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πŸ’• One of the most beloved Three Stooges shorts, Brideless Groom (1947) delivers non-stop slapstick mayhem as Shemp scrambles to find a bride in order to inherit a fortune. Packed with zany gags, fast-paced humor, and classic Stooge chaos, it remains a fan-favorite from the golden era of comedy shorts.

πŸ“½οΈ Plot Summary:
Shemp (Shemp Howard) learns that he will inherit $500,000 if he gets married by 6 p.m. With Moe and Larry’s "help," he sets out on a frantic quest to find a bride. What follows is a whirlwind of rejected proposals, comic disasters, and one unforgettable wedding brawl, proving once again that love β€” and fortune β€” don’t come easy for the Stooges.

πŸ•°οΈ Year Released: 1947
🎭 Genre: Slapstick Comedy, Short Film
🎬 Directed by: Edward Bernds
🎞️ Starring: Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Dee Green

🎯 Why Watch It?
βœ”οΈ One of the most popular and funniest Three Stooges shorts
βœ”οΈ Shemp Howard in top comedic form
βœ”οΈ Classic slapstick chaos and witty one-liners
βœ”οΈ Public domain Stooge gem perfect for fans old and new

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πŸ’ŒπŸ€£ Can Shemp find a bride before time runs out β€” or will chaos be his only inheritance? Find out in the hilarious Stooge short Brideless Groom (1947)!
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Transcript
00:00I
00:18Now you see miss Tinklemeyer, that's the way it should be sung. Shall we try it again?
00:23I'll try anything for you professor. Oh, that's fine, fine
00:26If you please doctor
00:30Doctor
00:32Doctor
00:34Play
00:44I hear the voice of spring and yore
00:48The birds return to star the blue
00:56Oh
00:58No, no, you are too fortissimo, too allegro, too quantro. Oh, is that bad?
01:08It ain't good. You're supposed to be singing about the voices of spring, not the eruption of a volcano
01:12Give with the throat, not with the bellows
01:14Oh professor, you want it more like a bird
01:18That's it. That's it. Give me the bird
01:28Look
01:30Play
01:48That's enough, that's enough. We've done enough for today. You might hurt your voice, you know, bend it
02:06Crack it or break it or something. Oh professor, you're so considerate
02:20I'm just crazy about you
02:22Don't forget, we've got another lesson Tuesday
02:24Gargle with old razor blades
02:26All right, professor. I know you wouldn't want anything to happen to my throat
02:30Except to have somebody cut it
02:32How would you like to be married to a dame like that?
02:34Don't even say that
02:36I order
02:38You order what?
02:40I ought to be a little more careful
02:42Well, shut up and listen. Do you remember your uncle Caleb?
02:44Do I? Why that old tightwad heat steel flies for a blind spider
02:46But Shemp, he's uh...
02:48He's a louse and a weasel
02:50Yeah, well, he just died and left you 500,000 bucks
02:52Just like that old skin flint
02:54500,000 bucks
02:56Poor old uncle Caleb
03:00Like I was saying, he was a swell guy
03:02Give me the shirt off his back and throw in the buttons too
03:04But there's one little catch
03:06You get the dough provided you're married
03:08So what?
03:10Married? No, no fellas
03:12I'm gonna faint
03:14Oh
03:16Or what?
03:18If you get married within 48 hours of the reading of the will
03:20What time was that?
03:21Six o'clock a night before last
03:23You just got seven hours to get yourself a bribe
03:25It can't be done, no woman is interested in me
03:27Maybe not pal, but if you look real hard
03:29You might find one that's interested in a half a million bucks
03:32Maybe you got something there
03:33You're darn right he has
03:34Do you know any girls?
03:35I got a lot of numbers, but I haven't had much left with them lately
03:37Well, you can't get killed for trying, where's the phone?
03:39There's a booth down the hall
03:40Well, what are we waiting for?
