The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933-1958

By Edward Watz and Ted Okuda

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786405775
• ISBN13: 9780786405770
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher