Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
by Charles Barton
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Actor: Bela Lugosi, Bud Abbott, Glenn Strange, Lon Chaney Jr., Lou CostelloDirector: Charles Barton
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Charles Van Enger
Producer: Robert Arthur
Writer: Bram Stoker
Writer: Frederic I. Rinaldo
Writer: John Grant
Writer: Mary Shelley
Writer: Robert Lees
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-08-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie Review: CLASSIC!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Even having the Vol. 3 A&C Collection, this is good to have for the commentary. Also, it's good to have a classic like this on a single disc. Perfect DVD also has documentary.
Summary of Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Railroad baggage clerks abbott & costello receive a strange shipment the last remains of dracula and frankensteins monster. But the deadly duo are not quite dead. After the monsters disappear to a secret hideaway island abbott & costello follow their trail encountering comical adventures. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/22/2006 Run time: 83 minutes Rating: NrUniversal Pictures made a great deal of money from its monster movies in the 1930s. In the early '40s, the burlesque team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello kept the studio's coffers full. When the two franchises were combined in 1948, the result was another windfall--despite the apparent oil-and-water mix of subject matter. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was the first of these summit meetings, although the title is a misnomer. Actually, Bud and Lou bump into most of the Universal heavy-hitters, including Count Dracula (played by B?la Lugosi himself), the Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), and the Frankenstein monster (veteran monster Glenn Strange). There's even a token appearance by the Invisible Man, whose disembodied voice is recognizable as that of Vincent Price. Sure enough, the film is funny, especially since it gives the portly Costello multiple opportunities to do his wide-eyed, quivering scaredy-cat routine. Audiences ate it up, and in future installments Bud and Lou would run into Boris Karloff, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and the Mummy. But the first was the best. --Robert Horton
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