Abbott and Costello on the home front : a critical study of the wartime films / Scott Allen Nollen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nollen, Scott Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbott, Bud, 1897-1974.

Abbott, Bud.

Costello, Lou.

World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

War and motion pictures.

War films--United States--History and criticism.

War films.

United States.

Comedy films--United States--History and criticism.

Comedy films.

Physical Description:

ix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2009]

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index.

ISBN:

9780786435210

0786435216

OCLC:

270109652