According to information in the book The Three Stooges Handbook by Joan Maurer, Moe's daughter, they made $1,000 split three ways for their first two reeler, Women Haters, and their salary reached $2,500 each per two reeler made.
"Have Rocket, Will Travel" was released August 1, 1959 .
Yes, they were immensely popular. They were popular enough to have made feature films in the 30's instead of shorts, but the boss at Columbia would not let them because he did not want to pay them as movie stars. Television in the 50's revived the Three Stooges, and at last they were able to make movies.
1936
While the Stooges were making the two reelers they only were shown in movie theatres and not on television. It was not until after they ended their contract with Columbia, after the 1958 season, that Screen Gems bundled their two reelers into packages and sold them to television stations. Station KTTV in Los Angeles is believed to have bought the first package and began airing them in 1959.
According to information in the book The Three Stooges Handbook by Joan Maurer, Moe's daughter, they made $1,000 split three ways for their first two reeler, Women Haters, and their salary reached $2,500 each per two reeler made.
1975
1930 - "Soup To Nuts"
"Have Rocket, Will Travel" was released August 1, 1959 .
Moe and Larry were the only two that stayed for the entire 40 year run
The very first short was released in 1934. Only 4 shorts were made that year
about three hundred to five hundred a year
100,000 a month in a year one million thosand and three
they make about a buck three eighty per gronky
Yes, they were immensely popular. They were popular enough to have made feature films in the 30's instead of shorts, but the boss at Columbia would not let them because he did not want to pay them as movie stars. Television in the 50's revived the Three Stooges, and at last they were able to make movies.
1936
The Belgians claims that it is thanks to them.Some claim it was Thomas Jefferson.The controversy rages on...
The president of Kiribati makes about $150000 a year.