Hugh McCollum was an American film producer best known for his credits on Three Stooges short subject comedies.
11 Facts About Hugh McCollum
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Hugh McCollum attended the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia and later matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania for one year.
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In 1929, Hugh McCollum was hired as a secretary to the Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn.
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Hugh McCollum gradually worked his way up the corporate ladder, and when the studio's short-subject department became successful enough to support two units, department head Jules White led the first unit, and Hugh McCollum was placed in charge of the second.
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In 1945, Hugh McCollum gave Columbia sound engineer Edward Bernds an opportunity to write scripts for the shorts department, and then to direct.
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Hugh McCollum acted quickly, and reshuffled the release order of the films Bernds had directed.
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Hugh McCollum continued to function as a short-subject producer, in close collaboration with writer-director Edward Bernds and writer Elwood Ullman.
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Unlike White, who personally directed most of his productions, Hugh McCollum preferred to concentrate on the business aspects of production, and directed only a few films.
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When Bernds was unavailable, Hugh McCollum directed Hula-La-La, a South Seas satire with the Stooges.
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Out of loyalty to Hugh McCollum, Bernds resigned as well, leaving White to run the entire short subject department alone.
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Hugh McCollum died on March 16,1968, in the Corona del Mar section of Newport Beach, California.