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Africa Screams [DVD](1949) DVD Mistaken for great hunters and shanghaied to Africa, Abbott and Costello lead crooks on a silly safari for hidden diamonds. Lots of bungles in the jungle, with guest stars like Max and Buddy Baer, Frank Buck and Clyde Beatty, and Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; biographies; filmographies; photo gallery. Buck Privates Come Home [DVD](1947) DVD The problems of homecoming G.I.s were spoofed in this sequel to Abbott and Costello's first starring film, as the boys try to sneak a French war orphan into America and find that their old sergeant is now their neighborhood cop! With Nat Pendleton, Beverly Simmons. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein [DVD](1948) DVD Universal tossed their most popular ghouls--Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's Monster--in this comedic monster mash, with Abbott and Costello trying to dodge Bela Lugosi (as Dracula), who wants to put Lou's brain inside the Monster's head. With Lon Chaney, Jr., Glenn Strange. 83 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; production notes; biographies; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy [DVD](1955) DVD Bud Abbott and Lou Costello get wrapped up in riotous comedy when they head to Egypt in search of hidden treasure and have a close encounter with Kharis, the living mummy. Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon, Michael Ansara co-star. 80 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; biographies; theatrical trailer. Africa Screams (1949)/Jack And The Beanstalk (1952) [DVD] DVD Mistaken for great hunters and shanghaied to Africa, Abbott and Costello lead crooks on a silly safari for hidden diamonds. "Africa Screams" features lots of bungles in the jungle, with guest stars like Max and Buddy Baer, Frank Buck and Clyde Beatty, and Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. Then, Bud and Lou risk certain death to rescue a beautiful princess from the giant and bring back the hen that lays golden eggs in this musical, magical treatment of the classic fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford also star. 157 min. total. Jack And The Beanstalk [DVD](1952) DVD Bud and Lou risk certain death to rescue a beautiful princess from the giant and bring back the hen that lays golden eggs in this musical, magical treatment of the classic fairy tale. Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford also star. 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. The Best Of Bud Abbott And Lou Costello, Vol. 1 [DVD] DVD Abbott and Costello's screen debut finds them as detectives cracking an insurance scam in "One Night in the Tropics" (1940); boot camp becomes a course in basic comedy training in the team's first starring film, "Buck Privates" (1941); the boys set sail for seafaring silliness in the service comedy "In the Navy" (1941); there are high spirits when the pair get trapped in a haunted house in "Hold That Ghost!" (1941); take off for laughs with the duo as would-be pilots in "Keep 'Em Flying" (1941); "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942) has them as city slickers-turned-comical cowhands; Chicago bus drivers Bud and Lou take a really wrong turn in "Pardon My Sarong" (1942); and, in "Who Done It?" (1942), they're private eyes "helping" the police catch a kille The Noose Hangs High [DVD](1948) DVD Abbott and Costello play a pair of window washers who are mistaken for gamblers and ripped off for $50,000 from a group of thugs. Caper comedy features the sort of hilarious hijinks you'd expect from Bud and Lou, along with their classic "Mudder and Fodder" routine. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. Dance With Me, Henry [DVD](1956) DVD Abbott and Costello's final film together mixes slapstick and sentiment, as Bud and Lou run an amusement park while playing guardians to a group of orphans for whom a social worker is seeking a permanent home. Mary Wickes, Rusty Hamer co-star. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. The Best Of Bud Abbott And Lou Costello, Vol. 4 [DVD] DVD Two American cops are sent to London where they find themselves in the throes of terror when they become mixed up with the menacing mad doc (Boris Karloff) with the split personality in "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1953); the boys are duped into purchasing a ramshackle silent film studio and head from Hollywood to New York to catch the culprit in "Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops" (1955); Bud and Lou get wrapped up in riotous comedy when they head to Egypt in search of hidden treasure in "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (1955); "The World of Abbott and Costello" (1965) is a collection of the pair's greatest movie bits, including the classic "Who's on First?"; "Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld" (1 The Abbott And Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection: Season One [DVD](1952) DVD All 26 episodes from the first season--including "The Drug Store," "Lou's Birthday Party," "Hungry," "Bingo the Chimp," and "Safari"--are featured in this five-disc set. 13 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; bonus footage; bonus short "10,000 Kids and a Cop" (1948). The Best Of Bud Abbott And Lou Costello, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD Abbott and Costello pull off a bank heist in "Hit the Ice" (1943); they star as plumbers who are mistaken as members of the social elite in "In Society" (1944); Bud and Lou are caretakers at an all-girl college in "Here Come the Co-Eds" (1945); the only big screen appearance of their "Who's on First?" routine is featured in "The Naughty Nineties" (1945); Lou plays a vacuum cleaner merchant in "Little Giant" (1946); "The Time of Their Lives" (1946) has Lou as a falsely accused ghost; the problems of homecoming G.I.s are spoofed in "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947); it's fun on the frontier in "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap" (1947). 11 hrs. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical The Best Of Bud Abbott And Lou Costello, Vol. 3 [DVD] DVD The laughs are out of this world as "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" (1953); they star as wrestling promoters who get involved with a sexy spy in "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" (1950); "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) while trying to dodge Bela Lugosi (as Dracula); it takes a doctor's invisibility serum to help catch a crook in "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1950); Bud and Lou suspect a swami of murder in "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" (1949); the fellows search for gold in backwoods Kentucky in "Comin' Round the Mountain" (1951); they get "Lost in Alaska" (1952) while trying to help a prospector; and a stock scheme sends the duo south of the border in "Mexican Hayride" (1948). Africa Screams [DVD](1949) DVD Mistaken for great hunters and shanghaied to Africa, Abbott and Costello lead crooks on a silly safari for hidden diamonds. Lots of bungles in the jungle, with guest stars like Max and Buddy Baer, Frank Buck and Clyde Beatty, and Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. |
