Title from container. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. "Classic Hollywood"--Container spine.
Contents:
Disc 1: 3 episodes Colgate comedy hour ; 2 classic movie trailers -- Disc 2: 3 episodes Colgate comedy hour (1951-52) ; 2 classic movie trailers -- Disc 3: 3 episodes Colgate comedy hour (1952) ; 1 classic movie trailer ; World War II PSA/film trailer -- Disc 4: 3 episodes Colgate comedy hour (1953-54) ; 2 classic movie trailers -- Disc 5: 2 episodes Colgate comedy hour (1954) ; 1 World War II PSA/documentary ; highlights from Mail call ; bloopers: outtakes from film & tv; 13 classic movie trailers -- Disc 6: 2 feature films: African screams (1949), Jack and the beanstalk (1952) ; 17 radio episodes of The Abbott & Costello show.
Summary:
Entertainers "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello were one of the greatest and most enduring comedy teams of the 1940s and '50s, starring on radio, film, and television. This set includes rare bloopers from film and tv; 19 celebrity-studded hours of The Abbott & Costello show on radio (1942-49), a 1943 World War II PSA, The autobiography of a Jeep; the feature films African screams (1949) and Jack and the beanstalk (1952); 20 classic movie trailers, charting their careers from 1940-59, and 14 tv episodes, hosted by the duo, of the Colgate comedy hour (1951-54).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.