Select The most rare american comedy short movies of 40-th

An Ache in Every Stake, 1941

5.5

average of
10 rates

IMDb8.1

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Wilson Benge Symona Boniface Gino Corrado Vernon Dent Dice Bess Flowers Bud Jamison

The stooges are icemen who, while delivering ice to a house on the top of a high hill, destroy several cakes that a wealthy man is trying to bring home. more

Loco Boy Makes Good, 1942

7.4

average of
10 rates

IMDb7.5

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Dorothy Appleby John Tyrrell Symona Boniface Lynton Brent Bobby Burns Heinie Conklin Vernon Dent

The stooges decide to get some easy money by having Curly slip on a bar of soap in a hotel lobby so they can sue the owner. Curly slips as planned but more

Niagara Falls, 1941

6.8

average of
10 rates

IMDb5.9

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Drama Romance Comedy

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Cast:

Marjorie Woodworth Tom Brown Zasu Pitts Slim Summerville Chester Clute Edgar Dearing Edward Gargan Gladys Blake Leon Belasco Rand Brooks

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.

I'll Never Heil Again, 1941

6.9

average of
10 rates

IMDb7.9

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Mary Ainslee Nick Arno Don Barclay Lynton Brent Don Brodie Bobby Burns Early Cantrell

The Stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The more

Micro-Phonies, 1945

7.4

average of
10 rates

IMDb8.1

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy Music

Director:

Edward Bernds

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Christine McIntyre Symona Boniface Gino Corrado Dick Botiller Lynton Brent Chester Conklin Heinie Conklin

The stooges are working in a radio station where a pretty girl has just made a recording of "Voices of Spring" under an assumed name. She wants to hide more

They Stooge to Conga, 1943

7.4

average of
10 rates

IMDb7.8

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Lloyd Bridges Stanley Brown Vernon Dent Dudley Dickerson Julie Duncan Frederick Giermann Dick Jensen

The Stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most more

Dizzy Doctors, 1937

6.1

average of
10 rates

IMDb7.6

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Eva Murray Earle D. Bunn Bobby Burns Chuck Callahan Louise Carver Casey Colombo Lew Davis

The Stooges get jobs selling "Brighto", what they think is cleaning fluid. After ruining a cop's uniform and a new car, they discover Brighto is actually more

Technicolor Specials (1941-1942 season) #1: The Tanks Are Coming, 1941

The Tanks Are Coming

6.2

average of
10 rates

IMDb5.6

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

B. Reeves Eason

Cast:

George Tobias Richard Travis Gig Young Frank Wilcox John Litel Walter Walker Knox Manning

Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tankist training in the American Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.

Three Smart Saps, 1942

6.5

average of
10 rates

IMDb7.5

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Julie Gibson Julie Duncan Ruth Skinner John Tyrrell Sally Cairns Chuck Callahan Frank Coleman

The stooges are engaged to the three daughters of a prison warden. When they learn that some crooks have taken over the prison and their prospective father-in-law more

The Sitter Downers, 1937

7.0

average of
10 rates

IMDb7.4

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Charles Dorety June Gittelson Marcia Healy Jack Hill Jack Long Betty Mack Robert McKenzie

The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and more

Grips, Grunts and Groans, 1937

5.82

average of
11 rates

IMDb7.7

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy Sport

Director:

Jack White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Bob Callahan Bobby Callahan Chuck Callahan Tony Chavex Casey Colombo Lew Davis Billy Engle

The Stooges become trainers of Bustoff, a champion wrestler. The big boss has a lot of money bet on Bustoff and orders the boys to take good care of him. more

Cash and Carry, 1937

6.75

average of
12 rates

IMDb7.5

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Sonny Bupp Nick Copeland Lew Davis Lester Dorr John Ince Eddie Laughton Stanley Mack

The Stooges find a crippled boy and his sister living in their dumpyard shack. To raise money to pay for the little boys operation they buy a phony treasure more

Ants in the Pantry, 1936

5.67

average of
12 rates

IMDb7.8

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jack White

Cast:

Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Clara Kimball Young Douglas Gerrard Lynton Brent Bobby Burns Phyllis Crane Lew Davis Charles Dorety

The Stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. They are hired, but must pose more

Calling All Curs, 1939

7.58

average of
12 rates

IMDb7.5

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Beatrice Blinn Lynton Brent Beatrice Curtis Isabel La Mal Ethelreda Leopold Dorothy Moore Robin Raymond

The Stooges run a pet hospital and are the proud surgeons of Garçon, a prized girl poodle of socialite Mrs. Bedford . When two men posing as reporters more

Nutty But Nice, 1940

Чокнутый, но славный

6.23

average of
13 rates

IMDb7.3

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Lynton Brent Lew Davis Vernon Dent Charles Dorety Eddie Garcia Ned Glass Kit Guard

The stooges are singing comedic waiters, enlisted by two doctors to try and cheer up a depressed little girl, whose banker-father has gone missing with $300,000 worth of bonds.

