Africa Screams
by Charles Barton
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Actor: Bud Abbott, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Lou Costello, Max BaerDirector: Charles Barton
Producer: David S. Garber
Producer: Donald Crisp
Producer: Edward Nassour
Producer: Huntington Hartford
Writer: Earl Baldwin
Writer: Leonard Stern
Writer: Martin Ragaway
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: United Artists
Movie Reviews of Africa Screams
Movie Review: Truly Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
It's hard to know if the director makes the Abbott and Costello films work, or the timing of Bud and Lou.
If you can see the Shows Bud and Lou did on the COLGATE Comedy Hour, its clear that Lou is a brilliant Improvisor, so whilst he did seem to forget his lines on the Colgate Comedy show, he created a quick stock of lines to get back on beat. Very few teams did this kind of solid work.
As a side note, CALL ME BWANA seems to have some similarities to AFRICA SCREAMS, or is it the other way around? :-)
Anyways, sketch style of humour is held together by a totally fun story, and some great actors, comic and regular. Shemp Howard does indeed do a great job in this film, and even the actor who replaced Shemp post 1955, makes a good job of his brief appearance ( his voice seems to be the basis for much animation in the 60s as well).
Like most of the Abbott and Costello stock, this film depends on their style, and the story works around them ( I guess), but Lou is, as usual, the centre of attention, but depends on Bud's straight man delivery for the scenes to work. And work they do.
Immaculately timed, and well delivered, this is one of many excellent films by a great team.
ENJOY
Summary of Africa Screams
AFRICA SCREAMS Abbott & Costello on the Silliest Safari Ever! America?s favorite dim-witted duo hits the jungle trail in this journey into hilarity from director Charles Barton, whose nine films with Bud and Lou include the classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Bookseller Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) persuades the lovely but villainous Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) that Stanley Livington (Lou Costello), who?s even afraid of a housecat, is a wild game hunter. Diana claims she wants to capture a rare orangutan, but she?s really searching for diamonds, and she doesn?t mind subjecting the boys to lions, hungry cannibals, and even a giant ape to get them. Featuring real-life animal experts Clyde Beatty and Frank "Bring ?Em Back Alive" Buck as themselves, plus two of the immortal Three Stooges (Shemp Howard and Joe Besser), this is the silliest safari ever! NASSOUR STUDIOS PRESENTS A HUNTINGTON HARTFORD PRODUCTION Directed by CHARLES BARTON Produced by EDWARD NASSOUR Original Story and Screenplay by EARL BALDWIN Cast BUD ABBOTT & LOU COSTELLO CLYDE BEATTY * FRANK BUCK * MAX BAER * BUDDY BAER HILLARY BROOKE * SHEMP HOWARD * JOE BESSER Approximately 79 minutes Black & WhiteSimilar DVD Movies
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