Apr 18th
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein** US 1948. Universal-International. 83m. bw

…as well as, more accurately, Count Dracula who tussles with the Wolf Man to resurrect Frankenstein's monster by transplanting it with Lou Costello's brain…
Universal's horrors had come full cycle by now in this lively comedy horror with a lot of Scooby Doo-type humour – Now you see him, Now you don't, etc. The guest stars are commendably straight faced, and the film still has some genuine creepy elements of the old Universal magic. It also led to another mini-cycle where this comedy pair met other Universal horrors (The Mummy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, ­and others).

Written by: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant.
Producer: Robert Arthur.
Director: Charles Barton.
Starring: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Charles Bradstreet, Frank Ferguson.
Photography: Charles Van Enger.
Music: Frank Skinner.

+ Vincent Price also makes a guest "appearance"

Preceded by:
The Cruise of the Zaca**(US 1951. Warner Bros. 20m.; Errol Flynn sails on his yacht from the Pacific to Atlantic Oceans, taking along some oceanographers with him, including his father. An unaccomplished film in itself, but the very sample of Flynn's cavalier lifestyle is still fascinating to watch.; d, narr: Errol Flynn; m: Howard Jackson.)

+ another gem to be found among the extras on The Adventures of Robin Hood 2-disc DVD.