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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Doris Houck, Dee Green, Shemp Howard, Virginia Hunter, Christine McIntyre, and Emil Sitka in Brideless Groom (1947)

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Brideless Groom

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In one scene, Christine McIntyre's character discovers that Shemp Howard is not the "Cousin Basil" she thought he was, and slaps him around, then punches him and knocks him through the door. McIntyre, who was not a professional stuntwoman, was timid and had to be coaxed by Shemp into performing the scene believably. After throwing him a great round of slaps with both hands, she leaned too far in with the finish; a powerful punch to the face. She actually did hit him, breaking his nose. The sequence was left in the picture. When it is watched in slow motion, Shemp can be seen falling down and opening his mouth like he was yelling in pain after the punch. Shemp was reportedly very groggy immediately afterwards. Christine then repeatedly apologized.
Although Emil Sitka is famous for the line "Hold hands, you lovebirds!" from this short, the first time he says the line, he actually says, "Join hands, you lovebirds."
This is one of four The Three Stooges shorts that are in the public domain, the other three being Disorder in the Court (1936), Malice in the Palace (1949), and Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947). As a result, they are all often released on cheaply produced DVD or video compilations (sometimes with scenes edited where the TV station airing it periodically displayed the station's logo).
Moe Howard and Larry Fine wore shin guards under their trousers for the scene in which the jilted brides kick them in the shins.
The song that Dee Green (Fanny Dinkelmeyer) sings is "Voices of Spring" by Johann Strauss Jr., often performed as part of his opera "Die Fledermaus". Interestingly, the actual singer on the record is Christine McIntyre who appears in this short as "Miss Hopkins", the lady who nearly beats Shemp Howard to a pulp.

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