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Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge - Softcover

Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge

Joan Howard Maurer

Published by Citadel Pr, 1988

ISBN 10: 0806510862 / ISBN 13: 9780806510866

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Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge is a biography of Three Stooges member Jerome (Curly) Howard written by his niece, Joan Howard Maurer. The book recounts the author's own memories of her uncle, along with interviews with various living relatives, relaying their memories of the rotund Stooge. One of the interviews is with Curly's youngest daughter, Janie Hanky. Interviews with his first daughter, Marilyn, and second wife, Elaine, are also included. Michael Jackson wrote the foreword to the book. * v * t * e

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Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge is a biography of Three Stooges member Jerome (Curly) Howard written by his niece, Joan Howard Maurer. The book recounts the author's own memories of her uncle, along with interviews with various living relatives, relaying their memories of the rotund Stooge. One of the interviews is with Curly's youngest daughter, Janie Hanky. Interviews with his first daughter, Marilyn, and second wife, Elaine, are also included. Michael Jackson wrote the foreword to the book. * v * t * e (en)

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Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge is a biography of Three Stooges member Jerome (Curly) Howard written by his niece, Joan Howard Maurer. The book recounts t
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Curly Howard

American comedian and actor (1903–1952)

Not to be confused with "Curly" Joe DeRita.

For the DJ, see Curly Howard (DJ).

For the scientist, see Jerome Horwitz.

Curly Howard
Howard c. 1930s
Born	Jerome Lester Horwitz (1903-10-22)October 22, 1903 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	January 18, 1952(1952-01-18) (aged 48) San Gabriel, California, U.S.
Resting place	Home of Peace Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Jerry Howard Jerome Howard
Occupations
Years active	1928–1948
Spouses	Julia Rosenthal (m. 1930; div. 1931) Elaine Ackerman (m. 1937; div. 1940) Marion Buxbaum (m. 1945; div. 1946) Valerie Newman (m. 1947)
Children	2
Relatives	Moe Howard (brother) Shemp Howard (brother) Joan Howard Maurer (niece)
Website	ThreeStooges.com

Jerome Lester Horwitz (October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of the comedy team The Three Stooges, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and Shemp Howard, as well as actor Larry Fine. In early shorts, he was billed as Curley. Curly Howard was generally considered the most popular and recognizable of the Stooges.

He was well known for his high-pitched voice and vocal expressions ("nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!", "woob-woob-woob!", "soitenly!" [certainly], "I'm a victim of soikemstance" [circumstance], and barking like a dog), as well as his physical comedy (e.g., falling on the ground and pivoting on his shoulder as he "walked" in circular motion), improvisations, and athleticism. An untrained actor, Curly borrowed (and significantly exaggerated) the "woo woo" from "nervous" comedian Hugh Herbert.^[2

Curly: an Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge

February 13, 2021

Really quite a shame.

Joan says in the first few pages that "I wrote this in less than 90 days", and it shows. I found multiple spelling and grammar errors, which isn't the end of the world, but definitely shows how rushed this was.

On the one hand, it's nice to hear family recollections about a larger than life figure. On the other hand, everything is completely surface-level. Most of the people Maurer interviews were in their childhood when Curly died, so their memories amount to "I think he liked dogs" and "I remember he was funny".

The entire history is constructed based on these shaky interviews, and you get the feeling that a lot of it is BS. His first wife was DEFINITELY a jew. No, she was DEFINITELY a gentile. No one knows.

Every person gets basically the same interview, so the information is redundant AT BEST. How many times do we have to hear "he liked the ladies". How many times is Joan going to ask "Was he vulgar?" (What on earth kind of question is this?).

On the other hand, this still gets two stars. One star because of all of the incredible family photos throughout the book. Honestly, the photos are reason alone to check this out at your local library. The photos, NOT the weird, scary, gross, INSANE 1980s-style drawings that Joan's brother does.

The other star is because... this is the best we are ever going to get. Everyone who ever knew Curly is now dead, and most of the people who knew *those* people are dead now too. Unless Jerome kept a diary that is in a safe somewhere, we will never know anymore than this. Despite its low quality, this is THE definitive Curly biography. For that, I guess I'm glad I read it.

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