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The American horror comedy film, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953), stars the comedy duo of Abbott and Costello, along with Boris Karloff in a co-starring role. While walking home from a pub, newspaper reporter Bruce Adams stumbles upon a murder victim who turns out to be a prominent doctor. The next day, two American policemen named Slim and Tubby are observing London police methods when they are called to break up a brawl at a women’s suffrage rally in Hyde Park. Amidst the chaos, Adams and young suffragette Vicky Edwards get caught up in the ...

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) is an American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedic duo, along with Charles Laughton who reprises his role as the infamous pirate from the 1945 film. On their way to the Death’s Head Tavern where they work, Oliver ‘Puddin’ Head’ Johnson and Rocky Stonebridge run into Lady Jane. She enlists their help in delivering a love note to Bruce Martingale, the tavern singer. Inside, they come face to face with Captain Kidd himself who is dining with fellow pirate Captain Anne Bonney. ...

The American science fiction comedy film, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), was directed by Charles Lamont. Freshly graduated from a private detective school, Lou Francis and Bud Alexander are approached by their first client, middleweight boxer Tommy Nelson. Tommy has just escaped from jail where he was being held for the murder of his manager. He enlists the duo to assist him in visiting his fiancée, Helen Gray, who is also the niece of Dr. Philip Gray. Tommy hopes that Dr. Gray will inject him with a special serum that will turn him invisible, giving him the chance to clear his name by investigating ...

The Man in the White Suit (1951) is a British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios. The story follows Sidney Stratton, a talented young chemist and former Cambridge scholar, who has been fired from multiple textile mills in northern England for his extravagant requests and obsession with creating an indestructible fabric. While working as a laborer at Birnley Mills, he stumbles upon the opportunity to conduct research and successfully develops an unbreakable, dirt-resistant fiber. A suit is then made from this material, which appears brilliantly white due to its inability to absorb dye and faintly glows due to its radioactive components. Initially hailed as a ...

The British comedy film, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), was written by T. E. B. Clarke and directed by Charles Crichton for Ealing Studios. In the movie, Henry Holland resides in luxury in Rio de Janeiro and entertains a dinner guest from Britain. As they dine, he recounts how he transformed his life through an elaborate gold bullion heist. Prior to this, Holland had worked as a dull bank clerk in London for two decades and was responsible for the delivery of gold bullion. Despite being dedicated and meticulous in his work, he hatched a plan to steal a shipment of gold but ...

In the timeless classic Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), directed by Robert Hamer, we are transported to Edwardian England where Louis D’Ascoyne Mazzini, 10th Duke of Chalfont, finds himself imprisoned awaiting execution for a murder he may or may not have committed. As he reflects upon his life in memoir form, we are taken back in time to see how events unfolded. Louis’s mother was the youngest daughter of the 7th Duke of Chalfont, but she scandalously eloped with an Italian opera singer named Mazzini and was subsequently disowned by her family. Sadly, Mazzini passed away soon after Louis’s birth, ...

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) is an American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton. A concerned Larry Talbot contacts the railway station in Florida, where baggage clerks Chick Young and Wilbur Grey are employed. In his call, Talbot urgently warns Wilbur of an impending shipment for ‘McDougal’s House of Horrors’. However, his message is cut short as he transforms into a werewolf with the rising full moon. Wilbur dismisses the call as a joke, unaware of the real danger. Meanwhile, McDougal demands that the crates be delivered directly to his wax museum. Despite it being after ...

Released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Henry Hathaway, Go West Young Man (1936) is a hilarious American comedy adapted from Lawrence Riley’s play Personal Appearance. The storyline follows Mavis Arden, a famous movie star, who becomes entangled with a politician despite the watchful eye of her publicist Morgan. While on her personal appearance tour, Mavis gets stranded at a remote rural boarding house with an overbearing landlady, a practical old maid, and an overly enthusiastic waitress who happens to be a huge fan of her work. To pass the time, ...