Abbott and Costello on the home front
Abbott and Costello on the home front: a critical study of the wartime films Scott Allen Nollen
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, c2009.
ISBN: 0786435216
DDC: 791.4375
LCC: PN2287
Edition: (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
Summary:
"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.
New Jersey boys make good -- On the land and on the sea: Buck
privates (1941) and In the Navy (1941) -- Money in a moose head: Hold
that ghost (1941) -- In the Air Corps: Keep 'em flying (1941) -- B
Western bunk: Ride 'em cowboy (1942) -- The Nazis of MGM: Rio Rita
(1942) -- Widespread comic relief: Pardon my sarong (1942) and Who
done it? (1942) -- Stallions and skaters: It ain't hay (1943) and Hit
the ice (1943) -- Sickness and slapstick: Lost in a harem (1944) --
Clique and campus: In society (1944) and Here come the co-eds (1945)
-- Who's in Uncle Tom's cabin?: The naughty nineties (1945) -- Lucy
and Lou: Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) -- Postwar
experiments: Little giant (1946) and The time of their lives (1946)
-- Back from the front: Buck privates come home (1947) -- Cold war
monsters.
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