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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025195020725
Format: Box set, Black & White, Dolby, Full Screen
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 15
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sales Rank: 1455
Studio: Universal Studios
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Description:
Get ready to laugh out loud with the most popular comedy duo of all time in Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection! Now, for the first time ever, all 28 films produced during the height of their popularity at Universal Pictures are available in one collection. Featuring their most popular movies such as Buck Privates, Who Done It? and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, this collection is filled with some of the most hilarious routines of all-time including “Who’s on First?” Loaded with hours of bonus features and an exclusive collectible book, this is the ultimate tribute to two of the funniest, and most enduring, comedians of all time!
Titles Include -
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Buck Privates (1941)
In the Navy (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Who Done It? (1942)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
In Society (1944)
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Little Giant (1946)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Bonus Features -
The World of Abbott and Costello: This compilation includes classic routines from 18 of Bud and Lou's most popular films.
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld: The popular comic hosts a tribute to Bud and Lou in this insightful retrospective.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters: A behind-the-scenes look at the duo's popular series of films as they meet up with Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man.
6 Feature Commentaries by Noted Film Historians
Exclusive Bonus -
Abbott & Costello: The Universal Story - 44-page book detailing the legacy of Bud and Lou plus an overview of their films at Universal including rare photos, trivia and exclusive introductions from their families.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Abbott & Costello at Their Best
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ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN may be the comedians' most popular movie, but that's not the primary reason to purchase Universal's new fabulous gift set, ABBOTT & COSTELLO: THE COMPLETE UNIVERSAL PICTURES COLLECTION.
All true Abbott and Costello fans, most likely, already have the studio's four previously released A&C collections in their DVD libraries. So, why buy this one?
First, this 15-disc set includes all 28 movies that the comics made for Universal, including IT AIN'T HAY (1943) which, for unknown legal reasons, was not included in any of THE BEST OF ABBOTT & COSTELLO sets.
Adapted from a story by Damon Runyon, IT AIN'T HAY is a fun movie, and contains such A&C routines as "Mudder/Fodder" and "Betting Parlor".
Second, unlike the earlier multi-problem, double-sided/double-layer discs in the BEST OF sets, these discs are single-sided with only 2 movies (rather than 4) per disc. No problems here.
Finally, this set is handsomely packaged with a large box that not only contains the DVDs (including one devoted to Special Features) in seven separate cases, but also a 44-page book that has fascinating background information and trivia about the comedians and each of their movies.
From ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS (1940) and BUCK PRIVATES (1941) through THE NAUGHTY NINETIES ... Read More
Rating: - Great Set, Great Price, But.....
Just a quick note about this set. I think all the other reviewers have already covered just about everything there is to say (good and bad) about this set. The one negative remark I keep seeing come up about this set again and again is that it is the only way to get "It Aint Hay" on dvd. As a result many people who already have the other movies feel they have to shell out $85 for this one movie. I purchased a dvd copy of both "Hay" and the other rare A&C film "Meet Captain Kidd" (which was the only film shot in color) from a private collector on "i offer dot comm" a few months ago for less than $10 each. So for those who want to see these films without shelling out the big bucks again do what I did and get them somewhere else. Look around on that site you'll find all the stuff that you probably ever wish was out on dvd in the stores from old movies to old tv shows to complete tv series!!
Rating:  - RE: "Realart Presents"
To the person who was asking about a change in the main-titles for "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein"; I can't say for certain (only because I didn't purchase this new DVD set and consequently haven't watched any of it), but it sounds to me like Universal used a re-issue print of the film this time around. If you had purchased either the single-disc DVD of the film or Volume 3 of the "Franchise Collection" you no doubt must have watched the bonus trailer for the film at least once...
If you looked carefully during the end of the trailer you would have seen the words, "A Realart Re-Release". This means that the trailer itself was for the re-issue version of the film; but I don't know for certain if "Realart" was a subsidiary of Universal Pictures or not. I suppose you could do a search on Wikpedia; but, more often than not that site has a lot of mis-information... I do know that Realart had re-issued a few of the classic Universal monster pictures, like "Son of Dracula" and "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman".
I own 5 volumes from Universal's "The Legacy Collection" DVD series of their classic horror films and the re-issue trailer for "Son of Dracula" is on Disc 2 of the "Dracula" DVD set. I also remember seeing a print of "Buck Privates" on TV that had the "Realart" logo on the main-title cards; so that obviously was a re-issue print as well.
You should also bear in mind that when Universal had that tragic fire back in June a large number of their digital and analog ... Read More
Rating: - A great collection, but...
For Abbott and Costello fanatics, this is a great collection of the 28 movies the team made for their home studio, Universal. That said, however, there are some important factors (at least they're important to me) that prevent me from giving this set a full five-star rating.
First of all, I have to agree with all of you who feel disrespected by Universal's lack of marketing etiquette. It's bad enough that many devoted A&C fans who purchased those previous Franchise Collection volumes now feel like fools for loyally supporting those releases, but they can't even obtain the previously unavailable IT AIN'T HAY (1943) without having to purchase the other 27 movies all over again. Universal certainly hasn't shown any reluctance in re-releasing the same basic material over and over again (the 75th Anniversary Edition of DRACULA, the 75th Anniversary Edition of FRANKENSTEIN, etc.), so why not release a separate, single-disc edition of IT AIN'T HAY? Or a smaller 3-disc, 6-film set, like the one Universal released in the UK (which contained ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS, BUCK PRIVATES, PARDON MY SARONG, WHO DONE IT?, IN SOCIETY, and HERE COME THE CO-EDS). Given the choice of purchasing this new collection or purchasing IT AIN'T HAY by itself, I would have still purchased this new collection. But I still sympathize with consumers who don't want to or can't drop 84 bucks (or more) just to obtain one new title. Universal, you've done these good folks wrong...you should have provided them with an option. (Besides, ... Read More
Rating: - Never mind first.....
I say that with a grain of thought... having already bought all 4 "Franchise Collections" which we all know was issued first. Like many fans I had no need to buy the complete collection. I'm so glad I did and very pleased to say you should do the same. The astetics are perfect every thing is included and all the new bells and wistles make it a perfect colletion. So skip first and second base slide past third to a HOME RUN!
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