Abbott & Costello Meet the Keystone Cops [VHS]

Abbott & Costello Meet the Keystone Cops [VHS]
by Charles Lamont

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Actor: Bud Abbott, Fred Clark, Lou Costello, Lynn Bari, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom
Director: Charles Lamont
Cinematographer: Reggie Lanning
Editor: Edward Curtiss
Producer: Howard Christie
Writer: John Grant
Writer: Lee Loeb
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 80 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios

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Movie Review: If You Love Silent Movies...
Summary: 4 Stars

Abbott and Costello love the movies, and so does the rest of America. Why not invest the $5000 Harry's aunt left him for safekeeping? It's a surefire bet! Well, not so much. Harry and Willie cart that money over to a swindler named Gorman (Fred Clark) who "sells" them the Edison studio in New Jersey. The two find themselves tramping to California hoping to find a job out there. In the process, they find that Gorman has adopted a false name and has become a director-- and he is assigned to work with the boys. Hilarity ensues, of course, and there is a brilliant finale with some of the original Keystone Cops including Hank Mann and Mack Sennett himself.

A lot of this movie involves crazy stunts and fast driving, so many things are done with bluescreens that are painfully obvious. However, for a classic movie fan, this is easy to ignore, especially in the scenes are so exciting.

Many movies of this era that deal with silent films make fun of them as much as they reference them. This film is different. The opener includes a bit where Costello watches a silent movie. Instead of elaborate gestures and silly music, the movie is shown the way a silent movie really would have looked. Fans of movies or the silent era will adore this film simply because it is an homage to such an excellent and interesting industry.

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