Leo Keil asked Vanda Krefft:

I'm thoroughly enjoying "The Man Who Made the Movies," but you claim that Moe Howard, Shemp Howard and Larry Fine appeared in "A Devil with Women." Is this true? I believe this in not.

Vanda Krefft Hi Leo, Thanks for writing and I am very glad to hear that you are enjoying the book. I think this is the sentence (on p. 658) in question: "Other future legendary names who passed through Fox Film during this time with scant appreciation included Humphrey Bogart, who made his film debut in A Devil with Women (1930), inexplicably teamed with Victor McLaglen as a comedy act; Spencer Tracy; Jeanette MacDonald; Joel McCrea; and three former vaudeville comedians then called the “Racketeers”—brothers Moe and Shemp Howard along with Larry Fine, who would soon achieve success elsewhere as the Three Stooges." I could have written that sentence more clearly. What I meant was that Bogart and McLaglen appeared in "A Devil with Women," and that the others stars subsequently mentioned starred in other Fox movies at the time. Sorry for the confusion!

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