Abbott and Costello

The Criterion Collection Edition of “Parasite” and More Blu-ray & DVD New Releases

10.27.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Academy Award Winners, Ann Miller, Ann Sheridan, Black Lightning, Bonanza, Bong Joon-Ho, Bud Abbott, Cary Grant, Cress Williams, Criterion Collection, David Niven, Goran Visnjic, Harvey Keitel, Herbert Lom, James Remar, Joan Collins, June Allyson, Kristin Chenoweth, Leo McKern, Loretta Young, Lorne Greene, Lou Costello, Michael Landon, Olivia Colman, Parasite, Peter Sellers, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Scott Wolf, Sonia Braga, The Hallmark Channel, Vivien Leigh, Warner Archive, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Whoa, that month went fast. As we get ready to bid October farewell, we have a huge amount of new releases for you to watch before the month ends! This week’s new releases showcase everything from a recent Academy Award…

The Films of Joan Davis: A Slapstick Sensation

03.14.20 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: 1940s Films, Abbott and Costello, Alice Faye, Eddie Cantor, Jim Backus, Joan Davis, Shirley Temple, Sonja Henie | 1 comment

Joan Davis was a master of zany comedy. She was the feminine variant of Danny Kaye, Oscar Levant and Billy de Wolfe all rolled into one. But mostly she was uniquely Joan Davis: Rubber-faced, loose-limbed and shamelessly outrageous. A lost…

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

08.11.19 | Jim Brymer | Tags: 1940s Films, Abbott and Costello, Boris Karloff, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello | no comments

As I have stated before I enjoy the concept of film noir. If you are unfamiliar with the term, it was created by French essayist Nino Frank to describe a specific sub-genre of mysteries that became popular post-World War II…

Check Out These Fantastic Film Finds from Classic Flix

02.20.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Anthony Mann, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Broderick Crawford, Bud Abbott, Classic Flix, Claudette Colbert, Dennis O'Keefe, Frank Morgan, Gary Cooper, Lou Costello, Orson Welles, Raymond Burr, Sterling Hayden, Virginia Grey | no comments

Classic Flix has recently made some jaw-dropping titles available from the classic age of Hollywood. Spanning all genres, these new titles showcase terrific stars and unforgettable stories. Here’s a sampling of some of the, well, classic offerings that are waiting…

These Week’s New Releases Include “Book Club,” Universal Monsters Collections, and More!

08.28.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Candice Bergen, Cliff Robertson, Diane Keaton, Ed Helms, Elle Fanning, Francis Ford Coppola, Gina Gerson, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jeremy Renner, Jessica Lange, Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Lorre, Rashida Jones, Sam Shepard, The Wachowski Siblings, Universal Monsters, Vincent Price, Wilford Brimley | no comments

Book Club Summer’s gone, but cooler days lie ahead…and tons of cool new DVDs and Blu-ray releases as well. This week’s new offerings include some underappreciated recent releases, several archival offerings (including several Universal Classic Monsters titles), TV season sets,…

Abbott and Costello Try to Find Out “Who Done It?”

06.22.18 | Rick29 | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mary Wickes, William Bendix, William Gargan | no comments

For today’s guest post, Rick29 returns to share his views on the Abbott and Costello favorite Who Done It?: In one of their best films, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play Chick and Mervyn, a couple of soda jerks who aspire…

The Golden Age of Screwball Comedies

03.04.16 | Nathaniel Cerf | Tags: 1930s Movies, 1940s Movies, Abbott and Costello, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Katharine Hepburn, Screwball Comedies, The Marx Brothers | 3 comments

Wild plots, crazy characters and rapid-fire dialogue marked the screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s. For his MovieFanFare debut, writer Nathaniel Cerf examines the genre where such stars as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and others showed off their funny bones.

A Quick Bite

10.23.13 | guest-blogs | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Bela Lugosi | 4 comments

In today’s guest post, writer Paul Castiglia shares his views on how Dracula has been portrayed on-screen throughout the years; focusing on the brilliant (and peerless) performance of Bela Lugosi as the infamous bloodsucker.

Bud and Lou, or Stan and Ollie?

04.12.13 | George D. Allen and Irv Slifkin | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Laurel & Hardy | 62 comments

Who’s on first in your book? Or is it just another fine mess to try and rank one of these celebrated comedy teams above the other? Let’s find out what Movie Irv has to say about playing favorites with these funnymen…

Movie Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Pre-1965 Movie Comedy Team?

10.05.11 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Bing Crosby, Laurel & Hardy, The Three Stooges | 101 comments

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