Gloucester VA Links and News: Jack And The Beanstalk

Sunday, September 15, 2013

A very rare color film featuring Abbott and Costello. Jack and the Beanstalk. Now the movie does begin in sepia mode. So you need to bear that in mind. Only two movies were ever made in color originally featuring this comedy duo. The color versions were finished in the studios owned by either Abbott or Costello. They each had their own studio and each finished one of the two movies in color through those studios.

As we understand it, this movie is in the Public Domain. That is the reason we are hosting it on one of our many YouTube channels. A great movie for a lazy Sunday afternoon or evening. Enjoy.

The World of Abbott and Costello (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Abbot and Costello in Jack And The Beanstalk. This is a very rare color film featuring Abbott and Costello as about all of their movies were all black and white. Filmed in 1951 it was filmed with features similar to the Wizard of Oz with the beginning of the film shot in sepia mode just like the Wizard of Oz had it's opening movie scenes. The color part of the film was actually produced byLou Costello using his own company and processed with Eastman Kodak.

The other color film produced featuring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello was Abbot and Costello meet Captain Kidd. With this film, Bud Abbott used his own production company to produce the film.

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