Latest / HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
Ep 37 - ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) TURNS 75!!!
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) d. Charles Barton (USA)
By the late 1940s, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, and Dracula had become more friends than fiends to audiences. In a flash of inspiration, producer Robert Arthur hit upon the idea of pairing his hit comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with the creepy creatures. Though nobody, especially Abbott and Costello, were enthusiastic about the experiment, the results were astonishing.
The film was a huge success, one of the top-grossing tickets of the year, and it later became a perennial favorite on television, which is…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.