Abbott & Costello: Buck Privates [VHS]
by Arthur Lubin
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Actor: Alan Curtis, Bud Abbott, Lee Bowman, Lou Costello, The Andrews SistersDirector: Arthur Lubin
Brand: MCA Universal
Cinematographer: Jerome Ash
Cinematographer: Milton R. Krasner
Editor: Philip Cahn
Producer: Alex Gottlieb
Writer: Arthur T. Horman
Writer: John Grant
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 84 minutes
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
VHS Movie Reviews of Abbott & Costello: Buck Privates [VHS]
Movie Review: Back when they KNEW how to entertain
Summary: 5 Stars
How studios and their, so called, executives decide not to keep printing copies of REAL entertainment like this amazes me. NO talent HACKS like will ferrel and jack black have so many discs made of their TRASH and LEGENDS like Abbott and Costello go undiscovered by todays society. It's disgraceful.
This is a great comedy/musical and a very Patriotic film. Showing the FACT that America is the greatest country in the world and showing it in a good light. Then again, those might be just the reasons it's been taken out of single print and hidden into box collections.
Buck Privates is a FINE Family film from a better day. And the sweet sounds of the Andrews Sisters only adds to the Class and Greatness of this film. It's a 5 Star Film, no questions asked. If you don't think so, you don't know entertainment.
Summary of Abbott & Costello: Buck Privates [VHS]
Universal Studios hit box-office gold when they drafted vaudeville comedians and radio stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and turned them into one of the most successful screen teams of the 1940s and 1950s. After a tryout as supporting characters in the musical One Night in the Tropics, they starred in Buck Privates as con artists who accidentally enlist while hiding out from New York street cop Nat Pendleton. Naturally he winds up their drill sergeant and comic foil as they wreak havoc on the armed forces. It's vaudeville in fatigues, with the bare bones of a story provided by spoiled millionaire playboy Lee Bowman, his strapping All-American former chauffeur Alan Curtis, and the girl-next-door they both pursue, Jane Frazee. The lackluster subplot is directed with little verve by Arthur Lubin, and the film's energy comes completely from the snappy by-play of the comedians and Costello's flustered double takes and jumpy physical comedy (including a hilarious rifle drill in which the out-of-step soldier marches to the direction of a different compass). The Andrews Sisters sing "You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr.?Smith" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," among others, and future Stooge Shemp Howard shows where the "mess" in mess hall comes from as a cook on the receiving end of Costello's KP tomfoolery. This modest comedy became a smash hit and made Abbott and Costello Universal's most valuable commodity, prompting a quick follow-up with another peacetime armed forces comedy, In the Navy. --Sean AxmakerComedy VHS Video
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