Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
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Cast & Crew.
Bud Abbott
Chick Young
Lou Costello
Wilbur Grey
Lon Chaney Jr.
Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Glenn Strange
The Frankenstein Monster
Lenore Aubert
Dr. Sandra Mornay
Jane Randolph
Joan Raymond
Frank Ferguson
Mr. McDougal
Charles Bradstreet
Dr. Stevens
George Barton
Man
Vincent Price
The Invisible Man (voice)
Bobby Barber
Waiter
Joe Kirk
Man at Costume Party in Fez
Harry Brown
Photographer
Howard Negley
Harris - Insurance Man
Carl Sklover
Man at Costume Party
Helen Spring
Woman at Baggage Counter
Paul Stader
Sergeant
Clarence Straight
Man in Armor
Joe Walls
Man at Costume Party
Charles Barton
Director
Robert Lees
Screenplay
Frederic I. Rinaldo
Screenplay
John Grant
Screenplay
Robert Arthur
Producer
Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography
Frank Gross
Editor
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Grace Houston
Costume Design
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Jack Kevan
Makeup Artist
Carmen Dirigo
Hairstylist
Mary Shelley
Characters
Bram Stoker
Characters
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Robert Pierce
Camera Operator
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Robert Pritchard
Sound
Walter Lantz
Animation Director / Title Designer
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Joseph E. Kenney
Assistant Director
Henry Spitz
Production Manager
Jerome Ash
Special Effects
David S. Horsley
Special Effects
Fred Knoth
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 15, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Budget$800,000
Box Office$4,812,444
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Wiki.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton. The film features Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) who has become partners with Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert), as Dracula requires a "simple, pliable" brain to reactivate Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange). Dracula discovers that the "ideal" brain belongs to Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) who is wooed by Mornay to the operating table, despite the warnings of Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.).
The film was developed and began being made against the wishes of Abbott and Costello, with Costello specifically not liking the script. The film was made under difficulty according to director Barton who found Abbott and Costello often absent or not working on the set. On the film's release, it was one of Universal-Internationals' biggest films of the year and led to several follow-up films involving Abbott and Costello meeting other horror film actors and creatures. The film was well received by trade papers and West Coast American critics on its release but received poor reviews in New York. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed this film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry and later placed in at number 56 on the list of the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest American Movies".