
08/23/2022
SPLIT REEL LLC is pleased to announce the publication of POKES & JABBS: THE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER OF THE VIM FILMS CORPORATION by Rob Stone. It is an in-depth look at Vim Comedies, its related companies and those that made the films. In addition to Pokes & Jabbs (Bobby Burns and Walter Stull) others covered in the book include Plump & Runt (Babe Hardy and Billy Ruge), Myers & Theby, Marcel Perez, Kate Price, Dan Mason, Mae Hotely and many other all too forgotten comedians. Profusely illustrated the 7’x10’ book comes in at 480 pages making it a good long read (or a nice door stop).
But wait there is more! There were so many great photographs offered to the author that a companion book has also been released called THE POKES & JABBS PICTURE BOOK. Seventy-two pages of great photographs contributed by generous film collectors and historians including many from the personal scrapbooks of Babe Hardy, Ethel Burton and Ray Godfrey.
Both books feature great cover designs by Marlene Weisman, and the big book includes a foreword by film historian and all around good guy Steve Massa.
Books are available for purchase at Amazon.com, and most all international Amazon sites. The books are also available directly from SPLIT REEL at our website www.split-reel.com. Books purchased from our site will be signed upon request (not possible via Amazon) and postage free (USA only).