Hello, my name is Justin the Clue and I'm here today with Will Slawn.

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

And today we are discussing director Edward L. Kahn.

Fast Eddie Kahn, as we used to call him, back around the commissary at Republic Pictures.

That is what his nickname was, by the way, Fast Eddie,

because he directed over 120 films, if you're including shorts.

In 1961, two years before he died, he made 11 features that year alone.

There is no one as prolific as him that has also made movies that, like,

Monster Kids would recognize and we're probably in

general rotation on TV that has nothing written about him. Yeah, yeah, that's true. It's kind of

surprising how little had been written about Fast Eddie Kong. Fast Eddie, as we used to call him.

But I think the reason is he passed away in the 60s and And so he was never interviewed. And there was never any kind of, not mystique, but like fan base that could have grown around him. In Gregory Walcott's autobiography, Hollywood Adventures, Gregory Walcott, by the way, also starred in Plan 9 from outer space. He has an amusing story about Edward L. Kahn. He says,

John Agar and I were amazed at the production techniques of Edward L. Kahn, the director.

He filmed numerous small films and knew all the shortcuts to getting it done fast.

For example, in a chase scene, he had the camera set in position, catching the vehicles

racing from screen right to screen left. Without moving the tripod, he then turned the camera the opposite direction, which showed a

different background and continued filming the chase.

All right, this is the kind of director we're dealing with here.

A man known for his efficiency.

Yes, but I think efficiency doesn't translate to me in particular to be interested in his

films because you know who's

really efficient TV directors don't care about them then what is that special something that

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