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Excellent Collection

Frank Kowal III | Hollywood, CA | 04/16/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a collection of Colgate Comedy Hours - and two films- with Abbott & Costello, and as far as I've discovered has the most episodes of any set so far released. Naturally, Amazon doesn't have a product description, so I'll fill that in:

DISC ONE:
AFRICA SCREAMS (1949/79 mins.)
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952/78 mins.)
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (4/6/1952)
with Charles Laughton

DISC TWO:
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (4/18/1954)
with Jane Russell and Rhonda Fleming
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (10/14/1951)
with Gale Storm and Phil Regan
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (11/18/1951)
with George Raft and Louis Armstrong
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (1/13/1952)
with Errol Flynn and Bruce Cabot

DISC THREE:
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (4/26/1953)
with Hoagy Carmichael and Teresa Brewer
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (3/21/1954)
with Les Paul and Ernie Ford
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (10/19/1952)
with Lizabeth Scott

DISC FOUR:
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (12/14/1952)
with Margaret Whiting and
the Nicholas Brothers
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (5/4/1952)
with Vera Zorina and Monique Van Vooren
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (5/23/1954)
with Peggy Lee and Hoagy Carmichael

DISC FIVE:
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (1/11/1953)
with Victor Borge, Gisele Mackenzie & Allan Jones

ABBOTT & COSTELLO MOVIE TRAILERS
(Trailers with a * are not on the "At the Movies" Collection)
A & C in Hollywood
Rio Rita*
Lost in a Harem
Hit the Ice*
Buck Privates Come Home
One Night in the Tropics*
Buck Privates
In the Navy
Hold That Ghost*
Ride `Em Cowboy
Who Done It?
In Society
The Time of Their Lives
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
A & C Meet Frankenstein
A & C Meet the Invisible Man
A & C Go to Mars
A & C Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A & C Meet the Mummy
Dance With Me, Henry

* * * * *
This set doesn't have the Lon Chaney episode (which is commonly available, but only in incomplete versions). The Christmas episode presented here is a little murkier than on other sets.

This information is what's actually on the set, which differs slightly from the description on the back of the box, which omits an episode, and lists bloopers that aren't anywhere to be found. In any case, this is a good collection for any Abbott & Costello to add to their shelf, at least until a complete set ever gets released."

Abbott&Costello

Robert Fleice Sr. | N.Y. N.Y. | 11/30/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Very good dvd Five dvd's for less than $10.If you like abbott and costello I recomend this dvd."