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One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film which is noted as being the film debut of Abbott and Costello - although they were not the main focus of the story, and only first show up nearly halfway through the film. This film effectively launched their movie careers, with their success in their follwing film, Buck Privates, making them bonafide movie stars. Allan Jones ( October 14, 1908 – January 27, 1992) was an American actor and singer. ...
Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress, born in Lowell, Massachusetts. ...
William Alexander Abbott aka Bud Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) is a legendary American actor, producer and comedian from Asbury Park, New Jersey. ...
Bud Abbott (top) and Lou Costello (bottom) Louis Francis Cristillo aka Lou Costello (born March 6, 1906; died March 3, 1959) was an American actor, producer and comedian from Paterson, New Jersey of Italian and French descent. ...
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October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ...
See also: 1939 in film 1940 1941 in film 1940s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Walt Disneys animated film Pinocchio is released. ...
Buck Privates is a 1941 comedy/World War II film in which characters played by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are people who accidentally get drafted into service during World War II. It was the first of four wartime movies that Abbott and Costello made - the other three being In...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
See also: 1939 in film 1940 1941 in film 1940s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Walt Disneys animated film Pinocchio is released. ...
Airplane! is considered by some critics to be one of the funniest movies of all time. ...
Abbott and Costello (William (Bud) Abbott, 1897-1974); Louis Costello, 1906-1959) were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film, and television made them one of the most popular and respected teams in American comedy history, whose burlesque-leavened style of a scheming straight man and a context...
Buck Privates is a 1941 comedy/World War II film in which characters played by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are people who accidentally get drafted into service during World War II. It was the first of four wartime movies that Abbott and Costello made - the other three being In...
Plot Allan Jones is "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman who comes up with a sure-fire way of getting rich. He sells his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings) a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1 million if Steve doesn't marry his fiance, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The policy is financed by a club owner, Roscoe (William Frawley). Cummings (left) with Grace Kelly and Ray Milland in Dial M for Murder (1954) Robert Cummings (June 10, 1908 – December 2, 1990), also known as Bob Cummings, was an American motion picture and television actor. ...
Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress, born in Lowell, Massachusetts. ...
William Frawley William Frawley (born February 26, 1887 in Burlington, Iowa - March 3, 1966 in Hollywood, California) began in vaudeville and as a screen actor, with well over a hundred films to his credit, but gained greater fame on the television shows I Love Lucy and My Three Sons. ...
However, complications between Steve and Cynthia are also compunded by the fact that Lucky himself is starting to fall for Cynthia. Wanting to make sure that he doesn't have to pay out $1 million, Roscoe sends his two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to make sure that the wedding goes on as planned. Everyone involved winds up sailing to San Marcos, where Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia - but the money doesn't have to be paid out, since Steve winds up marrying Mickey (Peggy Moran), a woman who has long admired Steve. San Marcos (the Spanish-language name of the evangelist Saint Mark) is a common toponym in parts of the world where Spanish is or was spoken. ...
Trivia - The movie is noted not only for being Abbott and Costello's film debut, but also for the amount of routines they managed to put in the film, including an abbreviated version of Who's On First?.
Whos on First? is a legendary comedy routine made famous by the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. ...
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