List of the best Shemp Howard movies: Sing a Song of Six Pants(1947), Blondie Knows Best(1946), Malice in the Palace(1949), Hollywood Round-Up(1937), Convention Girl(1935), Private Buckaroo(1942), Pittsburgh(1942), Butch Minds the Baby(1942), Africa Screams(1949), The Bank Dick(1940), Hold That Ghost(1941), The Invisible Woman(1941) ... ...
Comedy
1947
17 Minutes
Shemp
Comedy
USA
1946
69 Minutes
Jim Gray
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Shemp Howard Marjorie Kent Larry Simms Ludwig Donath Jerome Cowan
In order to close a business deal, Dagwood impersonates Mr. Dithers. While doing so he must avoid the nearly blind process server Jim Gray.
Comedy
1949
16 Minutes
Shemp
Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent George J. Lewis Frank Lackteen Everett Brown
The Stooges are waiters in the Middle East looking for a 100-carat diamond in the ancient tomb of King Rutentuten.
Drama
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Oscar
Buck Jones Helen Twelvetrees Grant Withers Shemp Howard Dickie Jones Eddie Kane Monty Collins Warren Jackson Lester Dorr Lee Shumway Edward Keane
actress actor director gangster concierge stuntman melodramatic endearing amusing small town film set hotel bank jail hollywood filmmaking frame-up failing career mistaken identity western films
One of three films made by Columbia circa 1936-37 based on behind-the-scenes film making with a "western" setting ("The Cowboy Star", "Hollywood Round-up" and "It Happened in Hollywood"), ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
66 Minutes
Dan Higgins
Rose Hobart Weldon Heyburn Sally O'Neil Herbert Rawlinson Shemp Howard Lucille Mendez James Spottswood Nancy Kelly Alan Brooks Nell O'Day Ruth Gillette
A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her.
Musical
1942
68 Minutes
Sgt. "Muggsy" Shavel
The Andrews Sisters Dick Foran Joe E. Lewis Jennifer Holt Shemp Howard Richard Davies Mary Wickes Ernest Truex Donald O'Connor Peggy Ryan Huntz Hall
Nightclub performers (The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis) do Army shows with Harry James and His Music Makers.
Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Shorty
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Frank Craven Louise Allbritton Shemp Howard Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel Samuel S. Hinds Paul Fix William Haade
coal miner boxer beautiful woman magnate rich girl tailor fiery melodramatic passionate patriotic pittsburgh factory boardroom office ambition ethics greed steel industry military industrial complex redemption
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
"Squinty" Sweeny
Broderick Crawford Virginia Bruce Dick Foran Porter Hall Richard Lane Shemp Howard
The Broadway citizen Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan is known far and wide to be involved with criminal activities. Butch is motivated to pursue a life of crime in order to provide the lovely widow... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
79 Minutes
Gunner
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Hillary Brooke Max Baer Shemp Howard Joe Besser
hunter friend explorer pretty woman man madcap playful thrilling africa jungle new york city mine deception expedition treasure hunting friendship wild animals assumed identity adventure quest
Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
Comedy
1940
74 Minutes
Joe, Guelpe, Bartender at Black Pussy Cat Cafe
W.C. Fields Cora Witherspoon Una Merkel Evelyn Del Rio Jessie Ralph Franklin Pangborn Shemp Howard Dick Purcell Grady Sutton Russell Hicks
guard bank teller inspector swindler daughter bank robber madcap hilarious lighthearted outlandish small town bank hotel car luck schemes embezzlement hero worship bank heist getaway
A man inadvertently foils a robbery and is awarded the job of bank guard, forcing him to face a real holdup.
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Soda Jerk
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Joan Davis Richard Carlson Mischa Auer Evelyn Ankers Marc Lawrence Shemp Howard Ted Lewis The Andrews Sisters
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Sci-Fi
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Frankie
Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charles Ruggles Oscar Homolka Edward Brophy Donald MacBride Margaret Hamilton Shemp Howard Anne Nagel Kathryn Adams
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello The Andrews Sisters Lee Bowman Alan Curtis Jane Frazee Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Harry Strang Nella Walker Leonard Elliott
salesman soldier drill instructor hostess playboy valet hilarious witty boot camp theater united states military redemption love triangle father/son relationship escape rivalry transformation love 1940s
Two sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Warren William Eric Blore Jean Muir Warren Hull Thurston Hall Fred Kelsey Victor Jory Georgia Caine Marla Shelton Robert Emmett Keane William Forrest
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.