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Index
Cover
Also by James Curtis
Frontispiece
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Rivers, Manitoba
Part One: Low Comedy
1: The Smallest Comedian
2: Keep Your Eye on the Kid
3: Big Frog in a Little Puddle
4: Not Like the Old Man Anymore
5: I Cast My Lot with the Pictures
6: Getting Restless
Jasper, Alberta
Part Two: That Wonderful Spirit of Youth
7: The Comedy Sensation of the Screen World
8: The Most Unique and Original Comedian
9: Spooling Comedy
10: Our Hospitality
11: The Navigator
12: Friendless
13: The General
14: Steamboat Bill, Jr.
15: Giving In
16: The Cameraman
Montreal, Quebec
Part Three: You Studio People Warp My Character
17: The Gag Day Is Over
18: Running Around Loose
19: Crash in to My Life
20: I’ve Got Lots of Time
21: One of the Skeletons in the M-G-M Closet
22: A Comedy Sequence Here and There
23: Diggin’ Up Material
Montreal, Quebec
Part Four: The Biggest Star in the Picture
24: Along Came Television
25: The Worst Thing Ever Made
26: Merton of the Movies
27: Once Upon a Mattress
28: The Laughter of the World
29: The Railrodder
30: Something Like a Genius
Acknowledgments
Notes and Sources
List of Illustrations
Appendix I: Film Chronology
Appendix II: Significant Television Appearances
Index
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