- 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.
- Format
- Online resource
- Author/Creator
- Nollen, Scott Allen.
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, c2009
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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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.
- Other Authors/Editors
- ProQuest (Firm)
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207) 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
