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Im not overly familiar with classic hollywood so the cameos were lost on me, and the story is pretty standard, but abbott and costello mostly costello bring the funny. Volume 3 features eight classics starring the most popular comedy team of all time. Many film notables attended a dinner party at the van nuys home of the lou costellos last night at which george raft was wished a bon voyage movie style with a lei consisting of strips of film. Bud abbott, lou costello, frances rafferty, bob stanton, jean porter, warner anderson, rags ragland, mike mazurki. He is best remembered for his partnership with lou costello that formed the highly successful abbott and costello comedy team. Bud abbott and lou costello meet frankenstein the world of freight handlers wilbur grey and chick young is turned upside down when the remains of frankensteins monster and dracula arrive from europe to be used in a house of horrors.
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