Behind Sach: The Huntz Hall Story (hardback) Hardcover – January 7, 2015

This was a good and interesting book by the author, however, it did not go into "much detail" of his earlier life, before the East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. It would have more interesting if it contained early photos of his youth, his neighborhood, school, anything pertaining to his upbringing, thus leading him into his life towards his acting career. Even more comments from his acting buddies, would have added more appeal. Overall, not a bad book, but it was not what I was expecting. I do thank the author for bringing to light, the life of Huntz Hall which gave us some insight about the funny and humorous "Sach" Horace Debussey Jones! (Smile)

I could not put this book down!Being a lifelong fan and having grown up with the antics of the Bowery Boys at the Saturday neighborhood matinees, this book brought back such memories of Sach, the goofy sidekick of Slip Mahoney, the former being played by Huntz Hall. Huntz was quite a prolific actor, able to play comedic roles not only as Sach but as everyday people, along with dramatic roles as he played in the episodes of "Flipper." Reading about Huntz' life told me the story of a man whose aspirations never stopped at being typecast, his person being of one who never allowed ANYONE to walk over him, yet a soft heart for children and those who were less fortunate. His son Gary assisted the author with the writing so there are no rumors, no falsehoods and no fabricated nonsense that is found in many biographies of celebrities. Huntz was also known as a ladies' man or, as his son put it, "thought he was God's gift to women..." (!) Wha.....? I knew that his co-star, Leo Gorcey, had issues with women and alcohol but I did not know that Huntz did as well. Whatever. Still, he will always be my favorite of the Bowery Boys characters, as well as a fine, talented actor with a lot of heart!

It was a good book. You learn more by reading a person that was not just a comic but a true family man. A man that came from a big family and thrown into acting right from the start. Never made a lot of money in the business but just enough to live a fairly strong life. And even after the lights and cam,era's stopped making movies he found that alternative to the small tv screen.

It was ok. It was not nearly as good as Leo Gorcey Jr.'s book. This was written by a professional writer who was an outsider. It was more a collection of historical facts about his life and then half the book was just a collection of summaries of his movies.It would have been grat to have gotten more insight into the life of one of Hollywoods's most iconic and under-appreciated comic actors.

A nice long form article that was turned into a book by virtue of the reviews of each movie. That's fine, but I would have liked to see and hear a bit more about the man, ostensibly from his family and those who worked with him. Still, a nice book and there are some good photos. Hall's comedic and acting abilities deserve our attention.

No informative information here. The "Huntz Hall Story" is 98 pages. The reaming 300 or so pages is the authors opinion of the films. This is not the story of Huntz, it's an article of his life with absolutely no information on the man whatsoever. The section on the films has no information on production costs, or profits, etc. No "inside" look into Monogram or Allied Artists. Mr. Manago has not researched the films or their production. Furthermore the author's "Sach Comedy Meter" is worthless. I was hoping for an in-depth look into the man, especially since his son contributed information. What we have here is 98 pages of rambling info of no importance, and 300 pages of nonsense. Hopefully, someday a meaningful biography of Hall will surface to truly give this comic genius his due. I returned my copy.

I haven't read it yet (which is a bad beginning for any review), but I was first struck after having received the book was how little of it is "The Huntz Hall Story." Out of the 350 pages, around 20% is and actual bio, 50% is synopses of his films and 30% is listing all the credits of his films. Would have been MUCH better book if they just took the bio and filled up the other 300 pages with great graphics photos and film postersThe only image in this book is the cover.And my 2-star rating is if the bio section is good.

I enjoyed reading this biography despite the price. There is more information about Huntz Hall contained in this one book than anywhere else.(I believe that it's the ONLY biography about Hall that has been published in book form.)