I have the pleasure of owning this movie on video tape so that my family and I can watch it over and over.
I first saw this movie on television back in the late 50's, early 60's, as a child when local television stations would show old movies at night, and sometimes on Saturday afternoons.
I seemed to know even then how much this A & C movie was so different from all the others. How well Mr. Abbott portrayed both roles as Cuthbert and Dr. Greenway...and how sad that more wasn't done for Mr. Abbott at the studios to show off his obvious talent. Much more than a "straight-man", indeed. It also showed me how absolutely wonderful Mr. Costello could be in a role befitting a polished actor.
I truly believe that these two gentlemen had much more talent to bring forth than the studios had the common-sense to show...
What a sad commentary on the way this business was run back then.
I first saw this movie on television back in the late 50's, early 60's, as a child when local television stations would show old movies at night, and sometimes on Saturday afternoons.
I seemed to know even then how much this A & C movie was so different from all the others. How well Mr. Abbott portrayed both roles as Cuthbert and Dr. Greenway...and how sad that more wasn't done for Mr. Abbott at the studios to show off his obvious talent. Much more than a "straight-man", indeed. It also showed me how absolutely wonderful Mr. Costello could be in a role befitting a polished actor.
I truly believe that these two gentlemen had much more talent to bring forth than the studios had the common-sense to show...
What a sad commentary on the way this business was run back then.