The Three Stooges Collection


The Three Stooges Collection is a series of DVD collections of theatrical short subjects produced by Columbia Pictures starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. Each volume is a two-disc set, and covers a three-year interval, with the exception of Volume Eight, which is a three-disc set and covers the last five years at Columbia.
The series was first made available by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on October 30, 2007, and released Volume One: 1934–1936 and marked the first time the comedy team's shorts were released on DVD in chronological order. In addition, every film was remastered in high definition, another first for the comedy team's body of celluloid works.
The series proved to be a success and was very popular, so Sony released, Volume Two: 1937–1939 on May 27, 2008. Three months later, Volume Three: 1940–1942 was released on August 26, 2008. Volume Four: 1943–1945 was released just two months later on October 7, 2008.
After the release of the fourth volume, the 2008 financial crisis slowed down the release schedule. Volume Five: 1946–1948 was belatedly released on March 17, 2009. Volume Six: 1949–1951 was released three months later on June 16, 2009. Volume Seven: 1952–1954 was released on November 10, 2009, and included a pair of 3-D glasses to view the two shorts, Spooks! and Pardon My Backfire. As of 2013, the 3-D versions of these shorts have been removed for the current versions of this volume. The final volume, Volume Eight: 1955–1959, was released on June 1, 2010, which is a three-disc set and covers the last five years with Columbia Pictures.
On June 5, 2012, all eight volumes were reissued in a box set entitled The Three Stooges: The Ultimate Collection, with the addition of a ninth, 3-disc volume entitled Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault. The additional volume featuring the feature films Rockin' in the Rockies and Have Rocket, Will Travel, several cartoons featuring the Stooges from the 1930s and 1940s, and a number of Columbia shorts featuring Shemp Howard, Joe Besser and Joe DeRita as solo comedians prior to joining the Stooges; several of these solo films are remakes of Stooge films.
On October 18, 2016, The Three Stooges: The Complete DVD Collection was released. It had all the DVDs from volumes 1 through 8 but it did not include the "Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault" discs. All eight volumes are also available on iTunes. On June 15, 2020, iTunes released The Three Stooges: The Complete Series, which features all 190 shorts in an entire collection.
100 of the shorts were released on Blu-ray on July 23, 2024.

''Volume One: 1934–1936''

The film's original release date is listed next to the title.

Disc One

1934">1934 in film">1934

1935">1935 in film">1935

Disc Two

1936">1936 in film">1936

''Volume Two: 1937–1939''

Disc One

1937">1937 in film">1937

1938">1938 in film">1938

Disc Two

1939">1939 in film">1939

''Volume Three: 1940–1942''

Disc One

1940">1940 in film">1940

1941">1941 in film">1941

Disc Two

1942">1942 in film">1942

''Volume Four: 1943–1945''

Disc One

1943">1943 in film">1943

Disc Two

1944">1944 in film">1944

1945">1945 in film">1945

''Volume Five: 1946–1948''

Disc One

1946">1946 in film">1946

1947">1947 in film">1947

Disc Two

1948">1948 in film">1948

''Volume Six: 1949–1951''

Disc One

1949">1949 in film">1949

1950">1950 in film">1950

Disc Two

1951">1951 in film">1951

''Volume Seven: 1952–1954''

Disc One

1952">1952 in film">1952

1953">1953 in film">1953

Disc Two

1954">1954 in film">1954

''Volume Eight: 1955–1959''

Disc One

1955">1955 in film">1955

1956">1956 in film">1956

Disc Two

1957">1957 in film">1957

Disc Three

1958">1958 in film">1958

1959">1959 in film">1959

''Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault''

3-DVD set of bonus material released with Ultimate Collection box set, focusing on solo films featuring Shemp Howard, Joe Besser and Joe DeRita. Also included were animated cartoons featuring the Stooges.

Disc One

Feature films starring the Three Stooges

Columbia Cartoons">Color Rhapsodies">Columbia Cartoons featuring the Three Stooges

  • Bon Bon Parade
  • Merry Mutineers
  • ''A Hollywood Detour''

Disc Two

Columbia Films shorts featuring/starring Shemp Howard

Disc Three

Columbia Films shorts starring Joe Besser

  • Waiting in the Lurch
  • Dizzy Yardbird
  • 'Fraidy Cat
  • Aim, Fire, Scoot
  • Caught on the Bounce
  • Spies and Guys
  • The Fire Chaser
  • G.I. Dood It
  • Hook a Crook
  • ''Army Daze''

Columbia Films shorts starring Joe DeRita