Season 12 1945

In their first two-reel comedy of 1945, the Three Stooges mistakenly believe that Curly killed a man (actually a store mannequin) and attempt to dispose of the body in, of all things, a pet cemetery. Three Pests in a Mess is actually a remake of El Brendel's 1941 two-reeler Ready, Willing but Unable.

In this film, the Three Stooges are tailors in the U.S. Navy. The trio is given the admiral's uniform to clean, and Curly tries on the jacket. When he sees the effect it has on other sailors -- and on girls -- he pretends to be the admiral.

One of the most violent of The Three Stooges' 2-reel comedies, Idiots Deluxe tells via flashbacks how Moe came to be arrested for assaulting Curly with an ax. Written by the dependable Elwood Ullman, this 2-reel comedy is by some Stooges fans considered producer-director Jules White's last decent work with the team. A rather depressing viewpoint considering that White would helm far more than half of the Stooges' 105 remaining 105 2-reelers.

Written, produced, and directed by the White brothers, Jules and Jack, this two-reeler starred the Three Stooges in a traditional haunted house setting. They arrive at the spooky mansion for the reading of a will, only to find the lawyer murdered. Locked up with the rest of the potential heirs, the three dimwits learn the hard way that "the butler did it."Opening with an almost too realistic murder, the comedy never really gets back on the laugh track.

In this film, the Three Stooges are employed as janitors at a radio station. Through a series of misunderstandings, a wealthy society matron thinks they are a Spanish singing trio and hires them to perform. However, the Stooges can't sing a note.