Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
by Jean Yarbrough
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Actor: Bud Abbott; Lou CostelloDirector: Jean Yarbrough
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-22
Studio: Vision Video
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Summary: 4 Stars
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952) is a fun family musical that has Lou Costello as a babysitter and in a dream sequence, Jack of the kid's fable. Bud Abbott's dual roles are Lou's lazy, manipulative partner and later he's money-grubbing Mr. Dinklepuss.
This was originally issued on part amber tone/part Supercinecolor film. Supercinecolor was always an iffy proposition, similar in quality to pre-1935 Technicolor's 2-strip process. Oh it's color all right, but strange hues abound.
A bit of history:
Late in their UNIVERSAL days, the boys decided to independently produce two color movies. The first was Bud's ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KIDD (not currently available), the second being Lou's, this far more charming work. In it, he sings:
I fear nothing when I am in the right!
Who ever pushes me around will find me full of fight!
I fear nothing when I do nothing wrong
And so I toddle on my way and sing a merry song!
I'll be defiant and be obstreperous
If any giant should try and salt-and-pepper us!
And I'll rise up, up to my fullest height
'Cause I fear absolutely nothing when I'm in the right!
A man believes what he believes
And by these principles a man must stand
A time will come for rolled-up sleeves
And it might help to have a fist on hand!
If I believe that I am right
There's only one thing to be done
I don't go looking for a fight
But I have never run away from one!
But only fools will take a dare
And there are things that only fools defy
If I smell trouble in the air
I hold my breath until the breeze blows by!
I'll snort defiance like some rhinoceros
Afraid of giants, now, isn't that preposseros!
I find courage a thing of great delight!
Sing fee-dilly-ay and fee-dilly-aye with steady hand and steely eye!
I fear nothing when I am in the right!