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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Charles Barton released in USA on 15 june 1948 with Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (the film's poster title), or Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (the onscreen title)—although the film is usually referred to as simply Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein—is a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The picture is the first of several films where the comedy duo meets classic characters from Universal's horror film stable. In this film, they encounter Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange), and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.), while subsequent films pair the duo with the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Invisible Man. On a TV special in the early 1950s, the two did a sketch where they interacted with the latest original Universal Studios monster being promoted at the time, the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). The film is considered the swan song for the "Big Three" Universal horror monsters – Count Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's monster, none of whom had appeared in a Universal film since 1945's House of Dracula.

In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed this film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry, and in September 2007, Readers Digest selected the movie as one of the top 100 funniest films of all time.

Synopsis

Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is making an urgent call from London to a Florida railway station where Chick Young (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) work as baggage clerks. Wilbur answers the phone and Talbot tries to impart to him the danger of a shipment due to arrive for the "McDougal House Of Horrors" (a local wax museum) which purportedly contains the actual bodies of Count Dracula (Béla Lugosi) and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange). However, before he is able to warn Wilbur, a full moon rises and Talbot transforms into a werewolf, who proceeds to destroy his apartment while Wilbur is on the line. Wilbur, thinking the call is just a prank, hangs up and continues on with his work day. Immediately thereafter, the actual Mr. McDougal (Frank Ferguson) shows up to claim the shipments and, fearing them damaged when Wilbur and Chick mishandle them, demands that the crates be delivered in person so his insurance agent can inspect them.

Actors

Bud Abbott

(Chick Young)
Lou Costello

(Wilbur Grey)
Lon Chaney, Jr.

(Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man)
Bela Lugosi

(Count Dracula)
Glenn Strange

(The Frankenstein Monster)
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Dracula

Dracula's Death (1921) Nosferatu (1922) Dracula (1931) Drácula (1931) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943) The Return of the Vampire (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Blood of Dracula (1957) The Return of Dracula (1958) Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Batman Dracula (1964) Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Batman Fights Dracula (1967) Dracula (1967) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) Assignment Terror (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Count Dracula (1970) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Vampir Cuadecuc (1972) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) Blacula (1972) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) Blood for Dracula (1974) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) Son of Dracula (1974) Dracula (1974) Vampira (1974) The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza (1975) Dracula and Son (1976) Count Dracula (1977) Dracula's Dog (1977) Doctor Dracula (1978) Love at First Bite (1979) Nocturna (1979) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Dracula (1979) The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? (1985) The Monster Squad (1987) Dracula's Widow (1988) Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Monster Mash: The Movie (1995) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Dracula 2000 (2000) Monster Mash (2000) Zora la vampira (2000) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) Dracula (2002) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) Dracula II: Ascension (2003) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Dracula 3000 (2004) The Adventures Of Young Van Helsing - Quest For The Lost Scepter (2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) The Vulture's Eye (2004) Blade: Trinity (2004) Van Helsing (2004) The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) Dracula III: Legacy (2005) Dracula's Curse (2006) Dracula (2006) The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) Dracula's Guest (2008) House of the Wolf Man (2009) Young Dracula (2011) Saint Dracula (2012) Dracula 3D (2012) Hotel Transylvania (2012) Dracula: Reborn (2012) Dracula 2012 (2013) Dracula Untold (2014) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

Frankenstein

Frankenstein (1910) Life Without Soul (1915) Il Mostro di Frankenstein (1921) Frankenstein (1931) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Son of Frankenstein (1939) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Frankenstein 1970 (1958) Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) The War of the Gargantuas (1966) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) Assignment Terror (1970) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Lady Frankenstein (1971) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) Frankenstein '80 (1972) Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) Blackenstein (1973) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) Young Frankenstein (1974) Frankenstein: The True Story (1974) Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) Frankenstein: Italian Style (1975) Monster of Frankenstein (1981) Frankenstein Island (1981) Frankenweenie (1984) Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) The Bride (1985) The Monster Squad (1987) Frankenstein Unbound (1990) Frankenhooker (1990) Frankenstein (1993) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) Monster Mash: The Movie (1995) House of Frankenstein (miniseries) (1997) Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999) Monster Mash (2000) Frankenstein (miniseries) (2004) Frankenstein (2004) Van Helsing (2004) Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove (2005) Frankenstein (2007) House of the Wolf Man (2009) Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) Frankenstein: Day of the Beast (2011) Frankenweenie (2012) Hotel Transylvania (2012) The Frankenstein Theory (2013) Frankenstein's Army (2013) Army of Frankensteins (2013) I, Frankenstein (2014) Victor Frankenstein (2015) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Frankenstein (2015)

Universal Monsters

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) The Werewolf (1913) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) The Cat and the Canary (1927) The Man Who Laughs (1928) The Last Performance (1929) The Last Warning (1929) The Will of the Dead Man (1930) The Cat Creeps (1930) Dracula (1931) Drácula (1931) Frankenstein (1931) Island of Lost Souls (1932) The Mummy (1932) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) The Old Dark House (1932) Boo (1932) The Invisible Man (1933) The Black Cat (1934) Werewolf of London (1935) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) The Raven (1935) The Invisible Ray (1936) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Night Key (1937) Tower of London (1939) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Son of Frankenstein (1939) The Invisible Woman (1940) The Mummy's Hand (1940) The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Black Friday (1940) The Black Cat (1941) The Wolf Man (1941) Horror Island (1941) Man-Made Monster (1941) Invisible Agent (1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) The Mummy's Tomb (1942) Night Monster (1942) The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) The Mad Ghoul (1943) Phantom of the Opera (1943) Son of Dracula (1943) Calling Dr. Death (1943) Captive Wild Woman (1943) Weird Woman (1944) Dead Man's Eyes (1944) The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) The Climax (1944) Jungle Woman (1944) House of Frankenstein (1944) The Mummy's Curse (1944) The Mummy's Ghost (1944) Strange Confession (1945) The Frozen Ghost (1945) The Jungle Captive (1945) Pillow of Death (1945) House of Dracula (1945) She-Wolf of London (1946) The Brute Man (1946) The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946) House of Horrors (1946) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Strange Door (1951) Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) The Black Castle (1952) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) It Came from Outer Space (1953) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Cult of the Cobra (1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) This Island Earth (1955) Tarantula (1955) Revenge of the Creature (1955) Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956) The Mole People (1956) The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) The Deadly Mantis (1957) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) The Monolith Monsters (1957) Monster on the Campus (1958) The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) Curse of the Undead (1959) The Leech Woman (1960) Dark Intruder (1965) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) Young Frankenstein (1974) Dracula (1979) The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) The Monster Squad (1987) Darkman (1990) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) House of Frankenstein (miniseries) (1997) The Mummy (1999) Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999) Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000) The Mummy Returns (2001) Van Helsing (2004) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) House of the Wolf Man (2009) The Wolfman (2010) Frankenweenie (2012) Hotel Transylvania (2012) Dracula Untold (2014) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) The Mummy (2017)

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