Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

• Bud Abbott: Chick Young
• Lou Costello: Wilbur Gray
• Lon Chaney, Jr.: . Larry Talbot
• Bela Lugosi: Count Dracula
• Glenn Strange: Frankenstein's Monster
• Lenore Aubert: Dr. Sandra Mornay
• Jane Randolph: Joan Raymond
• Frank Ferguson: Mr. MacDougal
• Charles Bradstreet: Dr. Stevens

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (AKA Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ) is an American comedy film directed by Charles Barton from the year 1948. Germany premiere was on 22 August 1958. Reissue title was My God, Frankenstein.

Action

Chick and Wilbur work as a porter in LaMiranda, Florida. Through a mishap Wilbur damaged two boxes that are intended for " MacDougal 's House of Horrors." Mr. MacDougal demands that the boxes are personally delivered and examined in the presence of an insurance agent. MacDougal tells Wilbur's girlfriend, Dr. Sandra Mornay that the boxes contain the remains of the original Count Dracula and the body of Frankenstein's monster.

Dracula hypnotizes Wilbur, has his own coffin and also the revived monsters disappear before anyone can see it. MacDougal and the insurance agent to find the boxes in front of empty accuse Wilbur and Chick theft and let them arrest.

Meanwhile, Sandra receives Dracula and the monster on her island castle. Sandra, a gifted surgeon, studied the notes of Frankenstein. Dracula and they have devised a plan, the monster with a human brain that is easily influenced, equip, with Wilbur. Wilbur and Chick are released from prison. Mistakenly assume that Sandra has vouched for them. It was Joan Raymond, the Wilbur likes the benefactress. Joan works hidden from the society must pay for MacDougals sum insured, and hopes that Wilbur finds the lost exhibits.

Opposite MacDougal is now Larry Talbot pulled into an apartment. Talbot 's Dracula and the monster followed by Europe and I know that they both live. He asks Wilbur and Chick for help to catch the two monsters and eliminate. While Wilbur agrees believes Chick, Talbot and his friend were mad. Talbots desperate demand to be locked before the moon rise in his room, Chick not impressed.

The following evening, Wilbur, Chick and Joan Sandra get off to a costume ball. Sandra wanted Wilbur comes alone, so the reception for the other two is frosty. The ladies powdering their noses. In the meantime, Wilbur answers a phone call where someone asked a Dr. Lejos. The caller is Talbot, who tells him, if he were in the house of Dracula. Reluctantly searches Wilbur with Chick the castle, where they find a cave, complete with dock and pier. Behind a wall meets Wilbur on Dracula and the monster, but manages to escape. Wilbur attempts Chick convince them of the existence of the monster fail, because Chick they could not see because of the wall. Meanwhile, Joan pushes on Frankenstein's notebook, while Sandra Joan discovers company ID card.

Sandra makes Dracula, for other Dr. Lejos, to Wilbur, Chick and Joan carefully. In the castle of the naive Dr. Stevens works. Stevens is due to some of the special equipment, which are delivered in the castle, irritated. Dracula evades his questions, he makes known by Stevens with Joan and sends both to the ball. Sandra gets a bad headache. Stevens questions, Joan's identity and Wilbur studies they have done so nervous that she wants to postpone the experiment. Dracula is impatient, hypnotized Sandra and bites her in the neck.

At the ball, Wilbur and Chick meet Talbot and MacDougal. Dracula, with Sandra, who is under his control. Talbot complains Dracula, but is represented by this as disturbed. Dracula asks Joan to a dance while Sandra goes with Wilbur to a lonely place. Just before Sandra can bite into Wilbur's neck, she is disturbed by Chick and Talbot, who want to look for Joan. Talbot turns into a wolf man. Wilbur escapes, but MacDougal is violated by Talbot. As Chick has disguised as a werewolf and just like Talbot looks in his wolf form, decides MacDougal, to keep out revenge on Chick. Chick can escape MacDougal, but he noticed how Dracula hypnotizes Wilbur. Wilbur and Joan are brought into the castle, while Chick is hypnotized to protect themselves. Chick met Talbot, who confesses his attack on MacDougal. Now Chick is ready to save with Talbot Wilbur and Joan.

