Africa Screams [VHS]

Africa Screams [VHS]
by Charles Barton

Africa Screams [VHS]

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Actor: Bud Abbott, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Lou Costello, Max Baer
Director: Charles Barton
Cinematographer: Charles Van Enger
Editor: Frank Gross
Producer: Donald Crisp
Writer: Earl Baldwin
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Writer: Leonard Stern
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, EP, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 79 minutes
Release Date: 2001-11-27
Publisher: United Artists
Studio: United Artists

VHS Movie Reviews of Africa Screams [VHS]

Movie Review: BEST VERSION OUT THERE
Summary: 5 Stars

AFRICA SCREAMS has been in the public domain for years. This dusted-off version looks and sounds the best of a-n-y version I've seen. This is the first version I've seen with the Nassour Studios logo opening the film and it has closed-captioning, as well. I skip the colorized version, as I oppose that sort of thing. However, Legend Films has made this one worth the wait. The scene where the tribal chief is scared white by the giant gorilla is here intact, as well, whereas I've often seen it where his face has been blurred over with darkness. I've found this to be a fine film of the team's, as opposed to, say, MEXICAN HAYRIDE or LITTLE GIANT. If you're still hunting a fine print of AFRICA SCREAMS for your A & C collection ... well, here it is.

Movie Review: Great print of A+C's "Africa Screams"-Goodtimes Home Video
Summary: 5 Stars

This Goodtimes Home Video edition-2000, is an excellent print. I enjoy this particulary silly A+C film. If you are an A+C fan get this edition, which is out of print. Other public domain copies of "Africa Screams" are very bad, but not this Goodtimes edition. It is worth a little extra money. I read that the Image Entertainment edition was also a good print but that is O.O.P. also - 79 minutes B+W - I am writing about the disc pictured, which I bought days ago. I do not know why it says "United Artists" and 2001 under Product Information. My disc says "Goodtimes Home Video" and the year is 2000. Again, I am writing about the edition pictured, which is NOT United Artists and is not 2001 but is 2000.

Movie Review: Foreign Adventure
Summary: 3 Stars

The film starts with a comic scene in a bookstore. Two men offer $1,000 for a map in the book "Dark Safari". A woman offers $2,500 for the same map. Stanley Livington remembers that detail very well (too good to be true?). [The story and its subject are certainly dated.] Clyde Beatty plays himself. Shemp Howard plays another near-sighted character (like his role in a "Blondie" movie). There are plenty of gags to amuse the viewers. Buzz overhears Diana talking about the real purpose of the expedition - its not for a giant orangutan. Frank Buck plays himself. There are comic situations, most are still funny. There is a very comic scene with a lion skin and a real lion. Clyde Beatty does his lion taming act.

After this the boys find diamonds just laying on the ground. They follow the trail to where it leads. The natives have them over for dinner. A secret friend unties them. There is more intrigue and comic chases. More fun results from a failure to communicate. The natives are appalled by a giant gorilla, and flee. Buzz takes off down the river on a raft. What will happen to poor Stanley now?

Back in Manhattan Stanley is living large in a big building with his name on it. Then we see his partner and the cause of his wealth. [Is there a moral here?] This film is not as funny as earlier films.

Movie Review: The Image Entertainment/Hal Roach DVD is the BEST version of this title!
Summary: 5 Stars

Many cheapie companies offer this title at a lower price. Pass up those horrible copies and buy this excellent IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT / HAL ROACH STUDIOS DVD mastered from the original 35mm NITRATE NEGATIVE!

This is the same excellent master film used by Image for their Laserdisc release. The only thing missing here is the Bloopers & Out-takes that were on the Laserdisc.

This movie is the best of the five independent films that Abbott & Costello made in my opinion. And it stands up better than most of their 1950's Universal films. Where else will you see Bud & Lou teamed up with some of the THREE STOOGES? Shemp Howerd and Joe Besser join Abbott & Costello's safari to add to the laughs!
Besser would later join Bud & Lou for their 1950's TV show as "Stinky" before becoming a Stooge!

Movie Review: 5 stars in hopes for non PUBLIC DOMAIN or best qulity dvd ever released
Summary: 5 Stars

if this is a bad print then why they release it again every one knows that all the other releases are bad prints so then they would know they wouldnt make much money which is why I think this print will be the best quality dvd of africa Scraems ever released. They should also release jack and the beanstalk to but with a good quality print.if this dvd good enough its a Low chance but it may push the other compinies to put out the abbott and costello films that are not avaivble on Dvd yet.

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