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Africa Screams / Jack & the Beanstalk

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780778603641
Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0778603644
Label: Madacy Records
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Madacy Records
Release Date: November 09, 1999
Running Time: 161 minutes
Sales Rank: 84163
Studio: Madacy Records
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 1949

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Editorial Review:

Description:
By the late Forties, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were superstars. And sprinkled among their usual pictures for Universal were wildly original independent films that gave them more control and showed off the influence of their vaudville roots. Africa Screams and Jack and the Beanstalk offer perfect examples of these classics made outside the studio system. This DVD features pristine prints of both films in a package that will certainly entertain as it sparks nostalgia. In Africa Screams (1949), Bud & Lou find themselves on an African safari. And in one of their funniest films. Over the course of the picture, they encounter lions, a giant ape, uncut diamonds, a crocodile, crooks, cannibals and 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 near-sighted big game hunter. Jack And The Beanstalk (1952) 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 origins and focuses more 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.




Rating: - unwatchable. total ripoff.

if i could give this 0 stars, nothing could get this to play. the audio stunk. the video stunk ... Read More

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Rating: - It was really...good!
Just before christmas of 2005, my husband started talking about Abbot and Costello movies. One movie ... Read More

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Rating: - Entertaining for the youth
Jack & The Beanstalk...an amusing film for an adult but really good for young children. Basically ... Read More

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Rating: - If you like quality transfers Don't buy this
I have just received my copy of Africa Screams/Jack and the Beanstalk and I'm seriously considering returning ... Read More

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Rating: - Abbot and Costello - Reallyu Had A Thing Going!
Abbot and Costello were a comedy team for a long times until the fought more then they acted. As a result of the ... Read More

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