Product Details

• Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O'Driscoll, June Vincent
• Directors: Jean Yarbrough
• Writers: John Grant, Arthur T. Horman, Edmund L. Hartmann
• Producers: John Grant
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0783240783
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,139 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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From the Back Cover

Molly (Martha O'Driscoll), her brother, Slats (Abbott), and his pal, Oliver (Costello), are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.

Here Come the Co-Eds is another joyous romp by two of the best-loved comedic talents ever to appear on the silver screen. This delightful story, along with some terrific musical numbers, make it a fun-filled treat for all ages.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very funny comedy from the 40's, July 5, 2000

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M. S Swanson (Elkhart, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abbott & Costello: Here Come the Co-Eds [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This may not be prime A&C but its pretty darn close. There are many classic routines here including the oyster in the soup, the Little Red riding Hood story (AKA Jonah & the Whale), and a long set piece where Lou destroys a kitchen. The film also benefits from having a great heavy: Lon Chaney Jr! This one also has more action than usual with a hilarious girls basketball game and a great and bizarre climactic chase. The best part of the show is when Lou wrestles Lon Chaney. You will laugh!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE TEAM'S BEST FILMS, September 29, 2005

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BILLY ANTIMISIARIS "abbcos" (Karpathos, Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abbott & Costello: Here Come the Coeds [VHS] (VHS Tape)

HERE COME THE CO-EDS
Universal Pictures
Release Date(s): February 2, 1945
Runtime: 90 minutes

Director:
Jean Yarbrough

Producer:
John Grant

Writing Credits:
John Grant
Edmund L. Hartmann
Arthur T. Horman

Cast:
Bud Abbott.....Slats McCarthy
Lou Costello....Oliver Quackenbush
Peg Ryan........Patty
Milt Bronson....Ring Announcer
Lon Chaney Jr...Johnson
Donald Cook.....Benson
Don Costello....Diamond
June Cuendet....Basketball Player
Charles Dingle..Jonathan Kirkland
Margaret Eversole..Basketball Player
Dorthory Ford....Bertha
Martha Garotto...Basketball Player
Marilyn Hoeck....Basketball Player
Joe Kirk.........Honest Dan
Carl Knowles.....Basketball Coach
Richard Lane.....Nearsighted Man
Ruth Lee.........Miss Holford
Martha O'Driscoll...Molly
Phil Spitalny....Himself
Sammy Stein......Tiger McGurk
Bill Stern.......Sports Announcer
June Vincent.....Diane
Anthony Warde....Timekeeper

Music by:
Edgar Fairchild
Frank Skinner

Cinematography by:
George Robinson

Film Editing by:
Arthur Hilton

Art Direction:
John B. Goodman

Other Crew:

Plot Summary:

At 90 minutes, "HERE COME THE CO-EDS" is one of the longest of Abbott and Costello's Universal starring vehicles. It manages to sustain a high comic content throughout.
The scene is a financially strapped girl's college, where professional dancer Molly (Martha O'Driscoll) lands a scholarship. Molly's manager/brother Slats (Bud Abbott) has arranged this as a means to publicize his sister's showbiz career, which angers the college's chairman of the board (Charles Dingle), who threatens to foreclose on the school. To keep tabs on Molly and also find ways of raising mortgage money, Slats and his pal Oliver (Lou Costello) take jobs as school caretakers, immediately running afoul of ill-tempered groundskeeper Johnson (Lon Chaney, Jr.) One of Slats' schemes involves a championship basketball game, in which Oliver, hypnotized into thinking that he's petite female student "Daisy Dimple", effortlessy sinks one basket after another. What ultimately saves the college is a concert by Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra, featuring "Evelyn and Her Magic Violin".

ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS:
Jonah And The Whale
Soup Routine

Trivia (...): (1)Lou Costello, in his youth a basketball player who specialized in dead-eye free-throw shooting, pumped in many of the shots himself during the film's basketball game.(2)This was the first of only two Abbott and Costello films produced by their writer John Grant.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Not Great., April 23, 2000

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"hedeschance" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abbott & Costello: Here Come the Co-Eds [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this film, Abbott & Costello get Abbott's sister enroled in an all girls school.The guys are brought along as caretakers. The best performance is from "The Man with A Thousand Faces" Lou Chaney. Some fair gags but not their best.