Brideless Groom

19471947
ApprovedApproved
17min

Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard in Brideless Groom (1947)

Short Comedy Romance

To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of ... Read allTo inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at ... Read allTo inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp marries before the deadline, but wishes he w... Read all

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Shemp Howard in Brideless Groom (1947)

Larry Fine in Brideless Groom (1947)

Shemp Howard in Brideless Groom (1947)

Shemp Howard in Brideless Groom (1947)

Larry Fine and Dee Green in Brideless Groom (1947)

Dee Green in Brideless Groom (1947)

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writer
- Clyde Bruckman(story) (screenplay)
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To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp marries before the deadline, but wishes he was still a free man. —Mitch Shapiro <mshapiro@a.crl.com>

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Taglines
- Gold-diggers mob the Stooges for their money!
Genres
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide

Trivia
In one scene, Christine McIntyre's character discovers that Shemp Howard is not the "Cousin Basil" she thought he was, and slaps him around, then punches him and knocks him through the door. McIntyre, who was not a professional stuntwoman, was timid and had to be coaxed by Shemp into performing the scene believably. After throwing him a great round of slaps with both hands, she leaned too far in with the finish; a powerful punch to the face. She actually did hit him, breaking his nose. The sequence was left in the picture. When it is watched in slow motion, Shemp can be seen falling down and opening his mouth like he was yelling in pain after the punch. Shemp was reportedly very groggy immediately afterwards. Christine then repeatedly apologized.

Goofs
When the phone booth's walls fall and Moe Howard and Shemp Howard fall out of it, the phone cord in which they were tangled up disappears.

Quotes
Shemp: [Giving instructions to Miss Dinkelmeyer] Gargle with old razor blades.
Miss Fanny Dinkelmeyer: All right, professor. I know you wouldn't want anything to happen to my throat.
[exits]
Shemp: [to Larry] Except to have somebody cut it.
Larry: How'd you like to be married to a dame like that?
Shemp: Don't even say that!

Alternate versions
Also available in computer colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Husbands Beware (1956)

Soundtracks
Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410
(uncredited)
Written by Johann Strauss
Performed by Dee Green and Larry Fine

Top review

9/10

'Hold Hands, You Lovebirds!'

"Professor Shemp Howard - Teacher Of Voice," reads the sign on the door.

After a funny scene with a woman whose voice would crack glass, Shemp learns from Moe that a recently-departed uncle left him $500,000 with the provision that he get married. Whoa.....not a confirmed bachelor like Shemp! No thanks, but wait....thanks to Moe's persuasiveness (some brutality) and thinking how much money that is (about $10 million today), Shem goes searching for a bride.

He has seven hours to find one, too, as a time deadline is alway in the will (only in the Three Stooges flicks to hear things like this!).

One happens after that starts slowly but builds to an incredible finish at the Justice Of The Peace where all hell breaks loose with a bunch of women beating up everyone in sight. It's incredible!

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Release date
- September 11, 1947 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Love and Learn
Production company
- Columbia Pictures
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Runtime
- 17min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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