Abbott and Costello on the home front
Subtitle: a critical study of the wartime films
By: Scott Allen Nollen.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; Brand: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786435210
Subjects: Abbott, Bud, -- 1895-1974; Costello, Lou; World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war; War films -- United States -- History and criticism; Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "This book focuses in detail on the wartime films of Abbott and Costello, discussing the production, content, and reception of 18 films. Of particular interest to fans and collectors are the book's illustrations, which feature 122 original, studio-produced photo stills and lobby cards from the author's personal collection, many of which represent outtakes or deleted scenes"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New Jersey boys make good; title: On the land and on the sea: Buck privates (1941) and In the Navy (1941); title: Money in a moose head: Hold that ghost (1941); title: In the Air Corps: Keep 'em flying (1941); title: B Western bunk: Ride 'em cowboy (1942); title: The Nazis of MGM: Rio Rita (1942); title: Widespread comic relief: Pardon my sarong (1942) and Who done it? (1942); title: Stallions and skaters: It ain't hay (1943) and Hit the ice (1943); title: Sickness and slapstick: Lost in a harem (1944); title: Clique and campus: In society (1944) and Here come the co-eds (1945); title: Who's in Uncle Tom's cabin? The naughty nineties (1945); title: Lucy and Lou: Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945); title: Postwar experiments: Little giant (1946) and The time of their lives (1946); title: Back from the front: Buck privates come home (1947); title: Cold war monsters.