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VHS : Africa Screams

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directed by: Charles Barton
starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

 : Africa Screams

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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0051413010117
Format: Black & White, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Diamond Entertainment
Manufacturer: Diamond Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1990
Publisher: Diamond Entertainment
Release Date: March 04, 2004
Running Time: 80 minutes
Studio: Diamond Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 1949
Sales Rank: 33611




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Product Description:
One of Abbott & Costello's funniest comedies. The bumbling pair are hired as guides by gangsters who are in search of a secret treasure. They embark on a journey that leads them on a wild safari of outlandish fun. Abbott & Costello will keep you laughing as they encounter hungry cannibals, growing lions and brooding apes.



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Foreign Adventure
The film starts with a comic scene in a bookstore. Two men offer $1,000 for a map in the book "Dark Safari". A woman offers $2,500 for the same map. Stanley Livington remembers that detail very well (too good to be true?). [The story and its subject are certainly dated.] Clyde Beatty plays himself. Shemp Howard plays another near-sighted character (like his role in a "Blondie" movie). There are plenty of gags to amuse the viewers. Buzz overhears Diana talking about the real purpose of the expedition ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Image Entertainment/Hal Roach DVD is the BEST version of this title!
Many cheapie companies offer this title at a lower price. Pass up those horrible copies and buy this excellent IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT / HAL ROACH STUDIOS DVD mastered from the original 35mm NITRATE NEGATIVE!

This is the same excellent master film used by Image for their Laserdisc release. The only thing missing here is the Bloopers & Out-takes that were on the Laserdisc.

This movie is the best of the five independent films that Abbott & Costello made in my opinion. And ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 5 stars in hopes for non PUBLIC DOMAIN or best qulity dvd ever released
if this is a bad print then why they release it again every one knows that all the other releases are bad prints so then they would know they wouldnt make much money which is why I think this print will be the best quality dvd of africa Scraems ever released. They should also release jack and the beanstalk to but with a good quality print.if this dvd good enough its a Low chance but it may push the other compinies to put out the abbott and costello films that are not avaivble on Dvd yet.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Truly Brilliant
It's hard to know if the director makes the Abbott and Costello films work, or the timing of Bud and Lou.
If you can see the Shows Bud and Lou did on the COLGATE Comedy Hour, its clear that Lou is a brilliant Improvisor, so whilst he did seem to forget his lines on the Colgate Comedy show, he created a quick stock of lines to get back on beat. Very few teams did this kind of solid work.
As a side note, CALL ME BWANA seems to have some similarities to AFRICA SCREAMS, or is it the other way ... Read More



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - One act that doen't stand test of time
I rented this mainly for my 5- and 3-year olds, who were predictably amused, though they volunteered that Abbott & Costello aren't as good as the Marx Brothers. That's putting it mildly.

I also wanted to see if they were as entertaining as I remembered them from my childhood: They aren't. I can only suppose they were an innovative act in their heyday in the '40s, when they were the biggest grossing movie comedians, but -- what can I say? -- they fail the proverbial test of time. They ... Read More



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