Joe DeRita
Nacimiento : 1909-07-12, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Muerte : 1993-07-03
Historia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Joe DeRita (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), born Joseph Wardell, was an American comedian who is best known as Curly-Joe DeRita, the "sixth" member of the Three Stooges.
DeRita was born into a show-business family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wardell's father was a stage technician, his mother a professional stage dancer, and the three often acted on stage together from his early childhood. Taking his mother's maiden name, DeRita (Portuguese), the actor joined the burlesque circuit during the 1920s, gaining fame as a comedian. During World War II, DeRita joined the USO, performing through Britain and France with such celebrities as Bing Crosby and Randolph Scott.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe DeRita, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Joe (archive footage)
Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are feature film clips, ultra-rare shorts, solo appearances, and TV performances, rare home movies, and interviews with Stooge family members and special guest stars. A must for any Stooge fan? Why soitenly!
Curly-Joe
These rare glimpses of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly-Joe DeRita in color were shot in 1965 as live-action scenes for The New Three Stooges cartoon, representing the team at the peak of its popularity. You'll see Moe at his exasperated best as a short-tempered chef, a cold-hearted ice cream salesman, an aspiring dentist (with Curly-Joe in drag in as his nurse and Larry as his impatient patient). as "Dr. Ben Crazy." They also appear as clueless campers facing an escaped lion, sappy sailors and soldiers, addle-brained actors, timid test pilots, moronic magicians, over-eager electricians, witless waiters and horseless cowboys..
Curly-Joe
These rare glimpses of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly-Joe DeRita in color were shot in 1965 as live-action scenes for The New Three Stooges cartoon, representing the team at the peak of its popularity. While cleaning a musty mansion, they discover a suit of armor that appears to be inhabited and Moe matches wits withs a checker-playing chimp (we won't tell you who wins) as the boys play zany zookeepers. They wreak havoc open a golf course, the open road, a fishing boat, a camping trip, an airport scale and the beach, and as perplexed paperhangers, foolish photographers, short-tempered chefs and dim-bulb doctors.
Joe
Three's never a crowd when it comes to the immortal Stooges, as demonstrated by this no-holds-barred, back-to-back compilation of mayhem, wild comedy, and classic routines from TV, film shorts, and features. The boys appear with Steve Allen, Ed Wynn, and original front man Ted Healy as bungling barbers, clueless cowboys, goofy golfers, bumbling beach bums, witless witnesses, hare-brained house cleaners, and more. You'll split your sides when you see Curly as a jumbo jockey who can't mount a horse, Shemp as a ghostly do-gooder determined to reform his partners, and Curly Joe as a near-sighted knife-thrower menacing Larry.
Curly-Joe
You'll see all six of the Three Stooges - brothers Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita - in this exhaustive "Nyukumentary" covering their comedic career in all its goofy glory. Starting in the early 1920s as sidekicks for comedian Ted Healy, the Stooges made their movie debut in Soup to Nuts (1930), and gained their greatest fame in a series of short films for Columbia from 1934-'57. You'll see the Stooges and many of their collaborators from both sides of the camera (actor Emil Sitka, directors Edward Bernds and Jules White) in rare film clips, documentary footage, TV Interviews, and more. Narrated by Mike Eagan
Self / Curly-Joe
This is the fully documented story of Batman, his genesis, his development, and his overall entertainment career. Told with dramatic insight, this action filled documentary will satisfy every fan who ever delighted in Batmania.
Curly-Joe
After nearly 50 years of eye-poking and face-slapping, the Stooges decide to retire and tour the world with their dog, Moose. They start by touring America's national parks, however, with the stooges, it is truly a "kook's tour". This especially proves to be the case, for Larry, who despite his best efforts, simply cannot seem to catch a fish. Larry is driven to the height of frustration as he is continually outfished by Moe, Joe, Moose, and even his own hat!
Curly Joe
A collection of television celebrities pitch United States Savings bonds.
Curly-Joe
Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the US Cavalry, Rance and his gang will take over the West. Meanwhile, a Boston magazine gets wind of the buffalo slaughter and sends editor Kenneth Cabot and his associates to Casper, Wyoming to investigate.
Painting Deliveryman
El simpático y caradura Zacharias Thomas (Frank Sinatra) controla muchos de los negocios de la ciudad de Galverston, en Texas. Para ello cuenta con la inestimable colaboración del presidente del banco local, el miserable Harvey Burden (Victor Buono). Pero Zach acaba de sufrir un duro revés: la diligencia que transportaba 100.000 dólares de su propiedad ha sido asaltada por un tal Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin), un aventurero que, además, es abogado. La osadía de Jarrett no se detiene aquí, ya que va a Galverston e ingresa el botín en el banco de Burden, dispuesto a hacer la competencia al poderoso Zacharias.
