Abbott and Costello in Hollywood - Softcover

Furmanek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399516050 ISBN 13: 9780399516054

Publisher: Perigee Trade, 1991

Synopsis

Provides in-depth coverage of the comedy team's thirty-six films, featuring excerpts from original shooting scripts and discussing their influence on modern comedians

About this title

From Library Journal:

This single volume contains everthing one could possibly want to know about the films and lives of Abbott and Costello. Furmanek, archivist for both comedians' estates, and Palumbo, founder of the Abbott and Costello fan club, have compiled comprehensive listings for every film the pair made. They include credits, plot synopses, summaries of reviews, and fun facts about the scripts and casts in a level-headed look at two vaudevillians who became one of the most popular comedy teams in Hollywood history. The authors are appropriately critical of the duo's weaker vehicles, though blame is assigned not to the stars but the executives who refused to invest in top directors. "I'm just sorry that they really didn't turn Lou into a Chaplin," screenwriter Robert Lees is quoted as saying, "because they turned the pictures out like sausages." Informative and enjoyable, this book is essential reading for the duo's fans, and a surprisingly interesting retrospective for general film buffs.
- Kevin Sweeney, Chicago
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

As good a "Films of" book as it is possible to compile. It cannot be better. Highly recommended. -- Anthony Slide in Classic Images

Certainly the best and most exhaustive book about A&C yet to see print. An impressive piece of scholarship that's also lively, fun and completely absorbing. Abbott and Costello fans certainly need to own a copy; likewise anyone interested in film comedy and the sometimes-peculiar workings of the studio system. -- Filmfax

Certainly the best and most exhaustive book about A&C yet to see print. -- Filmfax

More details on the making of their films than any book I've ever seen. -- Leonard Maltin, Entertainment Tonight

More details on the making of their films than any book I've ever seen. -- Leonard Maltin, Entertainment Tonight

This is about as good a "Films of" book as it is possible to compile. It cannot be better. Highly recommended. -- Anthony Slide in Classic Images

About this edition

• Publisher: Perigee Trade
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0399516050
• ISBN 13: 9780399516054
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 272