June 15, 2023

This Day in Halloween: The Three Stooges 3D cash in horror comedy short "Spooks!" opens across the U.S. in 1953. / Illustration by Eiloh Virgo

Spooks! opens across the U.S. in 1953. The Three Stooges short is one of the string of 3D films made during the “Golden Age” of 3D between 1952 and 1955. The short is the 148th of the Stooges career and the first of two made quickly to cash in on 3D.

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