Airport Firemen #3
Un grupo de automovilistas viaja por un agreste paisaje del sur de California. De pronto, un coche les adelanta a gran velocidad pero, al tomar una curva, se precipita por un barranco. Los automovilistas se detienen e intentan ayudar a los ocupantes del vehículo siniestrado, pero llegan tarde, y el conductor moribundo confiesa que tiene escondido un botín de trescientos mil dólares en el parque de Santa Rosita.
Curly-Joe
Phileas Fogg III, nieto del original Phileas Fogg, acepta una apuesta para duplicar el famoso viaje de su bisabuelo alrededor del mundo en respuesta a un desafío hecho por Randolph Stuart III.
Nadie sospecha que Stuart III es el famoso estafador Vickers Cavendish que hizo la apuesta con el fin de encubrir su robo del banco de Inglaterra. Esto se convierte en un peligroso viaje para Fogg III, sus siervos (The Three Stooges) y Amelia Carter.
Curly-Joe
Buscando un lugar donde ensayar sus números, los Tres Chiflados acaban en casa del profesor Danforth. Éste está metido de lleno en un proyecto, una especie de máquina voladora espacial. Finalmente el profesor convence a los Tres Chiflados para que prueben la máquina, lo que no saben es que unos alienígenas también quieren hacerse con el invento.
Curly Joe
Los tres chiflados Larry, Moe y Curly son amigos de un joven cientifico, Schuyler Davis (Quinn Redeker), quien ha creado una máquina del tiempo. Juntos con Diane, la novia de Schuyler (Vicki Trickell), son transportados al pasado a la antigua Ithaca, la que es gobernada por el tiránico Rey Odius. El lujurioso Rey prontamente echa a Diane y confía a las galeras a Schuyler y Los Tres Chiflados: Estos se dan maña para escaparse y comienzan a promover a Schuyler como Hércules, en combates de gladiadores, hasta que el verdadero Hércules los descubre. Pero con su encanto sin igual, Los Chiflados convencen a Hércules para que los ayude rescatando a Diane.
Curley-Joe
Adaptación del clásico cuento infantil de los hermanos Grimm. Comedia musical protagonizada por los humoristas The Three Stooges, que interpretan el papel de los tres vagabundos que deberán cuidar a Blancanieves, una patinadora sobre hielo.
Curley-Joe
Tres sujetos se presentan como empleados de limpieza en una plataforma de lanzamiento, pero accidentalmente ellos son los que despegan hacia Venus al encuentro de un misterioso ser espacial.
Jim Douglas (Peck) persigue sin tregua a cuatro hombres que asesinaron a su esposa. Cuando, por fin, los encuentra, resulta que están en la cárcel y van a ser ejecutados en la horca al día siguiente. Mientras espera el momento de la ejecución, alguien ayuda a los presos a escapar, pero él seguirá persiguiéndolos sin descanso.
Jack the Bartender
Tras el asalto a una diligencia por parte de un grupo de indios, acción en la que muere una joven, su novio, Chris Denning decide vengar su muerte persiguiendo sin tregua al instigador de ese ataque, un individuo llamado Younger Miles que buscaba apoderarse de la nómina de pago al ejército, que se transportaba en la diligencia. Chris busca venganza y sigue su rastro durante meses. Miles ahora es rico gracias al dinero robado, pero sigue siendo un mal tipo que intenta forzar a un ranchero honesto. Chris consigue llegar y enfrentarse al bandido.
Joe
A member of a band practicing for an upcoming commercial finds out from his girlfriend that she got a job as nurse to a rich but eccentric old man, Mr. Lark. Believing that music can cure those with mental problems, he and his band accompanies the nurse to Lark's mansion in order to "cure" him.
Eddie
Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran) and brother (Charles Williams) show up and give every indication of becoming permanent free-loading guests. Dick (William Newell) gives Eddie a plan that will cause his unwanted guests to vacate the premises, by having Dick and his wife, Ruby (Dorothy Granger), move in as Eddie's relatives, and even bigger pests, thereby causing Betty's relatives to move out. The plan works and Eddie and Betty are pleased until Dick announces that he and Ruby have intentions of staying on.
Joe Priggle
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.
Joe Bates
Joe's wife, who thinks he's been carrying on with another woman, moves out.
Tiny
The students at Whitney High School are down in the dumps since their football team faces almost certain defeat and hasn't won a game in 28 years. The school paper may have to suspend publication because the circulation is so low and the principal intends to replace student performers at the school bazaar with professionals.
Fox
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they discover a dead body on the bed, holding a gold coin in its hand. Fletcher is told by a coin collector that the piece is an old and valuable Spanish coin, but Fletcher soon begins to suspect that the man is himself involved in the murder. Fletcher's investigation leads to he and Sam getting caught up in a murder and gold smuggling scheme.
Mr. Hinkley (uncredited)
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
Snoring Man
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Meek Man
Musical en el que las estrellas de la Warner cantan una serie de canciones para animar a los soldados americanos que estaban combatiendo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945).
Curly-Joe
As archaeologists in Egypt, the 3 Stooges enter a pyramid & are surprised to discover not only mummies but their ghosts as well.
