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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430280922
EAN: 9780399516054
ISBN: 0399516050
Label: Perigee Trade
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: June 01, 1991
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Studio: Perigee Trade
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The personal archivist of the Abbott and Costello estates and the founder of the Official Abbott and Costello Fan Club join forces to produce this definitive history of the timeless comedy team's fabulous film career. Drawing on studio archives, Bud and Lou's personal scrapbooks and more than 75 interviews, each of Abbott and Costello's 36 movies is described in remarkable detail, including cast and crew credits, synopsis, script excerpts, production notes, cut scenes, and final reviews. Also documented is the team's early career in burlesque and radio, as well as the years following their split. Includes over 150 rare, behind-the-scenes photos; an introduction by Jerry Lewis; foreword by Bud Abbott Jr. and Chris Costello, Lou's daughter; and the complete text of "Who's On First?"
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This book gives you all the background you could ask for regarding A&C's movies. If you are a fan, this book will really put you in the late 30's all the way thru the middle 50's, when they were the king of comedy and the world's highest paid entertainers.
Every movie they ever made is richly detailed.
Worth a read.
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For years..The fans of Abbott & Costello wanted to know how their classic film comedies were created.But very few books gave any real insight into how the movies evolved(The exception being..Leonard Maltin's"Movie Comedy Teams"and Jim Mullholland's"Abbott & Costello Book").But Finally those questions are answered in "Abbott & Costello In Hollywood!".This book written by the former president and founder of The Abbott & Costello Fan Club:Ron Palumbo and A&C & Jerry Lewis Archivist:Bob Furnemack uses ... Read More
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I truly liked this book. There is much information on each of their movies including behind the scenes events. Several photos throughout. For each movie, you get the cast, a summary, photos, and background information.
I didn't feel there was too much information. When reading about older movies, I like having as much information as possible. I enjoy the history, and this book does a good job of providing that.
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If only all film books could be as thorough and well-written as this one! There are so many behind-the-scenes details and photographs of the making of each of the team's classic films ("Buck Privates," "Hold That Ghost," "Time of Their Lives" and "A&C Meet Frankenstein" etc.) that you actually feel like a visitor on the set. Interviews with dozens of people who were there--including Hillary Brooke and the Andrews Sisters--make it all come alive. Fascinating chapters on the boys before and after ... Read More
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I was sorely disappointed with this book. The quality of the paper is bad. The pages are like Pringles chips. The photographs, while rare indeed, are printed the size of postage stamps, and the book is simply a dry read. There is a lot of research in here, suitable if you were going to catalog every move Abbott and Costello made, and every bowel movement they ever took. But it's too much. The writing style is uninteresting and catalog-like. As an avid collector and fan of Bud and Lou, I was ... Read More
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