Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
by Charles Lamont
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Actor: Bud Abbott, Dan Seymour, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael AnsaraDirector: Charles Lamont
Brand: Universal Studios
Cinematographer: George Robinson
Editor: Russell F. Schoengarth
Producer: Howard Christie
Writer: John Grant
Writer: Lee Loeb
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
DVD Review: A Good Alternative to Volume 4
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed this movie very much, and have watched many of the skits several times. I think it is a very cute "last-of-the-series" movie; it moves quickly, it's not too long, and it's silly enough to take up a little time in an evening when I don't want to be stressed-out by a film that would take any focus. It also does not have the embarrassment-humour the 1940s were so fond of.
A&C don't look "old", just older--in fact I thought they looked great, and they are very well photographed; and they don't strike me as "tired" so much as relaxed. Instead of exaggerated cartoon characters, they seem like two cute, naturally funny middle-aging guys caught up in a ridiculous story. Abbott suffers more consequences of the situations than usual, and has more of the comedy than in other movies. The two also seem more like friends ragging on each other, instead of "the gullible little man with the mean manipulative mentor", and this is a fitting development for their age (in fact I would have omitted the two slaps A gives C). They don't play it straight like they do in 'Frankenstein', but act it out more the way they did in 'Lost in a Harem', with Costello appearing similarly disengaged (but taking much pleasure in casually winking at the audience).
The story is hopeless, but so what? Think of it as a full-length high-budget late-50's A&C TV special, and it's very entertaining. There are many good routines: the Poison-Drink (adapted for hamburgers), Now-you-see-it-now-you-don't with dead (and quasi-dead) bodies, a Stranger Does a Monologue skit, a running joke with Costello and a snake, a revised x-ray routine (from 'Here Come the Co-Eds'), a couple of In-Disguise skits; and they even do an original comprehension-misunderstanding routine, which comes off as a sort of self-tribute. The stuntmen are only used for quickie falls here and there, there is no long contrived chase ending, and best of all there are no offensive rear-screen projection shots (although there is some amusing matting).
Overall, this movie strikes me as a light-and-easy farewell to almost 20 years of partnership at a time when Abbott is about to retire and Costello to go on to other things. As such, I found it a very pleasant diversion. (Of course they did make one more film, but not after their usual style.) And Volume 4 of the "Best of..." series appears so full of flack, this single disc is a good alternative.
Yeah, it would have had a better ending if Milton Berle (in drag) had come out of the urn, but, hey...
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