Abbott And Costello - Jack And The Bean Story

This classic fairy tale gets the Abbott & Costello buffoon treatment as the comedy duo take on a babysitting job. Jack played by Lou Costello starts reading "Jack and the Beanstalk" to his charge, Donald, but fails to pronounce the big words. Donald then takes over, whilst reading Jack falls asleep and is transported to a magical world. Jack trades his cow to the village butcher (played by Abbott) for five magic beans, the beans are planted and overnight a stalk grows into the skies, where the cruel giant, played by Buddy Baer, lives with his statuesque housekeeper Dorothy Ford; the hen that lay the golden eggs, and the talking harp. The prince and princess are kidnapped by the giant and Jack climbs the beanstalk to rescue the Royal pair followed by the butcher who just wants to steal the riches.
The opening sequence is shot in Sepia, as the fable begins it turns into SupercineColor and ends again in Sepia.

INCLUDES SPECIAL FEATURE.
Presented here for the very first time on video and DVD and rare and exciting appearances of the comedy duo appearing before a live television audience. Abbott and Costello appear with The Invisible Man, Frankenstein and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. See the best ever performances of the duo's classic sketch 'Who's on First' and don't miss 'Lou's singing debut' and the classic 'A Call For Help', 'Double Date' and 'Dining Out'