Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood is a 1945 musical comedy film featuring the iconic comedy duo in a Hollywood studio setting filled with slapstick antics and showbiz satire.

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instanceOf film
basedInPeriod 1940s Hollywood
cinematographyBy Charles Salerno Jr. NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director S. Sylvan Simon NERFINISHED
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
editedBy Gene Havlick NERFINISHED
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCameo Lucille Ball NERFINISHED
Rags Ragland NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Abercrombie NERFINISHED
Buzz Curtis NERFINISHED
filmingStyle black-and-white
genre comedy film
musical comedy
musical film
hasFormat 35 mm film
hasSatire yes
hasSlapstick yes
hasTheme show business satire
slapstick comedy
medium theatrical film
musicBy George Bassman NERFINISHED
Roger Edens NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus two barbers trying to break into Hollywood
notableFor self-referential Hollywood satire
slapstick routines set on a Hollywood backlot
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Abbott and Costello films NERFINISHED
producer Martin A. Gosch NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate October 5, 1945
releaseYear 1945
runtimeMinutes 82
screenwriter Bertram Millhauser NERFINISHED
Martin A. Gosch NERFINISHED
Nat Perrin NERFINISHED
setting Hollywood film studio
stars Bud Abbott NERFINISHED
Frances Rafferty NERFINISHED
Jean Porter NERFINISHED
Lou Costello NERFINISHED
Rags Ragland NERFINISHED
Warner Anderson NERFINISHED
storyBy Martin A. Gosch NERFINISHED
targetAudience general audiences

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