{"id":35931,"date":"2021-10-05T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=35931"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:27:24","slug":"happy-larry-fine-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/happy-larry-fine-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Larry Fine Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 5 is the birthday of Larry Fine, the frizzy-haired &#8220;middle&#8221; member of the Three Stooges. And while Larry was too frequently overshadowed by Moe and Curly, there is enough of Larryisms to enable the celebration of his birth.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are five memorable Larry moments to savor:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Larry Sharing Ted Healy&#8217;s Spotlight:<\/strong> During their stint as the foils for funnyman Ted Healy, the slapstick had yet to establish the personalities that shaped their act. In the 1933 short &#8220;Plane Nuts,&#8221; Larry muscles his way into Healy&#8217;s center stage domain while Moe and Curly engage in some utterly ridiculous shenanigans:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KuW6n3x92ys\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Larry And Joan Crawford:<\/strong> Healy and the Stooges turned up in the 1933 feature &#8220;Dancing Lady&#8221; as stagehands who have unfriendly run-ins with aspiring dancer Joan Crawford. Larry has more screen time than his comrades as the pianist responsible for Joan&#8217;s auditions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H86d4YWgO40\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. A Tarantula!:<\/strong> In &#8220;Disorder in the Court&#8221; (1936), Larry was able to sneak in one of his most celebrated scenes when he unwittingly removed a court bailiff&#8217;s toupee while playing the violin:  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3SUnRxeJ8nk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Larry As The Center Of Attention:<\/strong> For the first short made by the Healy-less Stooges for Columbia Pictures, the 1934 &#8220;Woman Haters,&#8221; Larry was the center of attention as a newly-married man trying to hide his wife from his bachelor-proud pals. After this, the act began to reconfigure with Curly as the dominant force, Moe as the exasperated leader and Larry often as the bystander to the mayhem.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PxxHOdPkYh0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. A Final Appearance:<\/strong> Larry was in New York City to publicize WPIX-TV&#8217;s broadcast of the Three Stooges shorts. This home movie footage is among the last-known off-screen appearances made by Larry prior to suffering a stroke while on location for the film &#8220;Kook&#8217;s Tour&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SznNwuXPR50\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 5 is the birthday of Larry Fine, the frizzy-haired &#8220;middle&#8221; member of the Three Stooges. 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