The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 75 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Vanguard Productions
Producers: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky
Associate Producer: Norman E. Gluck

SCRIPT
Narration Script: Gene Wood

DIRECTION
Director: Sidney Miller

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editorial Director: Sidney Meyers
Assistant Editor: Nina Feinberg

MUSIC
Music Supervisor: Joseph Gershenson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Gil Miret

CAST
Jack E. Leonard (narrator)
Bud Abbott (in archive footage)
Lou Costello (in archive footage)
Tom Ewell (in archive footage)
Margaret Hamilton (in archive footage)
Bela Lugosi (in archive footage)
Marjorie Main (in archive footage)
Nat Pendleton (in archive footage)

PLOT SUMMARY

A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott and Costello films.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Pictures
Video Distributors: MCA / Universal Home Video
DVD Distributors: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

TIMELINE

1965
April
1: USA - theatrical release

1966
November
28: Denmark - theatrical release

2005
October
4: USA - DVD release (Universal Studios Home Entertainment)

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Svengoolie: The World of Abbott and Costello (1997)

KEYWORDS

compilations

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009