Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28671 in VHS
• Released on: 1996-08-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

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Rubbish collector and amateur inventor Artie Pinsetter (Lou Costello) hopes that someday one of his inventions will make him wealthy and important enough for him to marry his sweetheart Emmy Lou (Dorothy Provine). After one of his creations, a portable computer named Max, tells Emmy Lou that Artie cannot marry her, she runs off into a smoky canyon and starts to grow. Artie seeks help from Emmy's uncle (Gale Gordon) who misunderstands Artie and thinks she is "big" with child. He sends the justice of the peace to marry the couple. He is also running for governor and does not want the public to know about his niece's problem. If that is not enough, the army believes her to be a giant Martian and sends out troops to destroy her. Empowered by her new height, Emmy rampages through town and takes command of her life. Max is also able to change the space-time continuum helping Artie escape the army, which is chasing him while dressed as confederates and then cavemen. Lou Costello made this parody of The Attack of the 50-Foot Woman without his partner Bud Abbott right before Costello died. --Margaret Griffis

Customer Reviews

LOU COSTELLO'S FIRST STARRING FILM WITHOUT BUD ABBOTT
THE 30 FOOT BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK (1959)
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release Date: August 6, 1959
Runtime: 75 minutes

Director:
Sidney Miller

Producer:
Edward Sherman
Lewis J. Rachmil

Writing Credits:
Rowland Barber
Irving Block
Lawrence L. Goldman
Arthur A. Ross

Cast:

Lou Costello....Artie Pinsetter
Dorthory Provine....Emmy Lou Raven
Bobby Barber....Booster (uncredited)
Robert Burton....First General
Jimmy Conlin....Magruder
Joey Faye....Booster (uncredited)
Gale Gordon....Raven
Joseph J. Greene....Booster (uncredited)
Lenny Kent....Sergeant
Charles Lane....Standard Bates
Peter Leeds....Bill Burton (uncredited)
Robert Nichols....Bank Manager (uncredited)
Ruth Perrott....Aunt May
Jack Rice....Booster(uncredited)
Russell Trent....Booster(uncredited)
Veola Vonn....Jackie Delaney (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver....Booster (uncredited)
Will Wright....Pentagon General

Music by:
Raoul Kraushaar

Cinematography by:
Frank G. Carson

Film Editing by:
Al Clark

Art Direction:
William Flannery

Set Decoration:
James A. Crowe

Assistant Director:
William Dorfman

Sound Department:
George Cooper

Other Crew:
Irving Block....special photographic effects
Louis DeWitt....special photographic effects
John P. Livadary....recording supervisor
Jack Rabin....special photographic effects

Plot Summary:

Lou Costello made his only film appearance without Bud Abbott in "THE 30 FOOT BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK". Lou plays a bumbling junk dealer who fancies himself a great inventor. One of his creations transforms his girlfriend Dorthory Provine into a towering giant! The subsequent shenanigans involve Lou, the humongous Ms. Provine, her bombstatic uncle Gale Gordon, and the entire US Army. Before Dorthory can be returned to normal size again, Lou's invention transmogrifies into a time machine and rocketsip.

Trivia (from imdb.com): This was Lou Costello's last film, and his only starring role without Bud Abbott. It wasn't released until about five months afer Costello's death. Lou died of a heart attack on March 3, 1959.

Fans of Abbott & Costello will find this depressing
Costello was tired of "carrying" Abbott and tired of slapstick. He wanted roles to show his range as an actor. Abbott said, "Call me when you're ready to get back together." Costello never called. He probably wished he would have. His last movie, his only starring film without Abbott, is an embarrassment. You can almost read Costello's mind' "what am I doing in this piece of junk? " Poor Lou doesn't get a laugh in the whole film and he just looks sad and lost. He used to be able to sell an audience the most ridiculous situations. In this, he can't even sell walking down the street. Costello never lived to see the premiere. What a shame that this was his last film.

Pretty good movie
Although the special effects would be consider cheezy today, they certainly are better than those used in the 1958 Attack of the 50 FT Woman. Only set back is that it is on VHS and am wondering when it will be released on DVD.