Snow White & Three Stooges

In fact, Snow White lost in the woods is almost a frame-by-frame copy of the Disney sequence, complete with a live tree out of the 1939 Wizard of Oz. This might grab some youngsters' attention by frightening them and some by amusing them, but the love sequences and the forgettable songs might bore them. The fight sequences are possibly too grisly for some children; Guy Rolfe dies by falling into a vat of boiling oil.

As a Three Stooges vehicle, it differs from their other films. Except for Curly Joe's spoonerisms, there is little humor in the dialogue, a bare minimum of slaps (without the reassuring comic sounds), and no eye pokes. (Moe was sensitive to parental complaints about their television shorts.) There is, however, a touching moment when they are mourning the supposed death of Snow White. And you do get to see them in color. --Frank Behrens

The grand irony is that the Stooges are rather likeable in this film, which means they are not really the Three Stooges. They are the protectors of Snow White and you can actually make the argument that these are among the most realistic characters the Stooges ever played. Of course, if you stop and think about it there are two pretty good reasons why this sanitized Stooges feature is devoid of physical punishment. The first was that during this time, when the Stooges Columbia comedy shorts were being aired on television, there was a lot of parental concern that kids would emulate the Stooges slapstick violence and hurt each other. So there was an effort to tone things down. The second reason was that the Stooges were all in their sixties, and beating each other up was simply not going to look right.

However, despite the less than stellar results this was not a throwaway production. "Snow White and the Three Stooges" was directed by Walter Lang, who won an Oscar for "The King and I," but also had directed the Stooges back in 1933's "Meet the Baron." Meanwhile, the script by Noel Langley and Elwood Ullman received a Writers Guild of America nomination for Best Written American Musical. I sort of like the fact that the Stooges are the good guys in this, helping both Snow White and the novice actress Carol Heiss, but I have to admit these are not the real Three Stooges. Young kids might like this for the most part, although they might be struck by how quaint the figure skating routines if they have seen any figure skating on television. Then again, the same can be said for watching Sonja Heine, Peggy Fleming, and even (I cannot believe I am saying this) Dorothy Hamill.


errrrrr loser dont waste your time   January 18, 2004
Suzy L. Dowell (gillbert az)
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if I remember right this was their worst rated movie and their last. Its not a really a comedy it contains horrible acting,dumb music but the only thing that its good at is wasting your time.


No nuck nuck nuck.   July 13, 2003
Nicky Nickleby (Colorado)
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If you think you're gonna get a lot of "NYUKS" in this movie you're wrong. This movie was made with Curly JOE, not the late
Curly Howard, who invented the nyuck,nyuck,nyuck, who was dead at the time. I guess that numbskull of his couldn't save him.
Curly Joe was a replacement who's very similar to the original Curly. Just doesn't say NYUK! anymore. Well, about Snow White.
This is actually, stooges aside, a very good version of the fairy tale, minus the Seven Dwarfs,replaced by....you guessed it........the knuckleheads. Snow White actually ice skates like a pro in this version.But that doesn't impress her stepmother who is jealous of her beauty, and wants her done in.But not if Mr. Prince Charming can prevent it. Ol' Charming is-naturally-charming, no thanks to his ventriloquist doll named Quinto. He is part of the three stooges' minstrel show. The kindly clowns care for him while he suffers from amnesia.Doesn't even know he's the prince since he got kidnapped by the evil stepmother and Count Dracula-or a near relation of his-as a boy prince,bumped his head, and got rescued by The YouKnowWho's.As you can see the stepmother is quite nice, except when she can't help it, RIGHT? WRONG.RIGHT,THAT'S WRONG!Is everything all right?RIGHT! BOINKBOINK! Whatsa matter with you?! The bottom line is...Queenie Stepmom wants a double kingdom all for herself,S.White's and P.Charming's. To conclude, Moe the Mighty, Curly the Cunning, and Larry the Lucky must help Snow and Charming regain their rightful thrones,battle evil villains in swirling sword fights,find true love and
live happily ever after. BUT-can Snow White resist the POISONED
APPLE(or the Polluted Pippin)? Will the Prince lose her forever to the SLEEPING DEATH??? And finally,is this movie worth watching? SOITENLY!!!


No nuck nuck nuck.   July 13, 2003
Nicky Nickleby (Colorado)
If you think you're gonna get a lot of "NYUKS" in this movie you're wrong. This movie was made with Curly JOE, not the late
Curly Howard, who invented the nyuck,nyuck,nyuck, who was dead at the time. I guess that numbskull of his couldn't save him.
Curly Joe was a replacement who's very similar to the original Curly. Just doesn't say NYUK! anymore. Well, about Snow White.
This is actually, stooges aside, a very good version of the fairy tale, minus the Seven Dwarfs,replaced by...you guessed it...the knuckleheads. Snow White actually ice skates like a pro in this version.But that doesn't impress her stepmother who is jealous of her beauty, and wants her done in.But not if Mr. Prince Charming can prevent it. Ol' Charming is-naturally-charming, no thanks to his ventriloquist doll named Quinto. He is part of the three stooges' minstrel show. The kindly clowns care for him while he suffers from amnesia. Doesn't even know he's the prince since he got kidnapped by the evil stepmother and Count Dracula-or a near relation of his-as a boy prince, bumped his head, and got rescued by The YouKnowWho's.As you can see the stepmother is quite nice, except when she can't help it, RIGHT? WRONG.RIGHT,THAT'S WRONG!Is everything all right?RIGHT! BOINKBOINK! Whatsa matter with you?! The bottom line is...Queenie Stepmom wants a double kingdom all for herself,S.White's and P.Charming's. To conclude, Moe the Mighty, Curly the Cunning, and Larry the Lucky must help Snow and Charming regain their rightful thrones,battle evil villains in swirling sword fights,find true love and
live happily ever after. BUT-can Snow White resist the POISONED
APPLE(or the Polluted Pippin)? Will the Prince lose her forever to the Sleeping Death?