Title:
Shemp! : the biography of the Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, the face of film comedy
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Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Essex, Connecticut : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2024.
Physical Description:
xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781493074211
Abstract:
"SHEMP! is the first book to challenge 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Schmool -- Moe, Moe, Moe -- Blackface -- All wet -- Ted talks -- The stooge -- So fine -- Like a rolling stone -- The elephant in the room -- Soup to nuts -- Stooges vs Stooges -- Return of the racketeers -- The sex symbol -- "Get outta my way" -- Knobby -- The stage 1 café -- Universal soldier -- The ugliest man in Hollywood -- Toluca lake -- On hold at Columbia -- Return of the stooge -- Shempophobia -- Stage and screen... and stage -- The death of Shemp -- Who killed Shemp? -- Shemp lives!
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Language:
English
