Dance with Me, Henry
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Actor: Bud Abbott, Gigi Perreau, Lou Costello, Mary Wickes, Rusty HamerBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Dance with Me, Henry
DVD Review: Not their funniest, nor worst, but appropriate final film.
Summary: 4 Stars
Dance With Me, Henry was the last film the great comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello made together, and far from their worst. Costello is the proprietor of Kiddyland, an amusement park, an appropriate character for his child like comedy style. Abbott is his gambling partner.
The main part of the plot concerns crooks Abbott is indebted to, but there's a subplot about orphans and Costello losing custody of his kids due to a nosy, prim social worker played to perfection by the great character actress Mary Wickes (Who Done It?, On Moonlight Bay, Father Dowling Mysteries).
The supporting cast also includes former child star Gigi Perreau, Robert Shayne (who played Inspector Henderson on Superman) as the district attorney, and, as the Priest at the orphanage, Frank Wilcox, recognizable from numerous TV guest shots like Brewster on The Beverly Hillbillies, Wally's principal on Leave It To Beaver, and a judge on Perry Mason.
Much of the comedy in this one may seem hackneyed or aimed at children - such as the extensive chase through the amusement park at the end - but there is some good original comedy as well, such as when Lou, suspected of murdering the DA, is questioned by cops, and gradually through the long, intense interrogation, he breaks down each cop, one after another. Plus, it's the only A & C film with rock music, or at least Rythm & Blues.
Dance With Me Henry is an appropirate final film for the great team, with higher production values than many of their other later films, certainly far better than Africa Screams, for instance, but more memorable for the characters they play than for laughs.
Description of Dance with Me, Henry
One of the greatest comedy teams of all time keeps one step ahead of the law and the criminals in this wild and wacky farce. Abbott and Costello together for the last time prove they're still on first with rapid-fire timing and gags galore!All Lou Henry (Costello) wants is a happy life with his two adopted children and to run Kiddyland the local amusement park. But the local welfare board thinks he's an unfit father and is determined to take the children away! To make things worse his friend Bud (Abbott) always up to his eyes in gambling debt has now run afoul of the mob and needs Lou's help. Can Bud and Lou get back on the merry-go-round or will they end up in a real shooting gallery?System Requirements:Runnning Time 80 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 027616923455 Manufacturer No: 1008314Bestsellers in DVD
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