ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

Thursday, October 30th at 7:30 p.m.

The Loft at Cinema La Placita is downtown Tucson's outdoor movie series showing classic films in a beautiful plaza setting.
Screenings on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., May through October.
Admission is FREE, but donations are greatly appreciated.

ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)

"It's ridiculous, of course, but the combination of classic monsters, dizzy sets and some of Bud and Lou's funniest bits make it a keeper." - Jeffrey Anderson, COMBUSTIBLE CELLULOID

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's "grand unifying monster" film and the first in their "Meet..." series, with the two bungling buddies as baggage handlers saddled with the ghoulish remains of Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange). But once they arrive at their cargo's destination, a wax museum, the monsters revolt, with plans to purloin and transplant Lou's brain. The Monster is growing weak and his master Dracula has devised the perfect plan to restore his virility. Wacky hijinks ensue when Lou takes the bait, which is in the shape of a shapely woman.
Director Charles Barton easily guides this ambitious effort which is chaotically comic throughout, despite an off-camera foot injury that confined Glenn Strange to a cast and prompted Bela Lugosi to fill in for him in one scene. This was the last screen appearance of Universal's Frankenstein Monster, which had been introduced by Boris Karloff. The result is an unforgettable and unique combination of humor and horror.

The Loft at Cinema La Placita is located in the plaza of La Placita Village, on the southwest corner of Broadway and Church Avenue in downtown Tucson. The actual address is 110 S. Church Avenue. Please call the Cinema La Placita hotline at 520-326-5282 for rain schedule information.

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The Loft at Cinema La Placita is sponsored by Bourne Partners and the Merchants of La Placita Village, Shawn and Susan Halversen, Mark and Diana Pettit, Tucson Parks and Recreation, Nina Trasoff (Tucson City Council Ward 6), The Cruise Place, Twice As Nice, Betts Printing, Michael Keith and The Arizona Daily Star.