This box set contains three films featuring the greatest comedy double-acts of all-time! Abbott & Costello - Africa Screams: Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds... Lewis & Martin - At War With The Army: Jerry Lewis plays hapless Pvt. First Class Alvin Corwin and Dean Martin is First Sgt. Vic Puccinelli in this barrack room comedy set in the U.S. around World War 2. Alvin and Vic grew up in the sam
Buck Privates: Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay the company's drill instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humourless nemesis. One Night In The Tropics: Bud and Lou get mixed up in a ""Love Insurance"" scheme.
The Abbott And Costello Collection (3 Discs)
Buster Keaton 'Our Hospitality' and 'Sherlock Jr' Abbott & Costello 'Jack And The Beanstalk'' Laurel & Hardy 'Uptopia' (Their last film together)
Abbott & Costello: Funniest Routines - Vol. 1
Here Come The Co-Ed's: Bud and Lou head to campus and attempt to save Bixby College from closing down. In Society: Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected things don't run to plan...
Abbott & Costello: Funniest Routines - Vol. 2
Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds...
Abbott & Costello: Christmas Show
Bud and Lou take on a babysitting job and find themselves involved in the Jack And The Beanstalk fairy tale.
May 29th 2003 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bob Hope; he made audiences laugh in every decade of the 20th century having become a star in vaudeville radio television and in Hollywood movies. This 5 volume collection pays tribute to Bob Hope the boy from Eltham one of the best loved entertainers who ever lived! Comprises: Bob Hope At The Movies Bob Hope On TV The Comedy Hour My Favourite Brunette The Road To Bali.
Road To Rio (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1947): To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Direct
Jack And The Beanstalk: The legendary comedic duo Abbott and Costello provide fairy tale fun for kids (of ALL ages!). The wacky pair pretty much stick to the outline of the original childrens fairytale but add their own signature comic flourishes and slapstick details. Utopia: Stan and Ollie inherit a yacht along with a small island. They set sail accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. A violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island. Together
Africa Screams (Dir. Charles Barton 1949): Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds... Jack And The Beanstalk (Dir. Jean Yarbrough 1952): Bud and Lou take on a babysitting job and find themselves involved in the Jack And The Beanstalk fairy tale! One of the very few colour films that Abbott and Costello made beginning in black and white but then turning into a full on colourful fairy tale. One of the
This DVD collection brings together a wealth of comedy and variety shows that dominated US TV schedules in the 1950s. These provided a showcase for the established stars of the day and a launch platform for a whole new generation of comedians including: Bob Hope Jack Benny Burns & Allen Martin & Lewis Abbott & Costello The Three Stooges Lucille Ball Phil Silvers Groucho Marx and many more. With over 8 hours of highlights from 13 different shows The Golden Age Of Comed
Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds.
Abbott & Costello were one of the greatest comedy teamsin the history of show business. They mastered the straightman/clown relationship creating a magical chemistrythat would take them from the burlesque stage to radio to broadway to film ... and finally to television.After falling asleep whilst babysitting Costello dreams himself into the magical fairy tale 'Jack And The Beanstalk'.Begins in sepiatone then changes to colour.
The Abbott and Costello TV Show is timeless American humor as fresh today as it was 40 years ago. All the classic routines which the boys performed on film radio and stage were captured in 1952-1953 for the new medium of television and delivered at the peak of their powers.The regular cast of characters including Mr. Fields Mike the Cop Stinky Bacciagalupe and Hillary had worked with Bud and Lou on film and stage and each contributed memorably. These shows stand today as perhaps the finest surviving representation of the art of burlesque comedy.THE ARMY STORYThe army must be in really bad shape if it has to draft Bud and Lou but that's exactly what happens in this mirth-filled military episode. After proving to landlord Fields that their 13 weeks of back room rent at a week total the boys head to boot camp. During training it's Corporal (!) Abbott and Sergeant Mike the Cop against poor Lou who outwits his bunkmates in a zany dice game. The team finishes it's army career with a classic slap-stick routine that lands Lou face first in the dirt.EFFICIENCY EXPERTSBud and Lou have miraculously landed a job with the Globe Efficiency Company. J. J. Wentworth hires the boys to stop his spendthrift daughters from spending all his money. Within minutes of meeting the girls they have Bud and Lou wrapped around their fingers. Lou's feeble attempts to get them to economize are disastrous as he gives one of the girls a facial with plastic cement! To make amends the boys are forced to take the girls to a gambling joint where they start a riot and fire - and lose a fortune.PEACE AND QUIETClassic burlesque reigns as sleepless Lou visits Dr. Mildew for rest. After run-ins with assorted nuts in the waiting room Lou's told to listen to Dr. Drowsy's Slumberland record at bedtime. When this crazy treatment only puts Bud to sleep. Lou's off to the sanitarium where the staff is nuttier than the boys. In a wild recreation of the Crazy House sketch Lou's attempts to sleep are constantly interrupted by a parade of zanies armed with punchlines bullets and seltzer.HONEYMOON HOUSEThe love bug has bitten Lou and Bud must show him how to propose. To convince Sally to say 'yes' Lou buys a Bride's Delight Prefabricated House. But her ex-beau has other ideas and changes the numbers on all the crates. The finished house is a nightmare. After Lou's hopeless attempt to stop his future mother-in-law's hiccups a piano crashes through a wall and lights go haywire. When he gives Sally's parents the grand tour they're lucky to escape alive.
Titles Comprise: 1. Funniest Routines - Vol. 1 2. Funniest Routines - Vol. 2 3. Africa Screams 4. Jack And The Beanstalk
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