In Society (1944)
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For their first film in a year, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello played it safe with a medley of old burlesque routines and slapstick setpieces -- and never mind a coherent plot. The boys play Eddie and Albert, a pair of plumbers hired to fix the pipes of a fancy society mansion. While a masquerade party… More For their first film in a year, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello played it safe with a medley of old burlesque routines and slapstick setpieces -- and never mind a coherent plot. The boys play Eddie and Albert, a pair of plumbers hired to fix the pipes of a fancy society mansion. While a masquerade party takes place on the first floor, our heroes wreak havoc in the bathroom on the second floor. The angry owners (Thurston Hall, Netta Packer) shoot off a letter of complaint to the plumbers which gets mixed up with an invitation for a fancy weekend party. Thus it is that Eddie and Albert, accompanied by their female cab-driving pal Elsie (Marion Hutton), show up dressed to the nines at a posh country estate. While the boys get mixed up in further comic complications, Elsie carries on a romance with wealthy and handsome Peter (Kirby Grant). Things come to a head when a valuable painting is stolen, prompting Eddie and Albert to chase after the thieves by commandeering a fire engine! Released in most areas simply as In Society, this slapped-together comedy proved beyond all doubt that Abbott and Costello's appeal had not slipped during their screen absence. Highlights include a variation on the burlesque chestnut "Floogel Street" (here renamed "The Susquehanna Hat Company"), a wild and crazy fox hunt, and the climactic fire-engine pursuit, which was lifted virtually in toto from W.C. Fields' Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jean Yarbrough
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 18, 1944 Wide
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Cast
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Bud Abbott
as Eddie Harrington
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Lou Costello
as Albert Mansfield
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Marion Hutton
as Elsie Hammerdingle
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Kirby Grant
as Peter Evans
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Ann Gillis
as Gloria Winthrop
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Arthur Treacher
as Pipps the Butler
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Thomas Gomez
as Drexel
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George Dolenz
as Baron Sergei
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Steven Geray
as Count Alexis
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Margaret Irving
as Mrs. Winthrop
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Murray Leonard
as Marlow
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Thurston Hall
as Mr. Van Cleve
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William B. Davidson
as Butler
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Luis Alberni
as Luigi
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Don Barclay
as Drunk in Pool
- Gladys Blake
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Charles Coleman
as Doorman
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Edgar Dearing
as Cop
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Ralph Dunn
as Cop
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Tom Fadden
as Fire Chief
- Sid Fields
- Alice Fleming
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Dorothy Granger
as Hysterical Woman
- Cyril Ring
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Charles Sherlock
as Policeman
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Mabel Todd
as Manicurist
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Nella Walker
as Mrs. Van Cleve
- Ian Wolfe
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Tom Dugan
as Derby Dan
- Al Thompson
- Milt Bronson
- Charlie Hall
