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Jules White (born Jules Weiss on 17 September 1900 in Budapest, Hungary, died 30 April 1985 in Van Nuys, California) was a movie director and producer of the silent film era. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Van Nuys is a district within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...


Starting as a child actor, White first worked for Pathé Studios during the 1910s. His brother Jack White was a successful comedy producer at Educational Pictures, and Jules worked for him as a film editor. He became a director in 1926, specializing in comedies. Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France. ... // Caitlin wants nathans penis mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. ... Jack White (occasionally Jack III White or Jack White III), born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan is a Grammy-winning rock musician, singer, and music producer. ... Educational Pictures (or Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Film editing. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...


In 1930 White and his boyhood friend Zion Myers moved to the prestigious Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. They conceived and co-directed M-G-M's gimmicky "Dogville" comedies, which featured trained dogs in satires of recent Hollywood films (like The Dogway Melody and All Quiet on the Canine Front). White and Myers co-directed the Buster Keaton feature Sidewalks of New York, and launched a series of "Goofy Movies," one-reel parodies of silent-era melodramas. For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Joseph Frank Keaton, Jr. ...


In 1933 White was appointed head of Columbia Pictures' short-subjectaaaaa division, which became the most prolific comedy factory in Hollywood. Between 1934 and 1957 Jules White produced and/or directed 136 (out of 190) Three Stooges shorts. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act in the first half of the 20th century. ...


White's approach to directing was rooted in silent comedy, so he made his sound films the same way. He paced the visual action very fast, and coached his actors to gesture broadly and react violently. This emphasis on cartoonish slapstick worked well in the right context, but could become blunt and shocking when stretched too far. White was generally under pressure to finish his productions within a few days, so very often producer White had no inclination to tone down director White, and the outlandishly violent gags stayed in. (Jules White's personal favorite gag, which he used again and again, is probably the one where an actor is stuck in the posterior by a sharp object, and then yells, "Help, help! I'm losing my mind!") Still, moviegoers loved these slam-bang short comedies, and Columbia produced more than 500 of them over a quarter of a century.


Columbia closed its comedy-shorts department at the end of 1957. White dabbled in television in the early 1960s but soon retired, saying, "Who needs such a rat race?"


Almost 40 percent of Jules White's output stars The Three Stooges; the other films feature such screen favorites as Buster Keaton, Andy Clyde, Harry Langdon, Hugh Herbert, Vera Vague, and El Brendel. To date, only the Stooges and Keaton material has been released to home video. The Three Stooges was an American comedy act in the 20th century. ... Joseph Frank Keaton, Jr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Harry Langdon an American silent comedian who fared badly in sound films. ... El Brendel, Circa 1930. ...


White is profiled in two books, The White Brothers (also known as Behind the Three Stooges: The White Brothers) by David Bruskin, ISBN 1882766008, and The Columbia Comedy Shorts by Ted Okuda with Edward Watz, ISBN 0786405775. Ted Okuda (b. ...


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Jules White (1243 words)
By 1934, Jules White was a veteran in the comedy field, but like so many of his contemporaries, he had a difficult time finding work.
White split his producing chores in the late 1930s with Hugh McCollum, a former secretary to Harry Cohn.
White and coproducer McCollum had frequent clashes throughout the 1940s, but by the early 1950s they became so violent that a showdown was inevitable.
Vampire library of Darkness : Fat White Vampire Blues, Andrew Fox (704 words)
She is as overweight as Jules and can't bear to have him around because he reminds her of her own heft.
Jules briefly flees town but comes back and, with the help of Maureen and Doodlebug, a cross-dressing vampire whom Jules sired, he stands up to Malice X--not without dire and tragic consequences.
Jules is an often hapless hero, but a sympathetic one, and readers of vampire fiction will delight in this droll parody of the genre.
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