Three Little Beers

{{Short description|1935 American short film by Del Lord}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Three Little Beers | image = 3littlebeers35.jpg | caption = | director = [[Del Lord]] | writer = [[Clyde Bruckman]] | starring = [[Moe Howard]] [[Larry Fine]] [[Curly Howard]] [[Bud Jamison]] [[Jack Lipson|Jack "Tiny" Lipson]] [[Harry Semels]] [[Lew Davis]] [[Althea Henley]] | cinematography = [[Benjamin H. Kline]] | editing = [[William Lyon (film editor)|William Lyon]] | producer = [[Jules White]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1935|11|28|U.S.}} | runtime = {{duration|m=16|s=32}} | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Three Little Beers''''' is a 1935 [[short film|short subject]] directed by [[Del Lord]] starring American [[slapstick]] comedy team [[The Three Stooges]] ([[Moe Howard]], [[Larry Fine]] and [[Curly Howard]]). It is the 11th entry in the series released by [[Columbia Pictures]] starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

==Plot== The Stooges are employed at Panther Pilsner Beer company, where they encounter a series of mishaps while loading barrels onto their delivery truck. Upon learning about a cash prize golf tournament sponsored by their company, they hastily head to the Rancho Golf Club to hone their golfing skills. Using makeshift press badges, they infiltrate the event, inadvertently causing chaos and destruction on the golf course.

Curly's attempt to retrieve a stuck golf ball results in him chopping down a tree, Moe leaves the ground pockmarked with divots as he keeps missing his hits with the golf ball, and Larry's effort to remove a root disrupts the putting green. Their behavior enrages the Italian groundskeepers, who alert the golf course management and prompt a police pursuit.

While escaping in their beer truck, the Stooges lose control, sending barrels tumbling down a hill in pursuit. Their frantic flight concludes with them accidentally plunging into wet cement on a nearby sidewalk.<ref>{{cite book | last = Solomon | first = Jon | title = The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion | publisher = Comedy III Productions, Inc | year = 2002 | location = [[Glendale, California]] | pages = 73 | isbn = 0-9711868-0-4}}</ref>

==Cast== ===Credited=== {{Cast listing| * [[Moe Howard]] as Moe * [[Larry Fine]] as Larry * [[Curly Howard]] as Curly * [[Bud Jamison]] as Mr. Panther<ref name="3net"/>

===Uncredited cast=== * [[Jack Lipson|Jack "Tiny" Lipson]] as Jones * [[Eddie Laughton]] as relief desk clerk * Jack Kenney as additional desk clerk * Monte Carter as first groundskeeper * [[Harry Semels]] as second groundskeeper * [[William Irving (actor)|William Irving]] as cement layer * Stanley Mack as first Press entrant * [[Larry Wheat]] as second Press entrant * Frank Terry as short man in locker room who shoots perfect 78 * [[Marvin Loback]] as bald man in locker room * [[John Tyrrell (actor)|John Tyrrell]] as golfer who shot birdie * Charles Dorety as annoyed golfer on 18th hole * [[Arthur Thalasso]] as golfer on 18th hole * [[Lew Davis]] as golfer on 18th hole * George Gray as apologizing caddy on 18th hole * [[Chet Brandenburg]] as second golfer yelling "fore" * [[George Ovey]] as golfer with three girls * [[Althea Henley]] as girl on golf course * Eve Reynolds as girl on golf course * Ninette Crawford as girl on golf course * [[Frank Mills (American actor)|Frank Mills]] as golfer with lost ball * Harry Keatan as golfer who advises Curly his ball is in a tree * [[Sam Lufkin]] as first policeman at golf course * [[George Magrill]] as policeman directing traffic<ref name="3net"/>}}

==Production notes== ''Three Little Beers'' was filmed on location in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] on October 9–12, 1935; it features more outdoor locations than any other Stooges film.<ref name="3net">[http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/11 ''Three Little Beers'' at threestooges.net]</ref> The golf course featured was Rancho Golf Course, on Pico Boulevard and Patricia Avenue in [[Cheviot Hills, California|Cheviot Hills]], located across the street from [[20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox studios]]. The scene featuring rolling beer barrels chasing the Stooges down a hilly street was filmed off of [[Echo Park, Los Angeles|Echo Park Avenue]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="pauley">{{cite book |last=Pauley |first=Jim |url=http://www.santamonicapress.com/index.php?page_name=threestooges&page_type=book&show=desc&hide0=excerpt&hide1=author&hide2=reviews&hide5=number5 |title=The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations |publisher=Santa Monica Press, LLC |year=2012 |isbn=9781595800701 |location=[[Solana Beach, California]] |pages=261–269}}</ref>

This short also marks the first appearances of two Stooge regulars, [[Eddie Laughton]] and [[John Tyrrell (actor)|John Tyrrell]].

The leaflet the boys read announcing the Panther Brewing Company’s Sixth Annual Golf Tournament states the event will be held at the Public Golf Course “Sunday, Dec. 19, 1935”, however, December 19 fell on a Thursday that year.

==In popular culture== Two slapstick routines from ''Three Little Beers'' were reworked in the [[Farrelly brothers]] [[The Three Stooges (2012 film)|2012 ''Three Stooges'' film]]: * Moe smacks Larry with his right hand, and Larry cries "Oh, my neck!", then Moe slaps him again with his left hand and asks "How does it feel now?" and Larry replies "All right," then Moe slaps him yet again with both hands and says "That's good. C'mon on! What's the matter with you?". * In a deleted scene on the DVD release, Curly is washing his clothes on the golf course (the original scene from 1935 featured Curly using a [[ball washer]] for laundering his clothes). Moe is about to smack Curly, but Larry butts in and asks what's going on. Moe tries to poke Larry's eyes, but Curly stops him. Moe then slaps Curly. He turns to Larry, who has his eyes covered. Moe smacks the top of Larry's head, Larry opens his hand, and Moe pokes his eyes, this continues twice. Moe sets up his fist, Curly smacks, Moe begins the around-the-world bop (or "hand-to-hand head clunk"), hitting Larry's chin in the process, then hitting Curly's head.

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0027097|title=Three Little Beers}} * {{Internet Archive short film|id=TheThreeStoogesInThreeLittleBeers|name=Three Little Beers}} *[http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/11 ''Three Little Beers'' at threestooges.net]

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