After launching their act on radio, the pair caught the attention of film studio executives -- who were looking for a new Laurel and Hardy -- and soon made their silver-screen debut with One Night in the Tropics (1940). They went on to win over audiences with slapstick fare such as Buck Privates (1941) and Lost in a Harem (1944), proving to be box-office gold. In 1945, the twosome immortalized their classic "Who's on First?" routine in The Naughty Nineties.
Enjoying a short-lived run on television with "The Abbott and Costello Show," the popular duo split in 1957, just two years before Costello's death on March 3, 1959.
Abbott & Costello Meet FrankensteinThis Abbott and Costello horror-comedy flick features the bumbling buddies as railroad baggage clerks who receive a strange shipment -- the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. Trouble is they're still alive! When the deadly duo escape to a remote island, Abbott and Costello follow... Read More
Abbott & Costello Meet the MummyFinding themselves stranded in Egypt, Peter (Bud Abbott) and Freddie (Lou Costello) finagle a job with an archaeologist and wind up tangling with cultists, mummies and grave robbers in this classic starring the comedic duo. There's plenty of vaudeville bits and hilarious physical gags as Abbott... Read More
Abbott & Costello: Africa ScreamsIn an attempt to impress attractive adventuress Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke), scheming Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) introduces his friend Stanley Livington (Lou Costello) as a veteran safari hunter. Thinking the men may be able to help her exploit a remote diamond mine, Diana convinces the duo to... Read More
Lost in a Harem/A & C in HollywoodIn this pair of MGM comedies, boneheaded buddies Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bumble their way from the harems of a mythical kingdom to the palm-studded boulevards of Tinseltown, leaving plenty of laughs in their wake. In Lost in a Harem, the boys must help rescue the entire Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra,... Read More
Flying / Cowboy / Sarong / Who Done It?Comedy icons Bud Abbott and Lou Costello tickle the funny bone in this hilarious quartet. In Keep 'Em Flying, the boys take to the skies with the Army Air Corps during World War II, and Ride 'Em Cowboy finds them taming the Wild West on a dude ranch. The pair travels the high seas and stumbles upon... Read More
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100 Years of Comedy (1997) | NR | |
Dance with Me, Henry (1956) | NR | |
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The Golden Age of Comedy (1955) | NR | |
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Jack & the Beanstalk (1952) | NR | |
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Funniest Routines: Vol. 2 (1950) | NR | |
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The Noose Hangs High (1948) | NR | |
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