The filmed his first short film with Ted Healy Soup to Nuts ( 1930 ) . Ted Healy and his Stooges , was a comedy group featuring Ted and Moe more Moe 's brother Shemp Howard , Larry Fine and Fred Sanborn . By 1930 , Ted Healy and his Stooges were on the verge of `` the big time , '' and made their first movie , Soup to Nuts â '' featuring Ted Healy , and his four Stooges ( Moe ( billed as `` Harry Howard '' ) , Shemp , Larry , and one-shot Stooge Fred Sanborn ) â '' for Fox Films ( later 20th Century Fox ) .