The best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Volume 1
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Purcell, Gertrude, screenwriter.
Grayson, Charles, 1903-1973, screenwriter.
Scola, Kathryn, adapter.
Martin, Francis, 1900-1979, adapter.
Spigelgass, Leonard, film producer.
Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.
Status
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Apparitions -- Drama.
Buddy films.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Ghost plays.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mistaken identity -- Drama.
Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
Ocean travel -- Drama.
Radio plays -- Drama.
Ranches -- Drama.
Sailors -- Drama.
Singers -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Drama.
Stunt flying -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (675 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025192159619

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
One night in the tropics: from the novel "Love Insurance" by Earl Derr Biggers.
General Note
Bonus materials: Disc 1: One night in the tropics: Production notes; Theatrical trailer. Buck privates: Commentary with film historians Bob Furmanek and Ron Palumbo; Production notes; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2: In the Navy: Production notes; Theatrical trailer. Hold that ghost: Commentary with film historian Jeff Miller; Production notes; Theatrical trailer. Disc 3: Keep 'em Flying: Production notes; Theatrical trailer. Ride 'em cowboy: Production notes; Theatrical trailer. Disc 4: Pardon my sarong: Production notes. Who done it?: Commentary with film historian Frank Coniff; Production notes; Theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Disc 1: One night in the tropics: music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II ; director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; gowns, Vera West ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; musical director, Charles Previn ; dances by Larry Ceballos. Buck privates: directors of photography, Milton Krasner, Jerry Ash ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Philip Cahn ; dance director, Nick Castle ; gowns, Vera West ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; musical director, Charles Previn ; composers, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Sonny Burke, Vic Schoen, Albert Von Tilzer and Neville Fleeson.
Creation/Production Credits
Disc 2: In the Navy: director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Philip Cahn ; musical numbers staged by Nick Castle ; gowns, Vera West ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; musical director, Charles Previn ; words and music by Don Raye, Gene DePaul. Hold that ghost: director of photography, Elwood Bredell ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Philip Cahn ; musical director, H.J. Salter ; musical numbers staged by Nick Castle ; gowns, Vera West ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman.
Creation/Production Credits
Disc 3: Keep 'em flying: director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Philip Cahn ; gowns, Vera West ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; musical director, Charles Previn ; words and music by Don Raye & Gene de Paul ; words by Ned Washington ; music by George Bassman ; musical score, Frank Skinner ; musical numbers staged by Edward Prinz. Ride 'em cowboy: director of photography, John W. Boyle ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Philip Cahn ; gowns, Vera West ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; musical director, Charles Previn ; words and music by Don Raye, Gene dePaul, Ella Fitzgerald & Al Feldman ; musical score, Frank Skinner ; musical numbers staged by Nick Castle.
Creation/Production Credits
Disc 4: Pardon my sarong: director of photography, Milton Krasner ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Arthur Hilton ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; gowns, Vera West ; words and music by Don Raye, Gene de Paul ; musical director, Charles Previn ; dances originated and staged by Katherine Dunham. Who done it?: director of photography, Charles Van Enger ; art director, Jack Otterson ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; costumes, Vera West ; musical director, Charles Previn ; music by Frank Skinner ; film editor, Arthur Hilton.
Participants/Performers
Disc 1: One night in the tropics: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Cummings, Mary Boland, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran, William Frawley. Buck privates: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee, Alan Curtis, Nat Pendleton, Andrews Sisters.
Participants/Performers
Disc 2: In the Navy: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell, Andrews Sisters, Claire Dodd, Dick Foran, Butch and Buddy, Shemp Howard, Condos Brothers. Hold that ghost: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Mischa Auer, Evelyn Ankers, Marc Lawrence, Ted Lewis and his orchestra, Andrews Sisters.
Participants/Performers
Disc 3: Keep 'em flying: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce, William Gargan, Dick Foran. Ride 'em cowboy: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown, The Merry Macs, Douglass Dumbrille, Morris Ankrum, Samuel S. Hinds, Ella Fitzgerald.
