Doug Sarnecky WOMAN HATERS, where it all began for The Three Stooges at Columbia, is more of an anomaly in The Three Stooges series. Officially, it is part of The Musical Novelties series, a series in which all the dialogue is spoken in rhyme and accompanied by music. Well, "novelty" is a good way to describe this short because that is exactly how I view it. I'm glad this short exists because it gives us a different look at The Three Stooges in a musical role, and Larry in particular does a fine job (no pun intended). That said, would I be a Three Stooges fan if all 190 shorts were like this? Not exactly. Musicals aren't really my thing, and this one holds my interest simply because of three certain actors who are in it. The rhyming dialogue gets old after a while and the Stooges really have to conform to the rhythm of the music as opposed to the rhythm they would naturally develop in later shorts, so it sounds a bit forced. I don't have much else to say with this one except I find it to be a fascinating one off.

comicman117 This is not a particular good Stooges short or a great debut for The Three at Columbia at all. It wasn't even meant to be one to begin with (it was part of a musical series Columbia did and it shows), seeing The Stooges rhyme was very bizarre, although the plot of Larry Moe and Curly joining a Woman's Haters Club was interesting, most of the laughs were lost because of the attempts at making everything a rhyme. Occasionally there would be a funny moment, like when The Stooges are interacting with Mary near the end, but it was only mildly amusing. Overall I'd say the short was kind of a waste of time, and I'm a big Three Stooges fan, heck probably the biggest fan of my generation, so the short was very disappointment for me. Thankfully things would only get better from here.

Michael_Elliott Woman Haters (1934) *** (out of 4) Columbia's first Three Stooges short has the boys joining a women hater's club but things turn bad when Larry marries a girl. This is a rather strange short for the Stooges even though it was their first and their typical style and brand of humor takes a back seat to some singing. The dialogue, all of it rhyming, was a little annoying at first but after a while it didn't bother me. The introduction to the Stooges was great as were the scenes where Larry tries to keep his club joining away from the new wife.

dunaway77 "Woman Haters" is probably the best of The Three Stooges' work. It was the first official Three Stooges film (they were Ted Healy and His Stooges before this film). This was their first film for Columbia Pictures. It was the only Three Stooges film in which all of the lines rhymed, making the lines more memorable. "Woman Haters" had a catchy musical score to make the dialogue flow nicely. Marjorie White was an adorable leading lady in her role as Jim's(Larry)wife. Tiny Sanford made a small cameo appearance as a cop. "Woman Haters" was the only Three Stooges film that had Larry in a leading role. "Woman Haters" is definitely a good film for Stooge fans to see the Stooges do something completely different. It was an excellent film to start off The Three Stooges series.