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...valuable and fascinating...marvelous insight into the frantic schedules and cost-cutting that dictated the production style of the Columbia two-reelers from the 1930s to the late Fifties. - FILMFAX

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...articulate and lively...a delightfully entertaining book which sheds light on hitherto unrecorded corners of the film industry. Film Review Annaul For people who can't get enough reading about the Stooges, for those who care about how the shorts department of a major studio functioned, and for a look at B-filmmaking from men who were in the thick of it, this is must reading. The Big Reel Valuable and fascinating... marvelous insight into the frantic schedules and cost-cutting that dictated the production style of the Columbia two-reelers from the 1930s to the late Fifties. Filmfax A wealth of remembrances of the film industry. Recommended for large film collections. Choice ...an ambitious and revealing oral history. Sightlines

...articulate and lively...a delightfully entertaining book which sheds light on hitherto unrecorded corners of the film industry. Film Review Annual For people who can't get enough reading about the Stooges, for those who care about how the shorts department of a major studio functioned, and for a look at B-filmmaking from men who were in the thick of it, this is must reading. The Big Reel Valuable and fascinating... marvelous insight into the frantic schedules and cost-cutting that dictated the production style of the Columbia two-reelers from the 1930s to the late Fifties. Filmfax Magazine A wealth of remembrances of the film industry. Recommended for large film collections. CHOICE ...an ambitious and revealing oral history. Sightlines

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