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In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed 1948’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (not what one would expect) “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. That’s top level, and a further vindication of this swell film.

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

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In 1945 British entrepreneur J. Arthur Rank bought a quarter of Universal Studios ( Frankenstein et alia) …in a fire sale, perhaps. In its first year of operation since the merger the studio nearly went bankrupt. Its popular comedy duo of Abbott and Costello wasn’t happ

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