Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abbott and Costello on the home front

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

patent documentbibliography

Oclc number

431511689

Responsibility statement

Scott Allen Nollen

Sub title

a critical study of the wartime films

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

Classification