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Africa Screams / Jack and the Beanstalk (1949)
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| Starring: | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Max Baer, Hillary Brooke, Joe Besser, Shaye Cogan, Shemp Howard, Buddy Baer, James Alexander, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Arthur Hecht, Bill Walker, Burt Wenland, Charles Gemora, Dorothy Ford, Martin Wilkins |
| Director: | Charles Barton, Jean Yarbrough |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musicals |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Studio: | Roan Group |
| Length: | 157 minutes |
| Released: | July 31, 2001 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | Color, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:By the late Forties, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were superstars. And sprinkled among their usual pictures for Universal were independent films that not only gave them more control, but a bigger share of the profits.
Africa Screams (1949, 79 min)
Bud & Lou find themselves on an African safari. And in one of their funniest films. Plus a great cast that includes Hillary Brooke and Joe Besser, who'd both end up in the Abbott & Costello TV show; lion-tamer Clyde Beatty; famed explorer Frank Buck; boxers Max and Buddy Baer; and Shemp Howard, who took time off from The Three Stooges to play a very nearsighted big game hunter.
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe. After encounters with lion tamers, giant apes and a wild river, Buzz returns to America. Stanley finds diamonds and buys the store they once worked for, hiring Buzz as its elevator operator.
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952, 78 min)
Jack and the Beanstalk gave Fifties audiences their first look at the boys in color. Managing to work Bud & Lou into a faithful musical adaptation of the fairy tale, the script places less emphasis on the team's burlesque roots and focuses on their appeal to children. As Jack, Costello gets to show off his pantomime skills. And, naturally, Abbott is the butcher that cons Jack out of the cow.
NO BONUS FEATURES
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