Abbott & Costello in Hollywood

Buy This Item Abbott & Costello in Hollywood by MGM (Warner)  Available from Amazon  $19.98  on 11-17-2008     ABBOTT & COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD <br /> Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) <br /> Release Date(s): October 5, 1945 <br /> Runtime: 83 minutes <br /> <br /> Director: <br /> S. Sylvan Simon <br /> <br /> Producer: <br /> Martin A. Gosch <br /> <br /> Writing Credits: <br /> Nat Perrin <br /> Martin A. Gosch <br /> Lou Breslow <br /> <br /> Cast: <br />Bud Abbott.Buzz Kurtis <br />Lou Costello..Ambercrombie <br />Frances Rafferty.Claire Warren <br />Robert StantonJeff Parker <br />Jean PorterRuthie <br />Warner Anderson..Norman Royce <br />Rags RaglanHimself <br />Mike Mazurki..Klondike Pete <br />Carleton G. YoungGregory Lemaise <br />Donald MacBride..Dennis Kavanaugh <br />Edgar Dearing.Studio Guard <br />Marion Martin.Miss Milbane <br />Arthur Space..Director <br />William Phillips.Kavanaugh's Assistant <br /> <br /> Music by: <br /> George Bassman <br /> Ralph Blane <br /> Hugh Martin <br /> <br /> Cinematography by: <br /> Charles Edgar Schoenbaum <br /> <br /> Film Editing by: <br /> Ben Lewis <br /> <br /> Art Direction: <br /> Cedric Gibbons <br /> <br /> Set Decoration: <br /> Edwin B. Willis <br /> <br /> Costume Design by: <br /> Valles <br /> <br /> Assistant Director: <br /> Earl McAvoy <br /> <br /> Sound Department: <br /> Douglas Shearer <br /> <br /> Other Crew: <br /> George Bassman.musical director <br /> Ralph Blane.songs <br /> Kay Carter..associate costume supervisor <br /> Ten Duncan..orchestrator <br /> Irene.costume supervisor <br /> Charles Walter.choreographer <br /> <br /> Plot Summary: <br /> <br />Buzz and Abercrombie are barbers who want to be talent agents. On one of their jobs, they run into a talented singer, Jeff Parker, and try to get him the lead in a movie musical. Fierce Hollywood competition makes it hard for them to become agents and gets them into all sorts of trouble. <br /> <br /> ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS: <br /> Insomnia <br /> Earplug <br /> Bud teaches Lou to shave a customer <br />After the disappointing performance of this film at the box office, MGM dropped its option to produce more Abbott & Costello films. Reader Reviews The Hollywood Barber Shop has trainee Abercrombie. There are funny actions when Abercrombie shaves a customer. They visit talent agent Norman Royce to give him a shave and a shoeshine. This agent auditions a new singing talent. There is a funny scene with two telephones. Buz and Abercrombie arrive at the studio, have an accident, and run off to join a cast. Abercrombie educates some children in their class. A blonde Lucille Ball has a cameo role. There are more comic scenes about Hollywood magic (ouch!). Abercrombie "breaks" into pictures. But the producer decides on a new deal. There is a funny scene where a recording is used to create drowsiness. [Some of this seems overdone.] The film turns serious when the film star is wanted for the murder of Abercrombie. But the murderer meets his victim in another comic scene. There is a song and dance to entertain the viewers. A chase on a roller coaster provides more comedy. There is a happy ending. This film doesn't have much of a plot unlike the better films of Bud and Lou.

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