03:41Down the hall
03:42Down the hall
03:43Down the hall
03:48Here, here's six nickels
03:49That makes seventeen, you oughta hit the jackpot with one of them
03:51Go ahead
03:52Give me Susquehanna 2-2-2-2
04:06Say, he's been in there over an hour
04:08What are you getting nervous about?
04:10When Shemp pours on the charm, no dame can resist him
04:13I hope you're right
04:14Hello?
04:15Is this Ginger Grey?
04:16It is?
04:17Well, this is your little snookums
04:19I'm about to do you a big favor
04:22Will you marry me?
04:27Hey, any luck?
04:29I've got one phone number and one nickel left
04:31Well, start using it
04:35You clumsy ox shoes
04:37Where'd that go?
04:38Get out here some place
04:39Let's find it
04:41Take it over that side
04:47Take this receiver
04:48I got it
04:49I got it
04:51All right, just take it
04:52Wait a minute
04:53Wait a minute
04:54All right
04:55Now wait a minute
04:56Get this out of my hair here
04:57All right
04:58All right
04:59Easy, easy, easy
05:00Get off your foot
05:01Look at what I got here
05:02What is that?
05:03Out of those?
05:04Yeah, wait a minute
05:05It leads around under my arm
05:06Then up here around the neck
05:07Get your hand over here
05:08Get your hand over here
05:09Oh, all right
05:10All right
05:11Easy, all right
05:12Wait a minute
05:13Oh, all right
05:14Easy, all right
05:15Now wait a minute
05:16Can you dial from there?
05:17No, can you?
05:18Yeah
05:19Oh, all right
05:20Wait a minute
05:21Oh, all right
05:22Wait a minute
05:23Wait a minute
05:25Wait a minute
05:26If I come around like this one
05:27And get up in this one
05:31How's that?
05:32Well, it don't feel as good as
05:33when I did this
05:34Now wait, wait, wait, wait, wait
05:36Wait, wait, wait, wait
05:37Now wait, wait, wait, wait
05:38Take it easy
05:39Now look
05:40We ain't get in no place fast
05:41Let's get out of this thing right
05:43Get out this thing right the right way.
05:45You want to let me get this off?
05:46All right, wait a minute.
05:48All right.
05:48Can't stand it anymore.
05:49It started with the book, didn't it?
05:53Moe, where's your hat?
06:00How you doing?
06:07Get your hand out of my face.
06:08That ain't my hand, it's your hand.
06:10All right, you asked for it.
06:13Ow!
06:13Oh, wait, oh, wait.
06:16Say, miss, would you like to get married?
06:18What?
06:19Get married.
06:20Well, I don't know, but you are kind of cute at that.
06:23Oh, it's not me, it's him.
06:26Ah!
06:29We've got to get out of this.
06:30All right, there isn't much time left.
06:31You know that, don't you?
06:32All right.
06:35What happened?
06:36That's what I want to know.
06:41Wait a minute.
06:42Did you get a load of that?
06:48What a dish.
06:49I wonder who she is.
06:50We'll soon find out.
06:52Oh, boy.
06:52Yes.
06:53Who's the new dame?
06:54A Miss Hopkins.
06:55Miss Hopkins?
06:56Did you hear that, kid?
06:57And good looking, too.
06:58Go get her, Shep.
06:59Oh, wait a minute.
07:03You can't propose to a girl looking like that.
07:05We've got to give you the works.
07:06Come on.
07:13Stand still, will you?
07:14We've got to get going.
07:15It's 3 o'clock now.
07:16Yeah?
07:16And if you don't marry the girl by 6 o'clock, we're out of the money.
07:19I said stand still.
07:25Oh, oh, Mo!
07:27Mo!
07:27I'm blind!
07:28You're pointing my eye out!
07:29Get a towel, Mo!
07:30Get a towel!
07:31Oh, oh, oh, oh!
07:34Hey, where are the towels?
07:35In the bottom drawer.
07:36I got it.
07:45You sure look funny with a buster brown collar.
07:48Hold that.
07:53Where are you?
07:55Here.
07:57Say, I forgot to tell you.
07:58When the afternoon papers come out, you're going to be famous.
