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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Jeepers!
The creepers are after Bud and Lou!
Directors:
Charles Barton, Walter Lantz,
rated
Approved
  Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello,
Lon Chaney Jr., Béla Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane
Randolph, Vincent Price (voice only)
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"You and 20 million other
guys!"
- Wilber, when
Larry Talbot says that tonight he will turn into a wolf.
Why watch this?
When Universal monster films grew stale, Lou and Bud injected
new life.
Plot Summary:
Wilbur and Chick, a pair of unsuspecting freight handlers, get
their world turned upside down when crates containing the
remains of Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula arrive from
Europe. Dracula awakens and plans to revive the weakened
monster, intending to replace its brain with that of a simpleton
– specifically, Wilbur. Larry Talbot, the Wolfman, arrives
seeking to thwart Dracula's plans and free Wilbur, but when the
full moon rises, chaos erupts with the Wolfman, Dracula, and the
Monster running rampant.
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Dad's Preview: The
thin, nay-saying Bud Abbott, and his portly partner, Lou Costello,
were a prolific comedy team that made comedy films in the 1930's
and 40's. As their careers
slumped, a brilliant idea arose to pit them against
filmdom's famous monsters. Universal Studios was game, and it
prolonged the comedy duo's careers. This is the best of their "monster"
films, and they encounter The Wolf Man, Count Dracula
and Frankenstein's monster. The real treat was that Bela Lugosi
and Lon Chaney Jr. reprised their original monster roles.
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Universal-International
Pictures
Co., Inc;
Universal Pictures
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