A different way of telling a story

A Brilliant Conflict

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is the continuing blog of the Blu ray 3D Mad Magician,which include this short.Back in 75 I had gotten the 8mm 50 foot version.This was the first time I saw the movie in 3D at home .I saw the full sound version in 3D on t.v. back in 82.This version ,the print, was so digitally cleaned up that it revealed the special effect techniques that the film maker did not want you to see.In the Anaglyph version,in the beginning title,you saw a black black ground and the three stooges heads floating to the camera and back.In the digital version their bodies wearing black sheets are revealed ,in three Dee ,and you see that they are walking up to the camera and walking back.I did not see this in that Anaglyph version.That is what I call clarity.It's a typical story about kidnapped girls and the boys being detectives, with mad scientist and gorilla added to and a 3D pie throwing .The scene where the mad scientist, played by Philip van Zandt, is chasing the boys with a needle.I did not realize until I saw this clear version that it was large one for the 3d effects It had the typical burlesque violence in a 3d coming out at you style.It was shot in Vitascope ,actually 1:85:1Presnted this way in it's ratio.Fun. 01/15/16

On a local Television station I saw this funny Three Stooges in true 3D! There was another one in 3D called Pardon My Backfire! Spooks! was really already in 3D like when Moe would do his stuff like kicking Shemp or when one of the bad guys did something it would come right into the screen! What I mean by true 3D is that it had the color like the famous colors! It was a cool experience!Spooks! is a good one! Philip Van Zandt and Tom Kennedy played their parts very good! The gorilla is funny! It has a very spook nature like some of the other Three Stooges shorts which like them, Spooks! is great to watch around Halloween time! Like the other 3D short, this too has the different introduction with the stooges doing it live instead of the usual intro! With the 3D experience or without it Spooks! is a very funny Three Stooges to short watch!

This was a truly hilarious short, 3-D or no 3-D. There were so many visual gags, including the one where the bat is actually Shemp barking like Curly.But one of the most notable things about this short is how Shemp shows himself as a hipster when he learns they are looking for Bea Bopper. He responds by saying such hip terms as "Hey man!" and "Cool, Daddy-O!" It begs the question: Who came first, James Dean or Shemp Howard? And I think I know the answer to this one! I almost think Shemp was a a '60s person before his time: A meek guy who had longish, limp hair, who used hip expressions!!! Oh, the things you learn in Stooge shorts!!! No wonder why these shorts are great!! Chalk up another classic for these three goofs!!

Stooges at their spookiest. Funny short has the boys trying to rescue a girl from the evil clutches of Dr. Jekyll. "Dr. Jekyll. We must hide." Says Shemp in a funny line. This episode has all the elements of a stooge classic. It has absolutely everything. Their is an ape. A pie fight between an ape. A mad doctor. A spooky location. Witty writing. 3-D action, pitchforks and fingers fly right towards your eyes. And a bat that does an impression of Curly.This episode has to be seen to be believed. A Stooge gem that has always been overlooked. Catch this one if you can, or I'll gouge your eyes out! Whoo whooh whooh whooh whooh whooh!