ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET MAE WEST,THE VAMP(1946). Director: Charles Lamont.
Not seen for decades due to litigation, this turns out to be a very funny teaming of the boys and one risque gal named Mae. Just as A & C had done a film with "Boris Karloff, The Killer" in the title, they also did a similarly titled film with West. In this she plays a black widow who marries off and presumably murders one husband after another for their money. Her latest target is Lou Costello -- who's inherited a bundle, or so he thinks -- but his buddy Bud will have none of it -- until he falls under Mae's spell, too. The most hilarious scene has Mae trying to teach Lou the best way to make love to a woman. He then practices on Bud!
Verdict: You have to see Lou impersonating Mae to believe it! ***.
Not seen for decades due to litigation, this turns out to be a very funny teaming of the boys and one risque gal named Mae. Just as A & C had done a film with "Boris Karloff, The Killer" in the title, they also did a similarly titled film with West. In this she plays a black widow who marries off and presumably murders one husband after another for their money. Her latest target is Lou Costello -- who's inherited a bundle, or so he thinks -- but his buddy Bud will have none of it -- until he falls under Mae's spell, too. The most hilarious scene has Mae trying to teach Lou the best way to make love to a woman. He then practices on Bud!
Verdict: You have to see Lou impersonating Mae to believe it! ***.
2 comments:
Would really love to know more about this - - - first time I was made aware of this film with MAE WEST in it! - - MaeWest.blogspot.com
Alas, "Abbott and Costello Meet Mae West" was only one of my annual April Fool's movies posted on April 1st. Don't kill me!
If this movie actually existed I would have loved to have seen it!
Nice Mae West blog, by the way!
William
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