Africa Screams

Overview

The slapstick confusion begins in this Abbott and Costello comedy when the duo are mistaken for experts on Africa, which leads to their kidnapping by a group of diamond hunters. The two are soon stumbling through the wilds of the distant continent, dealing with untamed beasts and other dangers.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2020
UPC:	0851968007491
Original Release:	1949
Source:	Classicflix
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:19:00
Sales rank:	30,877

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Abbott and Costello historian Ron Palumbo; The Rubdown - 1953 live television sketch; Abbott and Costello radio show with Bela Lugosi broadcast master of May 5, 1948; Lou Costello filmed interview with Max Baer and Joe Louis on July 2, 1940; Restored Abbott and Costello 3-D comic book from October 1953; One pair of replica Spuer-Sight 3-D glasses; Selected outtakes/bloopers taken on set during production; Photo gallery with original posters, lobbycards, pressbook ballyhoo and trade magazine/newspaper advertisements from both the 1949 and 1953 theatrical releases; Photo gallery with production stills taken on the set during principal photography; Clyde Beatty's Animal Thrills; Cinecolor trailer for El Paso (1949); SuperCinecolor trailer for Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bud Abbott	Buzz Johnson
Lou Costello	Stanley Livington
Hillary Brooke	Diana Emerson
Max Baer	Grappler McCoy,Boots Wilson
Clyde Beatty	Himself
Frank Buck	Himself
Shemp Howard	Gunner
Joe Besser	Harry
Max Baer Jr.	Actor
Walter Schumann	Composer

Technical Credits

Earl Baldwin

Charles Barton	Director
Edward Nassour	Producer
Huntington Hartford	Producer
Earl Baldwin	Screenwriter
Carl Lee	Special Effects
Robert Pritchard	Sound/Sound Designer