08:00How come?
08:01I gave the story to the reporters.
08:02Yes, sir.
08:03Shemp Howard to inherit a half a million bucks.
08:05Let's get going, kid.
08:06I'm telling you to hold still now.
08:14I'm warning you.
08:15Oh, excuse me.
08:16I thought that was...
08:17Hold still.
08:27Oh, almost had seven years for that luck.
08:29Of course.
08:36Oh!
08:37How do you like that?
08:39Hmm?
08:43I need to stand, slightly...
08:45Oh!
08:46Oh!
08:46Oh!
08:47Hey, I cut off my head!
08:48I cut off my head.
08:49Mo, my head is off.
08:50Mo, my head is off.
08:52My head is off.
08:55Oh, there I am.
08:57And as pretty as a picture.
08:58Yeah, but Nate, get going here.
09:00This means half a million dollars.
09:02I know what it means.
09:05Here you are.
09:09Boy, am I tired.
09:10Where'll I throw this water?
09:13Oh.
09:16You look good.
09:17You look great, kid.
09:17You're a cinch.
09:18Go to it.
09:20Oh, my.
09:21Come on, come on.
09:37Hello.
09:38Oh, hello.
09:41Come in.
09:43Cousin Basil.
09:44Oh, I'm so happy to see you.
09:47I, I...
09:47I've just been dying to meet you.
09:50You're even cuter than that Sadie said you were.
09:56Oh, boy, success.
09:58Yeah, listen to those kisses.
10:03Cut it out.
10:05Oh, you must be exhausted after your long trip.
10:08Sit down.
10:09Let me look at you.
10:10Let me look at you, Cousin Basil.
10:12Oh, no.
10:14Now, don't you go away.
10:17Hello?
10:18Yes, this is Miss Hopkins.
10:20Your Cousin Basil?
10:22Well, then who is...
10:23I was used to...
10:23How dare you pretend to be my Cousin Basil?
10:25I'll teach you a thing or two.
10:27You wolf!
10:29Don't you dare strike me.
10:30Who?
10:30Taking advantage of a poor, weak, helpless woman.
10:34Boy, his kisses are getting louder.
10:35You, you, you horrible person, you...
10:38Oh, get up, get up.
10:42What happened, kid?
10:44Can I help it if I ain't Cousin Basil?
10:46Oh, Professor, are you all right?
10:49Oh, I'm fine.
10:50All I wanted to do was propose, but...
10:53Propose?
10:54Oh, Professor, this is so sudden.
10:58You mean you'll really marry him?
10:59Oh, of course.
11:00He's my little old dreamboat.
11:03Your little dreamboat is sailing.
11:06Wait a minute.
11:07You're going to sail away from a half a million bucks?
11:09We only got two hours left.
11:10Come on, get going.
11:11Come on.
11:17Come right in, folks.
11:20Say, here's the license.
11:23My pal wants to get married in a rush.
11:24Oh, splendid.
11:26Oh, excuse me.
11:28Hello?
11:29Who?
11:30Mr. Howard.
11:31Yes, he's here.
11:33Hello?
11:34Yes?
11:35What?
11:36How many of them?
11:38Wow.
11:39Yeah, yeah.
11:40Okay, thanks.
11:41That was the clerk at the apartment.
11:43Those dames you phoned this morning
11:44found out about the 500 grand in the papers.
11:46Come on, pal.
11:47We got to make this fast.
11:48Have you got the ring?
11:49Why, certainly.
11:51Certainly I got it.
11:52Oh.
11:54It went in the piano.
11:56Get it.
11:58You see anything?
11:59Yeah, wires.
12:02Listen, you.
12:03What?
12:04You know, I think the piano's out of tune.
12:06Go on.
12:06I think I see it.
12:11Look out.
12:11Get up out of here.
12:12Get me out of here.
12:13My face.
12:14Oh, you want to spoil my looks?
12:17Impossible.
12:17Never mind your face and get that ring.
12:19It's a quarter of six.
12:20Oh, I'm awful.
12:26Sorry.
