Product Details

• Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Bob Stanton, Jean Porter
• Directors: S. Sylvan Simon
• Writers: Martin A. Gosch, Lou Breslow, Nat Perrin
• Producers: S. Sylvan Simon, Martin A. Gosch
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: January 27, 1993
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301964276
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,690 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A&C are in top form in this hilarious MGM outing., April 26, 1999

By A Customer

Although, not usually mentioned as one of their funniest, this picture cracks me up every time. The routine where Lou is trying to get to sleep is priceless. As in most of their early films, the boy/girl subplot is a bore, and there are a couple of sappy songs, but the laughs are generous.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE TEAM'S BEST FILMS, October 4, 2005

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

ABBOTT & COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date(s): October 5, 1945
Runtime: 83 minutes

Director:
S. Sylvan Simon

Producer:
Martin A. Gosch

Writing Credits:
Nat Perrin
Martin A. Gosch
Lou Breslow

Cast:
Bud Abbott.......Buzz Kurtis
Lou Costello.....Ambercrombie
Frances Rafferty....Claire Warren
Robert Stanton......Jeff Parker
Jean Porter.........Ruthie
Warner Anderson.....Norman Royce
Rags Raglan.........Himself
Mike Mazurki........Klondike Pete
Carleton G. Young...Gregory Lemaise
Donald MacBride.....Dennis Kavanaugh
Edgar Dearing.......Studio Guard
Marion Martin.......Miss Milbane
Arthur Space........Director
William Phillips....Kavanaugh's Assistant

Music by:
George Bassman
Ralph Blane
Hugh Martin

Cinematography by:
Charles Edgar Schoenbaum

Film Editing by:
Ben Lewis

Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by:
Valles

Assistant Director:
Earl McAvoy

Sound Department:
Douglas Shearer

Other Crew:
George Bassman.......musical director
Ralph Blane..........songs
Kay Carter.................associate costume supervisor
Ten Duncan........orchestrator
Irene.............costume supervisor
Charles Walter....choreographer

Plot Summary:

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.

ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS:
Insomnia
Earplug
Bud teaches Lou to shave a customer
After the disappointing performance of this film at the box office, MGM dropped its option to produce more Abbott & Costello films.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF ABBOTT & COSTELLO'S BEST FILMS, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

S. Sylvan Simon directs this HILARIOUS A & C feature. Bud and Lou play a barber and porter in Hollywood. Lucille Ball, Rags Ragland, and director Robert Z. Leonard appear as themselves. The film was originally titled "BUD ABBOTT & LOU COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD". This is a FUN film for the WHOLE FAMILY to watch and enjoy.