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The Columbia Comedy Shorts

Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933-1958

Ted Okuda author Edward Watz author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:15th Oct '98

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Columbia Comedy Shorts cover

Columbia produced over 500 two-reel shorts from 1933 through 1958, with Hollywood's 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. The filmography covers all of the 526 two-reelers: credits, date, synopsis.

“recommended”—Choice; “well organized…lively and entertaining…most informative”—ARBA; “valuable...fantastic nuggets of information”—PlanNineCrunch; “way overdue.... Superb research is evident throughout...the rare stills reproduced here are just another reason for fans of Golden Age comedy to hunt the book down now”—Film Review.

ISBN: 9780786405770

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 367g

272 pages