Stone Age Romeos

Stone Age Romeos
Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Zion Myers
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Emil Sitka Dee Green Virginia Hunter Nancy Saunders Joe Palma Cy Schindell Heine Conklin
Cinematography	Ira Morgan
Editing by	Paul Borofsky
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	June 2, 1955
Running time	15' 48"
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Bedlam in Paradise
Followed by	Wham-Bam-Slam!

Stone Age Romeos is the 163rd short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to museum curator B. Bopper (Emil Sitka) that cavemen indeed still exist. They embark on an expedition with 16mm camera in hand, ready to film whatever they find. Eventually, the Stooges return to Bopper with a film showing three cavemen living in the prehistoric age. The film illustrates the three tending to their daily chores, consisting of mixing milk, hunting fish, and gathering eggs. The film also shows the three cavemen defending their women from other fellow cavemen. Bopper is ecstatic, and is preparing to cut the Stooges a check. However, Bopper overhears the sneaky stooges talking about how the film was a hoax, as they played the cavemen themselves. The curator is furious, and promptly shoots the three frauds in their derrieres, before shooting himself in the foot.

Notes

• Stone Age Romeos borrows lots of caveman footage from I'm a Monkey's Uncle, however the plot of the other footage is original.
• Entertainer Dinah Shore is name-checked by Larry Fine in the film.

Further reading

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard, (Citadel Press, 1977). ISBN 0806507233
• The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon, (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002). ISBN 0971186804
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994). ISBN 0806509465
• The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002). ISBN 0767905563
• One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry, (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006). ISBN 1581823630

External links

• Stone Age Romeos at the Internet Movie Database
• Stone Age Romeos at Allmovie