12:26So am I.
12:27Get that.
12:29Whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:30Keep playing around in there and get that ring.
12:32Oh, oh, oh.
12:34Get me out of here.
12:35Get me out of here.
12:35Get him out of here.
12:36Get him out of here, dummy.
12:37All right.
12:39Oh, oh, oh.
12:41He's all tangled up with wires.
12:42All right.
12:42We'll back him up and we'll break him out of here.
12:45Oh, my.
12:46Oh, the arrow.
12:47Shut up.
12:49Hey.
12:50Sit him down.
12:50We've got a new grip.
12:55Easy.
12:56Now, wait.
12:56Get this stuff off.
12:57Oh, oh, oh.
12:58You'll get in the messes every time.
13:00Get me around.
13:02I'm a few minutes left and no ring.
13:05No nothing.
13:06Wait a minute, fellas.
13:08Here's the ring.
13:09How do you like that?
13:10Get up.
13:10Okay, partner.
13:12We're ready for the kickoff.
13:14Join hands, you lovebirds.
13:19There he is.
13:20I've got a long time.
13:22Wait a minute.
13:22Wait a minute.
13:24Who is this character?
13:26She's the bride.
13:27Oh, yeah?
13:28Not while I got my strength.
13:30Tell me, Toodles.
13:30Didn't you propose to me?
13:31Yes, but I'm with you.
13:32Didn't you?
13:33Yes, but you tied me down.
13:35That was before I read the papers.
13:36Now I accept.
13:37Okay, Toodles.
13:38Let her rip.
13:39Don't even propose to me.
13:40Oh, boy.
13:41We better do something fast.
13:46Yeah.
13:47Quiet a minute.
13:50What's going on here?
13:51Oh, oh, oh.
13:52Oh.
13:53Oh.
13:53Oh.
13:53Oh.
13:54Oh.
13:55Oh.
13:56Oh.
13:56Oh, lady.
13:57Oh, oh.
13:57Oh, oh.
13:58Oh, oh.
13:58Oh, oh.
13:59Oh, oh.
14:00Oh.
14:01Oh.
14:02Oh.
14:02Oh.
14:03Oh.
14:03Oh, oh.
14:04Oh.
14:04Oh.
14:05Oh, oh.
14:06Oh, oh.
14:06Oh, oh.
14:07Oh, oh.
14:07Oh.
14:08Oh, oh.
14:08Oh, oh.
14:08Oh, oh, oh.
14:09Justice, please, please, hurry up.
14:12Hold your hands, you love birdie.
14:23Oh, my goodness.
14:34Wait a minute, you wouldn't hit a lady with that.
14:36Use this, it's bigger.
14:39Oh, thanks.
14:47Will you marry me?
14:49Never.
15:06Oh.
15:07Oh, you little booty.
15:08Oh.
15:08Oh, come on.
15:09Oh.
15:10Oh, come on.
15:10Come on, come on.
15:11Come on.
15:11Come on.
15:12Oh, oh, oh.
15:13Oh.
15:13Oh, oh, oh.
15:14Oh.
15:14Oh, oh, oh.
15:16I'm getting a headache.
15:17Oh, it's your headache.
15:19Oh.
15:19Oh.
15:20Oh.
15:20Larry, an octopus is got me.
15:22Larry.
15:22Yes.
15:23Hold still.
15:23Hold still.
15:23Hold still.
15:24Hold still.
15:25Hold still.
15:26Hold still.
15:27Now what do you say?
15:29I give up, I'll marry him.
15:31Oh.
15:32Ben, there's any way.
15:33Oh.
15:34Oh, help me.
15:42Oh, Mr. Beddon, please, please hurry.
15:44Hold hands, you lovely birds.
15:53What do you mean, how am I?
15:56Congratulations, both of you.
15:57Oh, thank you.
15:59We're married.
16:00We made it.
16:01It's six o'clock and you're married.
16:03What happened?
16:03What happened?
16:04You're married, kids.
16:05Say something.
16:06Help!
16:07Help!
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