Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

mark.waltz A variation of the story that became the Buster Keaton classic, "Seven Chances", this Three Stooges short is funnier from the view of the perspective brides than the usual violent schtick of the stooges. There's a funny rendition of a classic song sung by the massively untalented Dee Green whose voice would scare hogs away from their slop, as well as all sorts of aggressive, portly, man crazy, hideous looking bags that could be found among the Columbia bit players. Still, even with the legacy of the original premise, it's a poor substitution for the comedy that Keaton provided. I still don't get the humor of this comedy team, although I did like the joke, "Wait a minute. You wouldn't hit a lady with that. Use this. It's bigger."

preppy-3 Shemp's uncle dies leaving him a large amount of money...if he gets married in 48 hours. He tries to get married with predictable and unfunny results.I'm not a big fan of the Stooges. I don't find violent slapstick all that funny and this one is VERY violent. It's amusing at first and there is a fun bit with Christine McIntyre but at the end it turns really violent and the fun stops. Larry and Shemp both have pieces of hair torn out, Moe sits down on a bear trap and (worst of all) Shemp has a woman get his head in a press which she continuously turns with graphic crunching sounds. That's not funny at all...it's sick! Also the portrayal of women as doing anything for money is troubling. I originally saw this as a little kid on TV and had nightmares all night about it! Sick and unfunny.

slymusic Directed by the wonderful Edward Bernds, "Brideless Groom" is nothing "short" (if you'll forgive the pun) of a classic Three Stooges film that just happens to be in public domain. In this short, Prof. Shemp Howard is a vocal instructor who reluctantly gives in to the pressure from Moe & Larry to find himself a bride in order to collect a huge inheritance from his deceased uncle. In my opinion, money is the wrong reason to get married, hence it is easy for me to feel sorry for Shemp as he is placed in this unfair predicament by his uncle & his two partners. But at least Moe & Larry receive their comeuppance at the end of this short when all of Shemp's former girlfriends learn of his inheritance and cause a wild slapstick fight for his affections.My favorite highlights from "Brideless Groom" include the following. During the famous phone booth gag, Larry thinks he's safe outside, but he takes his share of the belts! The beautiful Miss Hopkins (Christine McIntyre) mistakes Shemp for her cousin Basil and showers him with smooches; when she realizes her mistake, she beats up Shemp pretty badly, all the while not letting him say a word during her polar opposites of treatment. At the start of this film, Shemp gives a voice lesson to an excruciatingly horrible student (Dee Green); he isn't helped very much by his piano accompanist Larry, who falls asleep during the lesson (and yes, Larry did play the piano in real life). And who could forget the famous "Hold hands, you lovebirds!" line spoken by the justice of the peace (brilliantly portrayed by Emil Sitka), after which he gets smashed in the head with a bird cage? One final piece of trivia for "Brideless Groom": Edward Bernds remembered that in the aforementioned scene with Shemp & Christine McIntyre, Christine was afraid to smack Shemp because she was a true lady who never made it a point to slap anybody around. After doing a few poor takes, it was Shemp himself who actually begged her to sock him hard! That was all she needed to hear; on the next take, Christine really pounded him!

carver Clyde Bruckman borrows the premise of this short from Buster Keaton's "Seven Chances," recently tepidly remade as "The Bachelor." In the original, Buster has 24-hours to get married in order to inherit a large sum of money. In this version, musical teacher Prof. Shemp has only 7 hours (After all, it is a short!). This is one of the better Stooges shorts due to the storyline and wonderful routines (Including the telephone booth scene with Moe & Shemp, reminiscent of Laurel & Hardy's "Berth Marks" and the Marx Brothers famous stateroom scene in "Night At The Opera - here the boys hold their own in their variation of this routine). I'm not a huge Stooges fan, but this one should be noted by any student of comedy as one of their very best since the early 30s shorts.