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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953)

Two Americans (Bud AbbottLou Costello) in London are working with the police. When a series of murders by a mysterious "monster" terrify the citythe two are determined to catch the monster who is really a doctor (Boris Karloff) who injects himself with a serum that turns him into the creature. Directed by Charles Lamont (MA AND PA KETTLE)this was one of a series of popular films where Abbott and Costello encounter famous horror icons like DraculaFrankensteinthe Invisible Manthe Wolf Man and the Mummy. I'm a huge Abbott & Costello fan but outside of an amusing sequence where Costello is transformed into a mouse and the movie's final gag shotI found this very disappointing. Unlike other famed actors who have impressively played Jekyll and Hyde like Spencer Tracy and Fredric Marchit's clear that Karloff has a stand in playing the athletic Mr. Hyde rather than playing him. The comic duo would do much better in their next encounter with the Mummy in 1955. With Craig StevensHelen WestcottReginald Gardiner and Marjorie Bennett.

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