Participants/Performers
Disc 4: Pardon my sarong: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Leif Erikson, Nan Wynn, William Demarest, Lionel Atwill, Samuel S. Hinds, The Four Ink Spots. Who done it?: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, William Gargan, Louise Allbritton, Thomas Gomez, William Bendix, Don Porter, Jerome Cowan, Mary Wickes, Ludwig Stossel.
Description
One night in the tropics: Abbott and Costello play "two stooges employed by Roscoe, a crooked nightclub owner. Having financed a dubious 'love insurance' policy, Roscoe wants the boys to ensure that Steve marries his hard-to-get girlfriend as they travel to fun in the sun aboard a luxury ocean liner bound for San Marcos, South America."
Description
Buck privates: Abbott and Costello hide in an enlistment center to elude the police, and find themselves in the army.
Description
In the Navy: Two sailors bound for duty on the high seas befriend a singing star who has ditched the limelight for a quiet enlisted life, and try to help him evade an ambitious reporter intent on using his new identity for her big story.
Description
Hold that ghost: Strange things start to happen when Abbott and Costello claim their inheritance, an abandoned roadhouse.
Description
Keep 'em flying: Bud and Lou enlist in the Army Air Corps and get caught up in a love triangle.
Description
Ride 'em cowboy: The duo head to the Lazy S ranch to hide after Lou accidentally proposes to an Indian girl.
Description
Pardon my sarong: Bud and Lou travel to the south seas where Lou is mistaken for a legendary god.
Description
Who done it?: Slapstick comedy thriller in which two radio writers become involved in a real murder while they are recording a whodunit play.
System Details
DVD; full frame (1.33:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.; NTSC region 1.
System Details
DVD
Language
Audio: English; subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Purcell, G., Grayson, C., Scola, K., Martin, F., Spigelgass, L., Sutherland, A. E. 1., Horman, A. T., Grant, J., Gottlieb, A., Lubin, A., Lees, R., Rinaldo, F. I., Kelly, B., Tryon, G., Boardman, T., Perrin, N., Hartmann, E. L., Shumate, H., Kenton, E. C., Roberts, S., Joseph, E., Abbott, B., Costello, L., Jones, A., Kelly, N., Cummings, R., Boland, M., Carrillo, L., Moran, P., Frawley, W., Bowman, L., Frazee, J., Curtis, A., Pendleton, N., Powell, D., Dodd, C., Foran, D., Lenhart, B., Brown, K., Howard, S., Carlson, R., Davis, J., Auer, M., Ankers, E., Lawrence, M., Lewis, T., Raye, M., Bruce, C., Gargan, W., Gwynne, A., Brown, J. M., Dumbrille, D., Ankrum, M., Hinds, S. S., Fitzgerald, E., Bruce, V., Paige, R., Erickson, L., Wynn, N., Demarest, W., Atwill, L., Knowles, P., Allbritton, L., Gomez, T., Bendix, W., Porter, D., Cowan, J., Wickes, M., Stossel, L., Kern, J., Fields, D., Hammerstein, O., II., Valentine, J. A., Otterson, J., Carruth, M., West, V., Gausman, R. A. 1., Previn, C., Ceballos, L., Krasner, M., Ash, J., Cahn, P., Castle, N., Raye, D., Prince, H., Burke, S., Schoen, V., Von Tilzer, A., Fleeson, N., De Paul, G., Bredell, E., Salter, H. J., Washington, N., Bassman, G., Skinner, F., Prinz, E., Boyle, J. W., Alexander, V., Hilton, A., Dunham, K., Van Enger, C. J., Furmanek, B., Palumbo, R., Miller, J. R., & Coniff, F. (2012). The best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello . Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gertrude, Purcell et al.. 2012. The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gertrude, Purcell et al.. The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Purcell, G., Grayson, C., Scola, K., Martin, F., Spigelgass, L., Sutherland, A. E. 1. and Horman, A. T. et al (2012). The best of bud abbott and lou costello. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Purcell, Gertrude,, et al. The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.

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