Author : Bob Furmanek
Publisher : Perigee Trade
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The president of the Abbott and Costello Fan Club and the personal archivist for the Abbott and Costello estates combine their resources to produce this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind volume. Giving in-depth coverage of each of their 36 feature films from start to finish, this is the only book that has the permission of Abbott and Costello estates to use rare personal materials, many of which have never before been seen by the public.
Author : Bob Thomas
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Biography of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, one of the greatest comedy teams of all time.
Author : Stephen Cox
Publisher : Cumberland House Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Comedians
ISBN : 9781888952612
The Abbott & Costello Story is a fond tribute to the comedy team that made Who, What, and I Don't Know the most hilarious names of baseball players ever batted around on the silver screen.
Author : Jeffrey S. Miller
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 19,42 MB
Release : 2004-03-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786419227
While Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are more famously known for their straight comedy routines, they did make a number of films in which horror played a crucial role. The first part of this critical reference examines the Abbott and Costello "Meet the Monsters" spoof films (Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Mummy). The second sections deals with Abbott and Costello's films with horror elements that do not follow this formula: Hold That Ghost, The Time of Their Lives and Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff. The plot of each film is examined in detail with special attention paid to the comedians' styles of comedy, the effect of the horror scenes, and the place of the film in the Abbott and Costello canon. The reactions of critics (then and now) and the influences the films have had on the horror and comedy genres and on pop culture are also discussed. A lengthy introduction provides background on the lives of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and the development of Universal Studios as the premier horror factory.
Author : Philip J. Riley
Publisher : Magicimage Filmbooks
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,96 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
From the vaults of the Ackerman Archives. Contains: production background; a press book; biography notes on cast and crew; complete shooting script; rare photos; and behind the scene photos.
Author : Richard J. Anobile
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Cox
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 20,68 MB
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1620452073
Offers profiles of the popular comedy team, looks at their careers in vaudeville, radio, and film, shares several of their most famous routines, and includes the reminscences of those who worked with them.
Author : Scott Allen Nollen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 32,45 MB
Release : 2009-06-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786453257
As two of the most popular entertainers of the mid-century film industry, comic greats Bud Abbott and Lou Costello offered an essential balm to the American public following the sorrows of the Great Depression and during the trauma of World War II. This is the first book to focus in detail on the immensely popular wartime films of Abbott and Costello, discussing the production, content, and reception of 18 films within the context of wartime events on the home front and abroad. The films covered include the service comedies Buck Privates, In the Navy, and Keep 'Em Flying; more mainstream comic relief films such as Pardon My Sarong and Who Done It?; and post-war experiments such as Little Giant and The Time of Their Lives. More than 120 stills and lobby cards from the author's personal collection illustrate the text, including many showing outtakes or deleted scenes.
Author : Tristan Yonce
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781629332284
Now you can color Bud, Lou, Stinky and the whole gang in the Abbott & Costello Coloring Book!
Author : Chris Costello
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This intimate portrait of Lou Costello (1906-1959) offers a rare look at one of the most talented comedians of all time. Starting in the 1930s, Costello attained enormous fame touring the burlesque circuits with straight man Bud Abbott (1895-1974). Their live skits (including "Who's on First?"), radio programs, and films such as One Night in the Tropics, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and In the Navy made comic history. Behind the scenes, however, Costello faced numerous crises: a bout with rheumatic fever that left him bedridden for months, the drowning death of his young son, and constant haggles with Universal Studios over its reluctance to adequately finance productions of Abbott and Costello films. Lou's on First goes beyond Costello's clownish persona to explore his Pagliacci nature: the private demons behind the happy public face, the heartbreaking moments in an otherwise storybook marriage, the business ventures soured by unscrupulous managers, and the true nature of the breakup of his twenty-one-year partnership with Bud Abbott.
