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Lou Costello
(1906 - 1959)


Books on Lou Costello

Richard J. Anobile (ed.)
Who's on First?, Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello
New York, NY, 1972
Jim Mulholland
The Abbott and Costello Book, The frenetic antics and unforgettable film triumphs of the kings of fun!
New York, 1975
Chris Costello with Raymond Strait
Lou's on first, a biography
New York, 1981
Stephen Cox and John Lofflin
The official Abbott & Costello scrapbook
Chicago, Ill., 1990
Stephen Cox and John Lofflin
The Abbott & Costello story
Nashville, Tenn., 1997
Scott Allen Nollen
Abbott and Costello on the home front, A critical study of the wartime films
Jefferson, N.C., 2009

Books with substantional mentioning of Lou Costello

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979
Jeffrey Robinson
Teamwork, The Cinema
London/New York, 1982
Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990
Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992
Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Books with an entry on Lou Costello

Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979
Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001
David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Articles on Lou Costello

Jeffrey Elliot, Abbott and Costello, An Interview with Bob Thomas, in: Films in Review, vol. 30, 1979 pp. 209-218
Rob Fraser, Duo Respect, in: Empire, nr. 208, 2006 pp. 159