Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Madacy Records
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000IC7K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,657 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Anniversary collection, December 26, 2002

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William B. Seguine (Flanders, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition (DVD)

With the title "Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Collectors Edition," and a very nice packaging presentation, you may have expectations of a wide selection of the comedy team's best work, or even some rarities. But...

It's another collection of public domain material (this is a Madacy product), much of which has been available since the dawn of home video on many tape and disc offerings from numerous distributors. You'll find the four pd Columbia shorts, DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936), SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (1947), BRIDELESS GROOM (1947) and MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949), plus a handful of NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) cartoons. Original material is limited to a 10 minute video of hellos & introductions from Stooge family members, taped at a 1998 convention in CA, plus some brief hosting segments by Curly-impersonator Dave Knight.

Visual quality of the shorts and cartoons is lacking, dark and non-contrasty. The cartoons have been "split up," i.e., the live-action segments are under one menu, & the animated segments under a separate menu; the return to each menu contains annoying freeze frames that cut off approx. the last second of film, rather than seamless segues. (Note: with the exception of two add'l cartoons, this DVD's content was released in 2000 as a VHS "75th Anniversary" collection, available only from Comedy 3's catalog and online store.)

From the perspective of cost, maybe you'll feel you got what you paid for. But if you're looking for a collection worthy of the label '75th Anniversary,' you will be very disappointed.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Bargain, December 4, 1999

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J. Ewaniuk (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Three Stooges (DVD)

Why do I say this is a bargain? For two reasons. One is that these same shorts are available on a double DVD offered by Soitenly Stooges and Knuckleheads, official merchandise from those who own the rights to the Stooges - and they charge 30 bucks for theirs, even though all four shorts available can't be more than an hour and fifteen minutes, so there is no need for a double DVD. There is also a DVD with only two of these shorts that is a dollar more! The second reason is, these shorts are in the public domain, and two (Malice in the Palace and Brideless Groom) have never been available from Columbia TriStar Home Video. Since so many who call themselves fans restrict their tastes to Curly, these shorts aren't likely to be released officially any time soon. But I love Shemp and these shorts are pretty good. If you don't like Shemp, don't buy this - because I guarantee that the production notes and biographies of the stars included in this package are bogus and inaccurate!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Somebody deserves a good eye-poke for this one., January 25, 2003

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R. P. Firriolo (Hudson Valley, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition (DVD)

Not only are the bonus materials poorly produced, the disk containing the Stooges' shorts are defective. Twice I had to return the set because the first disk would not play two of the shorts, and another short had defects that made it unwatchable.

Look for other sources of Stooges material.

I wish Moe were still around to give the guys who put this out a real working-over.