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Sorry, this movie sucks

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

"Woman Haters" is a 19-minute black-and-white sound short film from 1934, so this one is already way over 80 years old and to put in in perspective, Hitler was fresh in the office in Germany when this came out. It is a Stooges short film and many consider it the very first officially. If you have seen other works from the trio, you will see that many aspects are still different. One example would be the rhyming that quickly disappeared from Stooges works and lots of the comedy in here is based on verbal jokes and the physical jokes are not that common yet. However, when they appear, they pretty much look exactly like they do later on in the works. Also unusual is that Larry is the protagonist pretty much and that Curly (known as Curley here) is the Stooge with probably the least impact and least significant material, something that changed quickly too. And of course, the Stooges here play characters with other than their real names, which is also a rare occurrence. But the music in here is one aspect that they returned to many times in the future. A great quantity of Stooges short films have music parts in them. Larry was for example a gifted violinist. But enough of the general stuff and lets take a look at the story here. Feminists may probably call it misogynist that there is a woman haters club in here, but honestly, they really made up for it by showing respect for women on several occasions. With "they", I am referring to Archie and Jerome S. Gottler (father and son) who are almost entirely forgotten today and also not known for their work with the Stooges anymore. The female main character is played by the ill-fated Marjorie White in her final career performance and also in the cast is Walter Brennan a couple years before becoming Hollywood's most successful supporting actor ever if we go by Academy Award wins. About this film itself here, the Stooges were not yet at their best and while I can see that this film is pretty famous because of being the first, it's not necessarily deserving of the attention. i give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.

Having just reviewed The Three Stooges' previous shorts they made at M-G-M with Ted Healy, I'm now commenting on their very first short they made at their new studio of Columbia. Moe, Larry, and Curley's (as the latter's name was spelled during this time) first film without Healy was unique in that there's an underscoring throughout and they and the entire cast nearly talk entirely in rhyme during the whole thing. They enter at what becomes a Women Hater's club with Bud Jamison (the first of what would become their stock company at the studio) doing the initiation. Then Larry reveals a week later that he's fallen in love with Marjorie White and that's when all hell breaks loose! I'll stop there and just say that I really enjoyed this unusual short early in their careers especially when Curley does his unique characteristics and those sound effects when they punch and poke each other. And Ms. White is quite good in participating in the slapstick with them. So much so that one wonders how further she would have gone had she not tragically died in an accident soon after filming finished. Also, eventual winner-of-more-than-one-Oscar Walter Brennan appears here as a train conductor so that should provide more than enough interest here. So on that note, Women Haters comes highly recommended.

Woman Haters is far from the best of the Three Stooges, but it is a nice start to the Columbia shorts and does offer a unique and interesting thing or two. The plot sees the boys joining the Woman Haters Club – a club that prohibits its members from carrying on with women. But no sooner than they become members, Larry (they actually have character names, but they don't really matter) finds himself at the altar. He does his best to keep Moe and Curly from finding out he's secretly gotten married and he does his best to keep his new wife from finding out about the Woman Haters club. As expected, a great deal of eye poking and head knocking ensues.The two best things Woman Haters has going for it (beyond its curiosity value) is the rhyming scheme of the dialogue and Marjorie White as Larry's wife. While I've seen some complaints about the rhyming dialogue, it worked for me. I thought it was very clever. Now, it might not have worked for a full feature, but for a two-reeler, it's okay. As for Marjorie White, she more than capable of holding her own with Moe, Larry, and Curly – more so than most women I can think of off the top of my head who appeared in other Three Stooges shorts. It's too bad she didn't live long enough to see where her career might have taken her.

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 short and this was the very first one from Columbia Pictures! The beautiful Marjorie White is in this one! Also Monte Collins, the very talented bug man Bud Jamison, Jack Norton, Don Roberts, Tiny Sandford, Dorothy Vernon, Leslie Goodwins, Charles Richman, Gilbert Emery, George Gray, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Walter Brennan, June Gittelson, and A.R. Haysel are in this very special Three Stooges short! The acting and the singing by the Stooges is excellent! There is another Three Stooges similar like this one with Shemp called Gypped in the Penthouse which is very funny. I recommend that you see Woman Haters!