The Columbia Comedy Shorts
Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933-1958
Ted
Okuda
with Edward Watz
Foreword by Emil Sitka ISBN
978-0-7864-0577-0
85 photos, bibliography, index
272pp.
softcover
1998 [1986]
Temporarily out of stock while McFarland awaits the reprint - accepting backorders
Description
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.
About the Author
Ted Okuda is a Chicago-based film historian whose articles have appeared in such publications as The Classic Film Collector, Classic Images, and The Film and Video Collector. Edward Watz, of Morganville, New Jersey, has written a number of film magazine articles. He is the coauthor of a book on Columbia’s comedy shorts.
Other Book(s) by Ted Okuda Available from McFarland:
The Monogram Checklist
Reviews
"recommended"--Choice
"well organized…lively and entertaining…most informative"--ARBA
"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
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