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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Pokes & Jabbs: The Before, During and After of the Vim Films Corporation: The Before, During and After of the Vims Films Corporation

Pokes & Jabbs: The Before, During and After of the Vim Films Corporation: The Before, During and After of the Vims Films Corporation

Stone, Rob
Massa, Steve
Weisman, Marlene

Hardcover

Film Studies

ISBN10: 0965238482
ISBN13: 9780965238489
Publisher: Split Reel
Published: Jul 24 2022
Pages: 484
Weight: 2.97
Height: 1.44 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Vim Comedies, their predecessor Wizard Comedies and their successor Jaxon Comedies all featured the comedy characters Pokes & Jabbs as their primary comedians. Embodied by Bobby Burns and Walter Stull, the acrobat and the man in plaid led a group of comedians including Oliver Babe Hardy, Billy Ruge, Myers & Theby, Kate Price and Marcel Perez in making some very funny films. These slapstick one-reelers were shot primarily in Jacksonville, Florida and Providence, Rhode Island. POKES & JABBS take a look at how Vim was created from the ashes of Wizard and how it morphed into Jaxon, and the films those studios made. It is a story repeated many times in early film history of a studio that was quickly created and with even more speed disappeared.

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