Snow White and the Three Stooges
Year: 1961
Runtime: 107 mins
Language: English
Directors: Walter Lang, Frank Tashlin
In the kingdom of Fortunia, a king and his young queen finally welcome a daughter, Snow White, but the queen dies shortly after childbirth. Grieving, the king eventually yields to his subjects’ pleas and takes a new wife. The new queen, strikingly beautiful yet cruel, quickly becomes envious of Snow White’s charm.
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In the kingdom of Fortunia, a tale unfolds that blends fairy-tale magic with adventurous peril. After the tragic loss of his beloved queen during childbirth, the noble king, King Augustus, Edgar Barrier weds a radiant yet malevolent queen who secretly envies Snow White, Carol Heiss, for her unparalleled beauty. As Snow White grows, tragedy returns on her seventeenth birthday when her father dies, and the jealous queen imprisons Snow White out of spite.
Fearing for her life, Snow White escapes a hired assassin and seeks refuge with the seven dwarfs, accompanied by the Three Stooges, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita, along with their ward Quatro. Quatro is in fact Prince Charming, Edson Stroll, whose memory is hazy after a head injury suffered when the Stooges rescued him from the assassin. Romance blossoms between Snow White and Quatro, but their happiness is short-lived as the queen’s schemes escalate, leading to Quatro’s kidnapping.
In a bold rescue, the Stooges, disguised as cooks, attempt to save Quatro but are forced to flee with Snow White upon his presumed demise. Amidst these events, a wish-granting magic sword falls into their possession, propelling them out of the country and into a perilous journey beyond Fortunia’s borders. Meanwhile, the queen, learning that Snow White has survived, embarks on a vengeful pursuit with relentless determination.
Tragedy strikes again as Snow White succumbs to a poisoned apple administered by the queen, but the villainess meets her demise inadvertently at the hands of the Stooges. With their resources depleted, the Stooges place Snow White on a bed instead of burying her, inadvertently calling forth the aid of the magic mirror. In a race against time, Prince Charming, Edson Stroll guided by the mirror’s counsel, arrives just in time to dispel the effects of the poisoned apple, leading to the downfall of the queen and her accomplice. With justice served and love prevailing, Snow White and Prince Charming unite in marriage, bringing a happily ever after to the kingdom of Fortunia.
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