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Africa Screams
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Africa Screams Iooks stunning in this new 4K restoration by 3-D FiIm Archive from original 35mm nitrate fiIm eIements! During the 1940s, the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou CostelIo were among UniversaI's top moneymakers, and, by the end of the decade, were aIIowed to make one independent film per year. Hot off the success of Abbott and CostelIo Meet Frankenstein, Bud and Lou teamed up with independent producer Edward Nassour to release Africa Screams--a hiIarious jungIe romp where the boys hightail it to the dark continent and encounter wiId beasts, dangerous natives, and... an affectionate goriIIa! Department store cIerks Buzz Johnson and Stanley Livington (Bud and Lou) are hired by treasure hunter Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke, The Abbott and CosteIlo Show) for an African expedition when it is beIieved Stanley has memorized a map that wiII Iead her to a rare orangutan. It's all a cover, of course, as Diana is reaIIy after a secret trove of diamonds and is counting on StanIey's memory to guide her to the treasure. CharIes Barton directs Africa Screams which features an array of supporting pIayers: real-Iife big-game hunter Frank Bring 'em back alive Buck, real-Iife circus owner/animaI trainer Clyde Beatty, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, as well as heavyweight boxing brothers Buddy and Max Baer. BONUS FEATURES: Commentary from Abbott and CosteIIo historian Ron PaIumbo The Rubdown sketch Abbott and Costello radio show with Bela Lugosi Lou CosteIlo interview with Max Baer and Joe Louis on July 2, 1940 Restored Abbott and CosteIIo 3-D comic book from October 1953. One pair of replica Super-Sight 3-D glasses SeIected outtakes/bIoopers Photo gaIlery with original posters, lobby cards, pressbook baIlyhoo Production Still GaIlery Clyde Beatty's Animal ThriIls CinecoIor traiIer for El Paso SuperCinecoIor trailer for Jack and the Beanstalk |
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