The Columbia Comedy Shorts
by Okuda, TedEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): McFarland Publishing
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Summary
Columbia produced over 500 two-reel shorts from 1933 through 1958, with Hollywoods finest comics (the Three Stooges, Andy Clyde, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, others). Fully illustrated with never-before-published photographs, the book chronicles the history of all, including interviews with the veterans. Full filmographies of all the 526 two-reelers: credits, date, synopsis.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| A Historical Overview | p. 3 |
| The Comedy Shorts Department: A Close-Up | p. 20 |
| Directors | p. 20 |
| Del Lord | p. 21 |
| Preston Black (Jack White) | p. 23 |
| Jules White | p. 24 |
| Charley Chase | p. 27 |
| Harry Edwards | p. 28 |
| Edward Bernds | p. 28 |
| Writers | p. 32 |
| Clyde Bruckman | p. 32 |
| Felix Adler | p. 33 |
| Elwood Ullman | p. 34 |
| Edward Bernds | p. 35 |
| The Shooting Script: Final Draft | p. 36 |
| Editing | p. 41 |
| Sound Effects | p. 42 |
| Stunts ... and Injuries | p. 43 |
| Previews | p. 46 |
| Theme Songs | p. 46 |
| Casting | p. 47 |
| Pay Scale | p. 49 |
| Behind the Scenes | p. 50 |
| The Series | p. 51 |
| "Musical Novelties" | p. 52 |
| Sidney and Murray | p. 56 |
| Walter Catlett | p. 58 |
| The Three Stooges | p. 60 |
| Andy Clyde | p. 102 |
| Harry Langdon | p. 115 |
| Collins and Kennedy | p. 123 |
| El Brendel | p. 127 |
| Charley Chase | p. 131 |
| Buster Keaton | p. 139 |
| The Glove Slingers | p. 144 |
| Hugh Herbert | p. 147 |
| Vera Vague | p. 153 |
| Shemp Howard | p. 158 |
| Schilling and Lane | p. 160 |
| Sterling Holloway | p. 166 |
| Harry Von Zell | p. 168 |
| Vernon and Quillan | p. 171 |
| Joe Besser | p. 174 |
| Mini-Series | p. 176 |
| Leon Errol | p. 179 |
| The Radio Rogues: Jimmy Hollywood, Eddie Bartell, Henry Taylor | p. 181 |
| Polly Moran | p. 181 |
| Joe Smith and Charlie Dale | p. 181 |
| Roscoe Karns | p. 182 |
| Alan Mowbray | p. 182 |
| Johnny Downs | p. 183 |
| Billy Gilbert | p. 184 |
| Una Merkel | p. 185 |
| Slim Summerville | p. 185 |
| Eddie Foy, Jr. | p. 185 |
| Joe DeRita | p. 185 |
| Billie Burke | p. 186 |
| Max Baer and Maxie Rosenbloom | p. 188 |
| Bert Wheeler | p. 190 |
| Single Entries | p. 190 |
| Franklin Pangborn | p. 192 |
| Monte Collins | p. 192 |
| Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | p. 192 |
| Herman Bing | p. 192 |
| Tom Kennedy and Johnny Arthur | p. 194 |
| Danny Webb | p. 194 |
| George Givot and Cliff Nazarro | p. 194 |
| Wally Brown and Tim Ryan | p. 194 |
| Harry Mimmo | p. 194 |
| The Mischief Makers | p. 194 |
| Muriel Landers | p. 194 |
| Television and Theatrical Revivals | p. 195 |
| Selected Biographies | p. 197 |
| Bibliography | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 251 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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