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The Great Movie Shorts.
The Great Movie Shorts
Author: Leonard. Maltin
ISBN-13: 9780517504550
ISBN-10: 0517504553
Publication Date: 1/1972
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Publisher: Outlet
Book Type: Hardcover
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"Those Wonderful one- and two-reelers of the thirties and forties".
More than 200 nostalgic photos.

Large coffee table style book - great old photos. 223 pages.
chapters include:

The Studios -- Hal Roach, Columbia Pictures, RKO, Educational Pictures, MGM, Paramount, Mack Sennett, Warner Brothers

The Series -- "Our Gang", Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, Harry Langdon, "The Boy Friends", WC Fields, Thelma Todd, Andy Clyde, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Errol, "The Three Stooges", "The Pete Smith Specialties", Buster Keaton, "Crime Does Not Pay", Robert Benchley, "Screen Snapshots", "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade", "Joe McDoakes"

Extra Added Attractions -- "The Voice of Hollywood", Mickey McGuire, "Hollywood on Parade", "The Taxi Boys", The Masquers Club, "The Blondes and the Redheads", Clark and McCullough, "Easy Aces", "The Glove Slingers", Hugh Herbert, El Brendel, Vera Vague, "The Newlyweds", Gil Lamb

Selected Short Subjects -- Newsreels, Travelogues, Documentaries, Musicals, Sports, A Note on Censorship
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