Jules White
Also Known As: Jules Weiss
Biography: Jules White (born Julius Weiss; 17 September 1900 – 30 April 1985) was an American film director and producer best known for his short-subject comedies starring The Three Stooges.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Adult: No
Birthday: September 17, 1900
Age: 124 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 30, 1985
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Creeps
Overview: The Stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Sir Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the their attempts to take the armor, and is about to skewer them with a sword when it's revealed that the they were only telling a bedtime story to their "sons", also played by the Stooges.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-02
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The Dogway Melody
Overview: An all-dog cast (with human voiceovers) recreates famous scenes from early musical films, particularly The Broadway Melody. The finale is a chorus line of dogs performing "Singing in the Rain" spoofing Cliff Edwards' original version of the song in The Hollywood Revue of 1929. Also spoofed is Al Jolson's performance of "Mammy" in The Jazz Singer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-20
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Horsing Around
Overview: A sequel (sort of) to "Hoofs and Goofs", The stooges are taking care of their sister Birdie who has been reincarnated as a horse. When they learn that her mate "Schnapps", a famous circus horse, is about to be destroyed, they got to the circus grounds to rescue him. The stooges are successful, and Birdie and Schnapps are reunited.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-12
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The Making of the Stooges
Overview: A documentary recounting the personal and professional lives of the Three Stooges, including rare footage and interviews with family members.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Heavenly Daze
Overview: Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's sales pitch, but it looks he's headed for the fires below anyway.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-02
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So Quiet on the Canine Front
Overview: During anatomy class, students learn that war has broken out. Several enlist and are sent to Camp Poodle, for rookie training. At first the constant shelling bothers them, but within a week they are veterans, unfazed. Barker sort of volunteers to parachute behind enemy lines disguised as a nurse to get the enemy's troop movements. He's captured and sentenced to die, so his mates in the Airdale Army attempt a rescue. Will they succeed?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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College Hounds
Overview: This Dogville comedy is a spoof of college football movies. A man in debt to a loan shark uses his daughter to stop football hero Red Mange from playing in the big game between Airedale College and Spitz University.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-27
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Love-Tails of Morocco
Overview: This Dogville short takes place at an outpost in the Dogville Foreign Legion. As the story opens, the soldiers watch a newsreel, which includes the opera singer Galli Cur (a spoof of Amelita Galli-Curci) sing an aria. After the show, they go to the local bar and tell each other the stories behind the reason they joined the legion. All the stories are about how women did them wrong in one way or another. They all agree that they are fed up with women, until a certain visitor shows up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-02
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Hot Dog
Overview: In this Dogville short, a married dog is out on the town with her lover boyfriend, which leads to conflict when the husband shows up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-16
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The Birth of a Nation
Overview: Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-08
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The Ghost Talks
Overview: The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Peeping Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take the armor, until Lady Godiva shows up and the two ride off together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-03
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