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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0018713811691
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Label: United Artists
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: United Artists
MPN: D81169D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: United Artists
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 15, 2001
Running Time: 79 minutes
Studio: United Artists
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 1949
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AFRICA SCREAMS Abbott & Costello on the Silliest Safari Ever! America's favorite dim-witted duo hits the jungle trail in this journey into hilarity from director Charles Barton, whose nine films with Bud and Lou include the classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Bookseller Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) persuades the lovely but villainous Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) that Stanley Livington (Lou Costello), who's even afraid of a housecat, is a wild game hunter. Diana claims she wants to capture a rare orangutan, but she's really searching for diamonds, and she doesn't mind subjecting the boys to lions, hungry cannibals, and even a giant ape to get them. Featuring real-life animal experts Clyde Beatty and Frank "Bring `Em Back Alive" Buck as themselves, plus two of the immortal Three Stooges (Shemp Howard and Joe Besser), this is the silliest safari ever! NASSOUR STUDIOS PRESENTS A HUNTINGTON HARTFORD PRODUCTION Directed by CHARLES BARTON Produced by EDWARD NASSOUR Original Story and Screenplay by EARL BALDWIN Cast BUD ABBOTT & LOU COSTELLO CLYDE BEATTY * FRANK BUCK * MAX BAER * BUDDY BAER HILLARY BROOKE * SHEMP HOWARD * JOE BESSER Approximately 79 minutes Black & White
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Rating:  -
The basic plot of the film has Hillary Brooke looking for a book about an African safari containing a map leading to a fortune in diamonds. Department store employees Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bluff their way into her confidence and then travel to Africa, along with her team of explorers, including Joe Besser, Max and Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard, Frank Buck and Clyde Beatty, eventually running into a tribe of cannibals. The film is not any where near the best work that Abbott & Costello have done; ... Read More
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AFRICA SCREAMS has been in the public domain for years. This dusted-off version looks and sounds the best of a-n-y version I've seen. This is the first version I've seen with the Nassour Studios logo opening the film and it has closed-captioning, as well. I skip the colorized version, as I oppose that sort of thing. However, Legend Films has made this one worth the wait. The scene where the tribal chief is scared white by the giant gorilla is here intact, as well, whereas I've often seen it where ... Read More
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The film starts with a comic scene in a bookstore. Two men offer $1,000 for a map in the book "Dark Safari". A woman offers $2,500 for the same map. Stanley Livington remembers that detail very well (too good to be true?). [The story and its subject are certainly dated.] Clyde Beatty plays himself. Shemp Howard plays another near-sighted character (like his role in a "Blondie" movie). There are plenty of gags to amuse the viewers. Buzz overhears Diana talking about the real purpose of the expedition ... Read More
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Many cheapie companies offer this title at a lower price. Pass up those horrible copies and buy this excellent IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT / HAL ROACH STUDIOS DVD mastered from the original 35mm NITRATE NEGATIVE!
This is the same excellent master film used by Image for their Laserdisc release. The only thing missing here is the Bloopers & Out-takes that were on the Laserdisc.
This movie is the best of the five independent films that Abbott & Costello made in my opinion. And it stands ... Read More
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if this is a bad print then why they release it again every one knows that all the other releases are bad prints so then they would know they wouldnt make much money which is why I think this print will be the best quality dvd of africa Scraems ever released. They should also release jack and the beanstalk to but with a good quality print.if this dvd good enough its a Low chance but it may push the other compinies to put out the abbott and costello films that are not avaivble on Dvd yet.
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