The Best of Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Vol. 3 [2 Discs]The Best of Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Vol. 3 [2 Discs]

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    Eight classic comedies starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are collected on this special box set, which presents the films in simple but solid form. The Best of Abbott and Costello, Vol. 3 includes the films Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Mexican Hayride, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Comin' Round the Mountain, Lost in Alaska, and Abbott and Costello Go to Mars. All eight features have been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. All of the movies are in English, with optional subtitles in Spanish and French. As a bonus, all of the films feature production notes and three of them feature original theatrical trailers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:
  • Region: 1
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Screen: Black and White
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
  • Audio: PCM Stereo
  • Features:
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AWARDS
  • Library of Congress
  •     Won U.S. National Film Registry - 2001
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REVIEW:
  • The Cole Porter musical upon which Mexican Hayride is based was no great shakes, but it did have the benefit of Porter's witty lyrics and his sparkling music. As was so often the case with Hollywood in the 1940s, the film jettisoned the entire score -- leaving an absolutely nothing script upon which to build a picture. The result is a pretty mediocre affair, and a surprisingly dull one given the involvement of stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Perhaps because the plot the writers inherited was so weak, they overcompensated by overfilling Hayride with pointless complications and detours -- none of them imaginatively conceived or capable of adding much to the proceedings. The stars do get a few chances to shine, such as in the "gold ore" sequence which plays up their verbal misunderstanding-based humor, and Costello's climactic bull fight sequence does deliver a lot of laughs, But there are also long stretches where the jokes fall flat on a consistent basis. Abbott and Costello get some comic assist from Fritz Feld and Sid Fields, but they're work is strictly supporting and can't add enough "oomph" to things. Charles Barton's direction is workmanlike, but much more is needed to make Hayride the riot it wants to be. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi

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