Merry Mavericks (1951)

Director:

Edward Bernds

Writer:

Edward Bernds (writer)

Release Date:

6 September 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western | Short

Tagline:

Meet The Three Stooges as up-and-coming... always leave-'em-laughing con-men in the wild and woolly west!

Plot:

Set in the old west, the stooges are mistaken for lawmen and manage to capture a gang of crooks. The...

Plot Keywords:

Head Blown Off | Remake | The Three Stooges | Slapstick

Cast

Shemp Howard	...	Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Don C. Harvey	...	Red Morgan (as Don Harvey)
Marion Martin	...	Gladys
Paul Campbell	...	Clarence Cassidy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Slim Gaut	...	Cowboy Patient (scenes deleted)
Ernie Adams	...	Mr. Higgins (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Chesebro	...	Pete (uncredited)
John Merton	...	Shotgun (uncredited)
Emil Sitka	...	Mort (uncredited)
Al Thompson	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Victor Travers	...	Newspaper Editor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford	...	Al (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward Bernds

Writing credits
Edward Bernds		(writer)

Produced by
Hugh McCollum	....	producer

Original Music by
Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Cinematography by
Allen G. Siegler		(as Allen Siegler)

Film Editing by
Edwin H. Bryant		(as Edwin Bryant)

Art Direction by
Charles Clague

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1951) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

USA:16 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Continuity: As Shemp begins his "little brother this high" routine, Moe is holding his arms up (because a gun is pointed at the Stooges). Then the camera cuts to a closer shot of the Stooges and Moe's arms are suddenly to his side. Then the camera cuts back to a farther shot, and Moe's arms are suddenly raised back up again.

Quotes:

Shemp:Hey Moe, I don't like this.
Larry:Yeah. Suppose that old chief comes back looking for his head.
Moe:Cut it out. That spook stuff is all a lot of foolishness. What's the matter, you scared?
Larry:No, just apprehensive.
Moe:Oh.
[Moe flinches]
Moe:That's a mighty fancy word. What does that "apprehensive" mean?
Larry:It means you're scared, with a college education.
Moe:Oh. You're pretty smart.
Larry:Oh, yeah.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Edited from Phony Express (1943)

Soundtrack:

Oh! Susanna/Camptown Races

Great Three Stooges Shemp short!

The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I have loved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. I love all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and Curly Joe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other great actors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! In My opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and is the all time funniest comedy team!

This is a very good Three Stooges western short with Shemp. It has a good spooky theme to it! Don C. Harvey performs really well here. Also appearing in this short is Marion Martin, Emil Sitka, Paul Campbell, George Chesebro, Slim Gaut, John Merton, Victor Travers, and Blackie Whiteford! This is a very good one and is hilarious! Strongly recommended!