Disorder in the Court, 1936

6.62

average of
13 rates

IMDb8.0

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy Crime

Director:

Jack White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Nick Baskovitch Alice Belcher Hank Bell Dan Brady Bobby Burns Louise Carver Billy Franey

The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing Kirk Robin.

On the Wrong Trek, 1936

7.54

average of
13 rates

IMDb6.0

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy Music

Directors:

Charley Chase Harold Law

Cast:

Charley Chase Rosina Lawrence Clarence Wilson Bonita Weber Harry Bernard Joe Bordeaux Harry Bowen Sammy Brooks Bobby Burns Lester Dorr

Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.

Movie Maniacs, 1936

8.31

average of
13 rates

IMDb7.5

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Mildred Harris Kenneth Harlan Bud Jamison Harry Semels John Barrymore Heinie Conklin Lew Davis

The stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business. They sneak into a movie studio where they are mistaken for three new executives more

A Night at the Movies, 1937

5.69

average of
13 rates

IMDb6.2

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Roy Rowland

Cast:

Robert Benchley King Baggot Jack Baxley Sidney Bracey Ralph Bushman Ricardo Lord Cezon Betty Ross Clarke Hal K. Dawson Flora Finch Priscilla Lawson

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more more

You Nazty Spy!, 1940

7.27

average of
15 rates

IMDb7.8

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Curly Howard Larry Fine Moe Howard Don Beddoe Chuck Callahan Dick Curtis Florine Dickson Charles Dorety Richard Fiske Ned Glass

In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide more

Hollywood Handicap, 1938

6.0

average of
16 rates

IMDb5.2

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy Music

Director:

Buster Keaton

Cast:

The Original Sing Band Charles Ruggles Mickey Rooney Stuart Erwin June Collyer Charles Butterworth Al Jolson Ruby Keeler Edgar Bergen Dorothy Lamour

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa more

Swingtime in the Movies, 1938

5.47

average of
17 rates

IMDb5.7

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Musical Comedy

Director:

Crane Wilbur

Cast:

Fritz Feld Kathryn Kane John Carroll Charley Foy Jerry Colonna Helen Lynd Irene Franklin Humphrey Bogart George Brent John Garfield

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

Our Gang Follies of 1938, 1937

6.47

average of
17 rates

IMDb7.1

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Musical Comedy Family Music

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Cast:

Our Gang George "Spanky" McFarland Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Darla Hood Eugene «Porky» Lee Billie «Buckwheat» Thomas Georgie Jean LaRue Tommy Ryan Annie Ross Daniel Boone

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

Quicker'n a Wink, 1940

6.3

average of
20 rates

IMDb7.1

Country:

USA

Genres:

Documentary Short Comedy

Director:

George Sidney

Cast:

Harold E. Edgerton Clarence Curtis Tex Harris Charles Lacey June Preisser Pete Smith

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see more

How to Undress in Front of Your Husband, 1937

6.3

average of
27 rates

IMDb4.5

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Drama Comedy

Director:

Dwain Esper

Cast:

Elaine Barrie Trixie Friganza Hal Richardson Albert Van Antwerp

A "Peeping Tom" likes to look through windows at women undressing. We see him as he sneaks a peek at two "subjects". His first one, a young woman who more

Jail Bait, 1937

6.95

average of
39 rates

IMDb6.3

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Charles Lamont

Cast:

Buster Keaton Harold Goodwin Bud Jamison Matthew Betz Betty André Stanley Blystone Bobby Burns Allan Cavan Harry Tenbrook

Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.

Love Nest on Wheels, 1937

6.96

average of
46 rates

IMDb6.0

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Directors:

Buster Keaton Charles Lamont

Cast:

Buster Keaton Myra Keaton Al St. John Lynton Brent Diana Lewis Bud Jamison Louise Keaton Harry Keaton Payne B. Johnson

Buster, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure.

General Nuisance, 1941

6.29

average of
49 rates

IMDb5.8

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Romance Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Buster Keaton Elsie Ames Dorothy Appleby Monte Collins Cy Schindell Nick Arno Bobby Barber Lynton Brent Bud Jamison Harry Semels

A millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at Camp Cluster. She still has no time for him, so he figures more

She's Oil Mine, 1941

6.82

average of
50 rates

IMDb6.0

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Jules White

Cast:

Buster Keaton Elsie Ames Monte Collins Eddie Laughton Dorothy Appleby Bud Jamison Harry Semels

Buster fights a duel over a girl.

So You Won't Squawk, 1941

6.62

average of
50 rates

IMDb6.3

Country:

USA

Genres:

Short Comedy

Director:

Del Lord

Cast:

Buster Keaton Matt McHugh Eddie Fetherston Edmund Cobb Vernon Dent Bud Jamison Hank Mann

Mobster Louie the Wolf sends an unsuspecting handyman (Keaton) to gather up the collection money owed him, hoping the sap will get rubbed out by Slugger more

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