91, 191–92
variety show appearances, 193, 193–94, 194, 222, 225
Ten Nights in a Barroom, 25
Thompson, Laverne, 152
Three Dumb Clucks, 123
Three Little Pigskins, 93, 94, 95, 97
Three Missing Links, 126
Three Sappy People, 130
Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, The, 205, 208, 209
Three Stooges in Orbit, The, 205, 206, 207
Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The, 198, 201–4,
202, 203, 204, 205
Three Stooges Scrapbook, 195, 196
Time Out for Rhythm, 142
Times Square electronic sign, 132
Toluca Lake home, 149–50, 175, 175
Tone, Franchot, 73, 142
toys, 196
trading cards, 196
travel television series, 208, 215, 216
Travers, Victor, 170
Treacher, Arthur, 95
Trevor, Claire, 144
Trickett, Vicki, 205
turkey raffle, 53–54
Turn Back the Clock, 73
Twentieth Century-Fox, 57–58, 198
Tyrrell, John, 137, 139
Uncivil War Birds, 155
Uncivil Warriors, 102
Universal Studios, 88
US Savings Bonds short, 215
Vagabond Loafers, 171
Van Zandt, Philip, 179
vaudeville
Broadway shows, 49–54, 51, 52, 128, 132
