The trio play medical school graduates whose only credentials are that they had the highest temperatures in their class. Men in Black is the only Stooge film ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject - Comedy. It is the third entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 short subjects for the studio between 19. Men in Black is a 1934 short subject directed by Raymond McCarey starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges ( Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Jerry Howard).