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WE MUST DO OUR BEST (1908)

Film Pick of the Day
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Based solely on Moe's recollections in his autobiography Moe Howard and The Three Stooges, WE MUST DO OUR BEST is listed as his first film role. Many years of research have failed to turn up documentation for Moe Howard's early film appearances at the Vitagraph Studio in Brooklyn NY, 1909 - 1910. Studio records no longer exist, and the films are apparently lost to time.

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Featuring Moe Howard (Solo)
Release Date Monday, November 30, 1908
Studio Vitagraph
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 10 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - January 11th


Births

Josephine Crowell
(Actress)
b. 1859

Nova Scotia, Canada

Clifford Dempsey
(Actor)
b. 1863

Winstead, CT

Tom Nawn & Company
(Actor)
b. 1863

Scotland

Sam Harris
(Actor)
b. 1877

Sydney, Australia

Chester Conklin
(Actor)
b. 1886

Oskaloosa, IA

George Zucco
(Actor)
b. 1886

Manchester, England

Warner Richmond
(Actor)
b. 1886

Racine, WI

Monte Blue
(Actor)
b. 1887

Indianapolis, IN

Robert Gleckler
(Actor)
b. 1887

Pierre, SD

Charles Previn
(Musical Director)
b. 1888

Brooklyn, NY

Eugene Conrad
(Screenplay)
b. 1892

New York, NY

Alexander Hall
(Director)
b. 1894

Boston, MA

Lloyd French
(Director)
b. 1900

San Francisco, CA

Earl Baldwin
(Original Story and Screenplay)
b. 1901

Newark, NJ

Murray Alper
(Actor)
b. 1904

New York, NY

Lionel Stander
(Actor)
b. 1908

Bronx, NY

Don 'Red' Barry
(Actor)
b. 1912

Houston, TX

Vincent Barbi
(Actor)
b. 1912

Naples, Italy

William J. O'Sullivan
(Associate Producer)
b. 1913

New York, NY

Dorothy Jeakins
(Costume Design)
b. 1914

San Diego, CA

Veda Ann Borg
(Actress)
b. 1915

Boston, MA

Mort Mills
(Actor)
b. 1919

New York, NY

Alicia del Lago
(Actress)
b. 1935

Patzcuraro, Mexico


Deaths

Barney McGill
(Director of Photography)
d. 1942   (51)

Los Angeles, CA

Adolph Faylauer
(Actor)
d. 1961   (78)

Los Angeles, CA

Loretta Russell
(Actress)
d. 1965   (81)

Los Angeles, CA

Norton Kurland
(Gaffer)
d. 1968   (61)

Los Angeles, CA

Isabel Randolph
(Actress)
d. 1973   (83)

Burbank, CA

Rudy Wissler
(Actor)
d. 2007   (78)

San Diego, CA

Jean Clark
(Boom)
d. 2009   (63)

Los Angeles, CA

Billy Varga
(Actor)
d. 2013   (94)

Burbank, CA

Anita Ekberg
(Actress)
d. 2015   (83)

Rocca di Papa, Italy

John Mansbridge
(Art Director)
d. 2016   (98)

La Quinta, CA


Events

A NIGHT IN SPAIN begins 3 months of previews with Ted & Betty, Shemp, Moody Braun, Lou Warren & Dick Hakins

1927-01-11

EVERYBODY LIKES MUSIC (Shemp Howard) in production

1934-01-10 to 1934-01-13

THE CASINO MURDER CASE (Ted Healy) in production

1935-01-11 to 1935-02-02

PEOPLE ARE FUNNY (Joe DeRita) was released

1946-01-11

DOPEY DICKS in production

1949-01-11 to 1949-01-14

THREE ARABIAN NUTS in production

1950-01-09 to 1950-01-12

The Stooges made their first appearance on THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW

1959-01-11

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