Mad double!

Featuring the slapstick madness of two of Hollywood’s most famous comedy duos, Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy, this compilation video also includes excerpts from two Abbott and Costello films and their classic comedy sketch “Who’s on first?” and two Laurel and Hardy films, “Tit for tat” and “Another fine mess”.

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Credits

production company

Home Entertainment Holdings

Thirtieth Cemalux

Duration

01:08:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

318692

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Comedy → Comedy sketches

Comedy → Slapstick comedies

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1985

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