This period is considered to be when the Stooges hit their stride and perfected their craft, when all the elements came together perfectly. When the Stooges get a prizefighter drunk, Curly has not choice but to step in and take his place. The Stooges make pests of themselves at a high society party when a maid mistakenly phones their exterminator company instead of an escort service. Working as tailors on a navy ship puts the Stooges in a pressing...

Disorder in the court: the Stooges get involved in the trial of a fan dancer who is accused of shooting her lover; Malice in the palace: the Stooges try to recover diamond stolen from King Rutin-Tutin's Tomb; Sing a song of six pants: the Stooges try to pay off past due notes to Skin & Flint by capturing a burglar; Brideless groom: Shemp must marry to inherit $500,000. Kook's tour: This rarely seen 1970 film was originally intended to be the pilot...

Features 25 digitally remastered shorts from 1946-1948 and marks the end of Curly's career with the Stooges and the return of the original Shemp.

For true Stooges fans, "Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault" offers a rare insider's look at the expansive careers of the entire Three Stooges. This 3-disc set includes two full-length feature films with the original Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly) and the three final Stooges (Moe, Larry and "Curly Joe" DeRita) and rare solo comedy shorts featuring Shemp Howard, Joe Besser and Joe DeRita as they develop their comedy skills allowing them...