C3 Entertainment Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

C3 Entertainment Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

C3 Entertainment, Inc., formerly Comedy III Productions, is an

American entertainment and licensing company founded in 1959 by

American comedy act The Three Stooges.Throughout the Three Stooges'

career, Moe Howard acted as both their main creative force and

business manager. Comedy III was formed by Moe, Larry Fine and Joe

DeRita to manage all business and merchandise transactions for the

team, with each stooge holding an equal stake. C3 Entertainment was

basically in the background, with Moe's son-in-law, Norman Maurer

managing the comedy teams' film interests under Normandy Productions,

and merchandising affairs under Norman Maurer Productions. Norman

Maurer died of cancer in 1986.In 1994, the heirs of Larry and Joe

filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Moe's family, particularly

Joan Howard Maurer and her son Jeffrey, who had inherited the

NMP/Normandy business. The lawsuit alleged that the Howards had

cheated the DeRita and Fine families out of their share of royalties.

Howard was ordered to pay $2.6 million in damages: $1.6 million was

for compensatory damages to Jean DeRita, while the remaining $1

million was divided between four of Fine's grandchildren. The Fine and

DeRita families were represented by California attorney Bela Lugosi

Jr.The resulting 1994 lawsuit led to the reestablishment of C3 as a

three-way interest of Fine, Howard, and DeRita. The DeRita heirs

received the proxy to the Howard share, giving them majority control

on the company's management. Joe DeRita's stepsons, Robert and Earl

Benjamin, became the senior management of C3, with Lugosi, Jr. serving

as an executive board member for several years. The Benjamins later

incorporated the company, and C3 is currently the owner of all Three

Stooges trademarks and merchandising. Larry's grandson Eric Lamond is

the representative of the Fines' one-third interest in the company.
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