Abbott and Costello

by Furmanek, Ron Palumbo, Bob Furmanek

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399516050
• ISBN13: 9780399516054
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Abbott & Costello Movie Detail

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.

Finally a real look into the making of A & C's Films!

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 indepth research,a large collections of rare photos and interviews from the many collegues,family members and friends of the team to show the creation,the evolution and the success of the team's films and tv series.The book also reveals that Bud And Lou were going to work on other projects that never came to fruition:A stage musical..In which they would clash with Universal Pictures most infamous monsters:"Dracula","The Wolfman"and "Frankenstein's Monster",A kids tv game show"Penny For Your Thoughts", another comedy/variety tv series and Lou producing some movies during his convelesence from Reumatic fever.The book also shows us some scenes from their films that were edited from the final release prints of the movies and more insight into what lead to the team's second and final breakup.For fans of A & C or for fans of comedy history..Who want to see the creation and evolution of classic comedy films and tv shows? This is one book worth having.Bravo Ron & Bob! Kevin S.Butler.

Lots of Info

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.

A great tribute to a great team

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 Hollywood put their movie years in perspective. Also includes an index (thanks!) and a transcription of what is (I think) the best version of "Who's On First?" (from "Naughty Nineties"). An absolute must for A & C fans and classic Hollywood movie buffs.

This book is a treasure for hard-core fans.

Abbott & Costello in Hollywood is a carefully researched compendium of the making of each of A & C's 36 films. Included are casts, script info, synopsis, and period reviews of each film. There are dozens of anecdotes from the people who were there and lots of info about deleted and added scenes that would only be of interest to the hard-core fan. If you really love A & C movies then this book is a treasure. If you're not a big fan, then you probably wouldn't be reading this anyway.