Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein is one hour and twenty three minutes and was released in theaters on June 15, 1948. The basic story of this movie is Dracula has come to the United States and in the commentary the location is mentioned Florida and no city is mentioned. Dracula has brought the Frankenstein Monster; Dracula wants a simple brain to control the monster. Wilbur (played by Lou Costello) is his choice. Wilbur and Chick (played by Bud Abbott) work at baggage handlers at a train station and take the two crates to McDougal House of Horror. In the crates are Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster and the two escapes the House of Horror and head towards a castle. Chick and Wilbur are blamed for the escape and are taken to jail. To make a long story short, Wilbur is eventually captured and is about to be operated on when Chick and Lawrence arrive to rescue him. Lawrence (played by Lon Chaney Jr.) turns into the Wolf Man and we have the best damn monster fight\climax at the end of the movie. All three monsters meet their doom and Vincent Price makes a cameo appearance (or not) at the end of the movie as the Invisible Man who was hoping to get in on the excitement.Some trivia about this movie, there is some last about it that includes three of the actors. This would be the last time that Béla Lugosi worked for a major studio. This was the last time that Lon Chaney, Jr. played the Wolf Man for Universal and this was the last movie for Jane Randolph. Several months after the movie was made Jane married Jaime del Amo and moved to Spain. In the DVD version in the Bonus Material section there are some fascinating facts. Bud and Lou develop their acts on Burlesque and Vaudeville and were not use to do a scene and wait a while for the next take. So between takes they threw pies at each other as well as some of the people working behind the camera and sometime spraying seltzer water as well. The only three people that were off limit because they respected them were Béla Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Glenn Strange. Also any of the actors or actresses that had children was brought to the set. There is a picture where Béla Lugosi in his makeup posing with his son. Any scene where Glenn Strange and Lou Costello were in was shot more than once because Glenn found Lou so funny that he would break out in laughter. One final bit of trivia about this film, the Monster was play by two actors in this film. When Glenn Strange hurt his ankle and could not work for three days, Lon Chaney, Jr. volunteer to play the Monster. Lon can be seen as the Monster when he is throws the stunt woman out the window and on the pier throwing a barrel. Lon played the Monster in the Ghost of Frankenstein. I will let you the readers, scholars, film historians decide whether or not it is a horror movie, comedy movie or both. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein is a great movie to watch and gets an AAAAA+++++.DVD FEATURESChapter ListBonus MaterialsA. Abbott & Costello Meet the MonstersB. Feature Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. MarkC. Production PhotographsD. Theatrical TrailerE. Production NotesF. Cast and FilmmakersG. Recommendationsa. The Bride of Frankensteinb. The Creature from the Black Lagoonc. Draculad. Frankensteine. The Invisible Manf. The Mummyg. Phantom of the Operah. The Wolf ManUniversal Web LinkLanguagesPlay

Best movie ever released. Bela Lugosi's last. I'm biased. Never heard of it? Can't help you there. Wherever you go there you are. Best regards, Dann Gaburo.

Abbott and Costello were especially good comedians. However, their box office popularity was slipping a little before this film was made. For all practical purposes, this film created the Comedy-Horror genre. The Abbott and Costello characters played their parts like comedians; the monsters played their parts straight. The film features veteran horror actors from Universat Studios -- Glenn Strange aas the Frankenstein Monster, Lon Chsaney, Jr., as The Wolfman, and Bela Lugosi as the definitive film Count Dracula.The comedians play shipping company employees,who are to deliver the coffin of Count Dracula and the body of the Frankenstein Monster to a "House of Horrors" exhibit hall, shipped from overseas. Costello plays a clerk who is relatively innocent and more credulous than Abbott's character, yet inexplicably, Costello's character seems to be a babe magnet, much to his partner's consternation. The duo bring the crates to the House of Horrors, and they start to uncrate the exhibits. As Costello's character is by himself, Count Dracula stirrs, scaring Costello, but the Abbot character won't believe him. Dracula revives the Frankenstein Monster using a portable pocket-sized power pack and then hypnotizes the Costello character so he can make off with the monster. The reason is explained: Count Dracula wants to exchange the brain in the monster for a simpler one -- the Costello character -- so that the monster would be more tractable to control, something Dr. Frankenstein hadn't taken into consideration. The lady who showed such interest in Costello was actually a skilled surgeon working for Count Draculs, who will make thr trsnsplantt. Opposing these people is Larry Talbot -- a werewolf known to moviegoers as the Wolfmsn -- who opposes Count Dracula's evil intents, but Talbot deems like a nut to Abbott's chsrscter. character. The disapprarance of the Frankenstein Monster aand other irregularities in the delivery get the shippers into trouble. A new cutrie turns up, and immedistely focuses romsmantically on the Costello character, much to the Abbott characters chaaracter''s consternation. Count Dracula's established himdelf on s spooky castle, unaccountably ion sn islsnd in Florida. With a costume ball as a backgtound, the duo accompany of the two eomen who are really both the Costello chsrscter's dates. Talbot crashes the ball, and SDracula goes after the costello character,transforming inyto as bat and chasing the Costello charACTER TO a boat, where he faints. Dracula transforms, finally convincing the Abbot character that all he's been dismissing is actually real.The film has the look and feel of the older Universal horror films, but they contrast nicely with the comedy. The film works beautifuilly, and is a vclassic of nf film comedy. Highly recommended, unless you've lost your sense of humor.

The movie is a wonderful Halloween treat. Fun/Scary for the whole family...

My husband loved it funny

It's a great classic comedy movie!The DVD was in very good shape, no scratches. However, the delivery was too slow it took about two weeks to get the DVD.

Thanks my fav of Abbott and Costello I watch this a lot very funny thanks

Dans la description sur le site de vente le film a une piste sonore français. je l'ai fait venir, lorsque je l'ai reçu il était seulement en anglais, je l'ai retourné.

Malheureusement contrairement à la description il n'y avait pas la langue française

très déçus le descriptif mentionnait sous titre et langages anglais francais,mais le film contient seulement la version anglaise.

J'ai fait venir deux films et la description est fausse ...il est écrit que la langue est FRANÇAISE et elle n'est qu'en anglais très déçu