![]() ![]() Fine and the Howard brothers finally left Healy for good in 1934. Their career with Healy was marked by disputes over pay, film contracts, and Healy's drinking and verbal abuse. Healy encouraged Fine to keep the hairstyle.įurther information: The Three Stooges Fine, Curly Howard, and Moe Howard in 1937 Fine in Sing a Song of Six Pants in 1947 Fine (right) with Moe Howard and his brother Shemp Howard in Malice in the Palace in 1949 Fine in 1962īeginning in 1934, The Three Stooges set about making 206 short films and several features, their most prolific period starring Fine, Moe Howard, and Curly Howard. Fine had just wet his hair in a sink, and it dried oddly as they talked. His trademark auburn hair had its origin, according to rumor, from his first meeting with Healy. Shemp Howard split off to pursue a solo career.įine was easily recognized in the Stooge features by his hairdo, bald on top with much thick, bushy, curly auburn hair around the sides and back Moe called him " Porcupine". The new lineup premiered at RKO Palace Theatre in Cleveland on August 27, 1932. In July 1932, Fine and Moe Howard teamed up with Healy again, adding Curly Howard (real first name: Jerome) to the group. Fine, Shemp Howard and Moe Howard toured as "Ted Healy & His Racketeers" that spring and summer, then went to Hollywood in the summer to film Fox Studio's Soup to Nuts (1930).įine and the Howard brothers broke up with Healy after Soup to Nuts and toured as "Howard, Fine, and Howard: Three Lost Soles" from the fall of 1930 to the summer of 1932. "Moe, Larry, and Shemp", with Fred Sanborn, appeared in Venice from 1929 through March 1930. Healy brought Fine, Shemp Howard, and Moe Howard together for the first time as a trio. ![]() In early 1929, Healy signed a contract to perform in the Shuberts' new revue A Night in Venice. Howard returned in September 1928 to finish Spain 's national tour. Fine joined Ted's other stooges, Bobby Pinkus and Sam "Moody" Braun. Since Howard was leaving the play for a few months, they asked him to be a replacement "stooge". Between 19, while the master of ceremonies at Rainbo Gardens in Chicago, Fine met Shemp Howard and Ted Healy who were performing in the Shubert Brothers' A Night in Spain. Acting career Vaudeville Īt an early age, Fine started performing as a violinist in vaudeville. His father, opposed to Larry's fighting in public, put an end to his brief boxing career. To further strengthen his damaged arm, Fine took up boxing in his teens, winning one professional bout. Fine later played the violin in the Stooge films. He became so proficient in it that his parents wanted to send him to a European music conservatory, but the plan was thwarted by the outbreak of World War I. įine's parents later gave him violin lessons to help strengthen the damaged muscles in his forearm. Fine had picked up the bottle and accidentally spilled it on his forearm, causing extensive damage to it. In his early childhood, Fine's arm was accidentally burned with acid that his father used to test jewelry for its gold content. His father, Joseph Feinberg, and mother, Fanny Lieberman, owned a watch repair and jewelry shop. Early life įine was born to a Russian Jewish family at 3rd and South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1902. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges, and was often called "The Middle Stooge". ![]() Louis Feinberg (Octo– January 24, 1975), better known by his stage name Larry Fine, was an American comedian, actor, and musician.
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