".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 Reviews ".an ambitious and revealing oral history." -- Sightlines.