Books by Scott Allen Nollen

Covers 112 films with a commentary from the author and other film buffs. This book includes an appendix which provides a filmographic guide to the films covered in the work, including lists of primary actors, release dates, directorial credits, and running times.

Based on extensive new research, this biography and career study of Boris Karloff's ""eastern"" films provides a critical examination of 41 features, including many overlooked early roles, and offers fresh perspective on a cinematic luminary so often labelled a "horror icon".

The prodigious but humble scion of a New York theatrical family, Chester Morris acted on Broadway as a teenager and earned an Academy Award nomination. This first book about Morris provides a detailed, account of his life and career on stage, film, radio, and television, and as a celebrated magician.

As two of the highest grossing entertainers of the mid-century film industry, comic greats Bud Abbott and Lou Costello made over 30 films between 1940 and 1956. This book focuses on the immensely popular wartime films of Abbott and Costello, discussing the production, content, and reception of 18 films.

Considered one of the finest performers in world cinema, Japanese actor Takashi Shimura (1905-1982) appeared in more than 300 stage, film and television roles during his five-decade career. This is the first complete English-language account of Shimura's work. In addition to historical and critical coverage, it includes an extensive filmography.

The first book-length study of the 12 films starring the first African American to receive top billing in motion pictures such as The Emperor Jones, Sanders of the River and Show Boat. Original research is provided from primary materials housed at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture in Harlem and from Robeson's family and friends.

These were unique, complex, personal and professional relationships between master director John Ford and his two favourite actors, John Wayne and Ward Bond. The book provides a biography of each and a detailed exploration of Ford's work as it was intertwined with the lives and work of both Wayne and Bond (whose biography here is the first ever published).