After Educational shut down its Hollywood studio, Lamont was hired by Columbia Pictures to work with such stars as Charley Chase and The Three Stooges, but his stay was short ("I had an intense hatred for Columbia's president Harry Cohn," said Lamont to authors Ted Okuda and Edward Watz).
However, film author Ted Okuda believed this hurt his films, not allowing them to reach their full potential.
Columbia historian Ted Okuda says Monte Collins was the Dan Aykroyd of his day: a reliable, skilled comedian who usually assisted other stars in getting laughs, rather than driving the action by himself.
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