Sandra reveals Wilbur, who is bound to a pole, her plan his brain to implant the monster. She and Dracula preparing the monster for the operation. Chick and Talbot rid meanwhile Wilbur. Now they want to liberate Joan, but the hypnotized Wilbur goes back to Dracula's castle.

The operation of Wilbur is just starting, as storms into Talbot and pushes Sandra to the side. Chick fight with a chair against Dracula. He wants the vampire knocked out suggest, however, meets Sandra. As Talbot Wilbur wants to break free from the shackles, he turns back into a wolf man. Dracula and the Wolf man fight, Chick binds Wilbur go. Dracula flees the monster recovered breaks out. Sandra tries zurückzulocken it, but it is thrown out the window.

Dr. Stevens is Joan, while Dracula turns into a bat and tries to escape. But the wolf man seizes him. Both plunge from a balcony in the underlying lake. Joan awakens from her trance. Wilbur and Chick escape from the castle, the monsters at their heels. They meet MacDougal, who insists on the publication of his exhibits. When he sees the monster as he jumps into the lake. Wilbur and Chick trying to escape with a rowing boat, which is firmly moored. While the monster throws barrels after the two, Wilbur manages to solve the boat. Stevens and Joan reach the boat and set the pier ablaze. The monster stomps into the flames and falls with the collapsing pier into the water.

Exhausted sitting in the boat, Wilbur and Chick hear a voice that introduces himself as " The Invisible Man". Both see a cigarette floating in the air and jump out of the boat.

Reviews

" Stripped movie grotesque, which provides, as a parody of Hollywood horror films, sometimes amusing entertainment. "

" The horror parody proves to be the funniest and most original by far resulted in the series of the Abbott and Costello movies [ ... ] This parody takes her wit mainly from the fact that famous horror stars like Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr.. should be seen in their familiar roles and not take themselves too seriously. "

"Especially those scenes ( with Lugosi - Note the article author ) were added to the funniest of the best of Abbott and Costello movies."

" A crazy, giddy show, the tension, horror and laughter together. Abbott and Costello moved here all the stops of their skills and rekindle an effective horror vertebrae. "

Background

• Originally, Ian Keith, who is actually the time should also play in Dracula (1931 ) Count, provided for the role of Dracula, because the studio bosses thought Bela Lugosi would have already died. However, as it turned out, that Lugosi was still very much alive, his agent called Universal to give the role to him.

• Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein was the second most successful film of Universal in 1948.

• In the original English version Vincent Price lends, as in The Invisible Man Returns (1940 ), the invisible his voice.

• During filming, Glenn Strange tripped over a cable and broke her ankle. So Lon Chaney Jr. jumped. is thrown into the scene where Dr. Mornay out the window for him as a monster.

• Boris Karloff was again offered his signature role as a monster, but he refused, but made Publicityarbeit for the film. For example, Karloff posed for magazines with a ticket for the film outside the cinema.

• For Abbott & Costello Frankenstein meet was abandoned for the first time on makeup artist Jack Pierce ' effective, but very time-consuming makeup process for the Frankenstein make-up Bud Westmore, who was The Munsters in the 1960s, among other head of the mask in the series, used a mask part made of rubber, which supposedly sat firmly on the head, that when Glenn Strange after several hours under the hot lights shook his head, you could hear water splashing.

• In Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Frankenstein monster speaks for the first time since Frankenstein returns (1942 ).

• At Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, were apart from Glenn Strange, three actors involved who had previously played the role of Frankenstein's Monsters: Lon Chaney, Jr.. 1942, Bela Lugosi, 1943, and, indirectly, original monster Boris Karloff, who made only publicity for the film, 1931, 1935 and 1939.

• Art director Hilyard M. Brown got an Oscar in 1964, sound engineer Leslie I. Carey 1955, set decorator Oliver Emert 1963. Meanwhile colleague Russell A. Gausman came oscar awards to the set. He won his Oscar in 1944, he received a second 1961.