Stooges' height

[Harry Palmtop]

Did you ever notice in some shots, the Stooges look about a foot or so
shorter than the other actors in the scene?
Was this an intentional angle by the producers/directors to make the Stooges
seem 'small', or were they really short in height?

The reason I ask, is I believe I've seen some scenes where Emil Sitka towers
over the other Stooges -- but I've also seen others where they are of equal
height.

--mk

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In article <85ng2c$igf$1...@bob.news.rcn.net>,

"Harry Palmtop" <disloy...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Was this an intentional angle by the producers/directors to make the
Stooges seem 'small', or were they really short in height?

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I don't have my reference book in front of me at the moment so I can't
tell you the exact height of each man, but I know that they ranged in
height from 5'3" to 5'6".

Randall

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[James L. Neibaur]

I am 6ft 1 and a good head taller than Emil Sitka was (yeah, I knew him well).
And Emil was a good head taller than any of the Stooges. So I am guessing the
boys were under 5ft 4 inches tall.

Amusingly enough, people who looked really huge in the films, like Duke York,
were likely smaller than I am, or about the same size. And I consider myself
of fairly average height.

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[Your Sovereign Czar]

Moe said he was 5'4" in his prime...old age made him about 5'3" in later
episodes. The others were around the same height. Christina McIntire is also
5'3".
And Joe Besser, 5 foot 5, by 5 foot 5.

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[THarri3779]

You don't usually notice how short the Stooges are because they're of similar
size.

I thought Ted Healy was a giant of a man until I saw him in the 1934 "Mad Love"
and realized he was only average.

[Stanislav Jehosaphat]

THarri3779 <tharr...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> You don't usually notice how short the Stooges are because they're of
similar
> size.

I always thought that their height worked to comedic advantage, since even
villains of normal height seemed to tower over them. Hell, evem Christine
McIntyre looked a head taller than them, but that's because she wore high
heels.

(Reminds me of an old line: "Ginger Rogers doesn't get enough credit.
Remember, she had to do everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in
high heels....")