Editing Larry Fine (section)

===Vaudeville===
At an early age, Fine started performing as a violinist in [[vaudeville]]. Between 1925 and 1928, while serving as the [[master of ceremonies]] at [[Rainbo Gardens]] in [[Chicago]], Fine met [[Shemp Howard]] and [[Ted Healy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.threestooges.net/journal/view/155|title=The Three Stooges Journal - Issue No. 155 |website=www.threestooges.net |first=Robert|last=Davidson |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> who were performing in the [[The Shubert Organization|Shubert Brothers']] ''[[A Night in Spain]]''. Since Howard was leaving the play for a few months, they asked him to be a replacement "stooge". Fine joined Ted's other stooges, Bobby Pinkus and Sam "Moody" Braun. Howard returned in September 1928 to finish ''Spain''{{'s}} national tour.

In early 1929, Healy signed a contract to perform in the Shuberts' new revue ''A Night in Venice''. Healy brought Fine, Shemp Howard, and [[Moe Howard]] together for the first time as a trio. "Moe, Larry, and Shemp", along with [[Fred Sanborn]], appeared in ''Venice'' from 1929 through March 1930. Fine, Shemp Howard and Moe Howard toured with three different titles: "Ted Healy & His Racketeers", "Ted Healy and his Southern Gentlemen", and "Ted Healy and His Three Lost Souls"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldmime.org/en/about-mime/vipersonalities/105-vipersonalities/309-the-three-stooges.html#:~:text=The%20Three%20Stooges%20started%20in,during%20their%20tenure%20with%20Healy) | title=The Three Stooges }}</ref> before going to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in the summer to film [[20th Century Fox|Fox Studio's]] ''[[Soup to Nuts]]'' (1930).

Fine and the Howard brothers broke up with Healy after ''Soup to Nuts'' and toured as "Howard, Fine, and Howard: Three Lost Soles" from the fall of 1930 to the summer of 1932. In July 1932, Fine and Moe Howard teamed up with Healy again, adding [[Curly Howard]] (real first name: Jerome) to the group. The new lineup premiered at RKO Palace Theatre in [[Cleveland]] on August 27, 1932. Shemp Howard split off to pursue a solo career.