The White Brothers: Jack, Jules, and Sam White

by David N. Bruskin

Overview

This is the life story of the White brothers, whose biographies encompass virtually the entire life of the two-reel comedy short in America—once a staple of the American public's moviegoing experience—from the Mack Sennett Studio in the teens to the final days of the Columbia Pictures shorts department in the 1950s. And with Sam White, the youngest brother, the family's involvement in American entertainment extends into the television era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810823143
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/1990
Series:	Directors Guild of America Oral History , #10
Pages:	531
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

...articulate and lively...a delightfully entertaining book which sheds light on hitherto unrecorded corners of the film industry.

Film Review Annual

...an ambitious and revealing oral history.

Sightlines

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

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

A wealth of remembrances of the film industry. Recommended for large film collections.

Choice Reviews

A wealth of remembrances of the film industry. Recommended for large film collections.

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A wealth of remembrances of the film industry. Recommended for large film collections.

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