Talk:Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Censorship of film
Can anyone provide a citation to prove that English and Australian censors required the removal of all the monsters from the film (as stated in the article)? If this is true, A&C Meet Frankenstein must have been released as a 10-minute short in those countries! 23skidoo 03:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Interesting point. None of the sources I found mentioned it.-- Dakota ~   °  18:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I was just about to ask this myself. The British ban on horror films was lifted in 1945 with Dead of Night, two or three years before this film. Since the statement has not been verified in the six months(!) since the question was first asked, I am going to remove it. David L Rattigan 11:52, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Not sure about the English board, or the reason for the title change there, but it is true that The Australian Film board required that the monsters be removed, this has been verified in the book "Abbott and Costello Meet Hollywood" Donaldd23 14:05, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

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Film error
I added back in for a second time an error in the film where a character calls another character by an incorrect name. Errors (commonly called 'Film Flubs' or 'movie mistakes') are relevant to an article about a film and should remain. Please discuss before removing. Donaldd23 (talk) 00:58, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Where are they "commonly" called "Flubs". Sound too regional to me. It that actually an extant English word? I see no reason why it should not stay in the article. Please note I have once again decapitalised the headings as per WP:MoS. TINY  MARK  03:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Many books, articles, websites, and documentaries use the word "flub" especially in conjunction with "film". There is even a book that uses it in its title. .  I wouldn't call it "regional" as I have lived in several different regions of the US and people have used that word with me, and in my dictionary at home a 'flub' is defined as "To botch or bungle."  I believe that it has merit in the article, and it has withstood many edits until yours.


 * As for the "de-capitalization", I agree with them. I wasn't the one who kept reverting them, unless it just happened to happen during a "undoing" of a prior edit. Donaldd23 (talk) 12:23, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * When I said regional, I meant in a more wordly view. As this appears to be an Americanism, it is certinly not suitable for a section heading&mdash;although you could start the section with e. g. :"The major flub in the film was ..." These mistakes are known as "goofs" in BE. Happy editing TINY  MARK  14:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Vincent Price
Vincent Price had appeared (?) in The Invisible Man Returns for Universal so this is possibly why he was called in for the final gag. Matthew B-G 117.102.151.16 (talk) 11:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Unofficial remakes
Ismil and Abdel Meet Frankenstein is a latter-day alternate title for Haram Alek (1954); suggest this should be noted and referenced, since text presents them as separate films. The News Hound 20:49, 19 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The News Hound (talk • contribs)
 * I revised this section to make the clarification referenced above. The News Hound 14:11, 9 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The News Hound (talk • contribs)

The Times Have Truly Changed
When Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was released on VHS the run time was reduced to 88 minutes. Why? Because the people producing the tape decided the transformation scene with Lon Chaney Jr was too scary. Why else would the cut the best change ever produced at that time or any other time. Ok maybe the transformation in the remake of The Werewolf of London could be called better. Was it not for the technology that existed when it was made. Technology Buddy Westmore did not have when he turned Chaney into the Wolfman for Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein. --Neal5521 (talk) 23:11, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Ummmm... no. Since this is not true, I'd say this is not worth making an edit. There's nothing cut out of the VHS version, the DVD, the Blu-Ray or the broadcast version. It also goes against the standing Wiki rule about "original research." If you can find anyplace this has ever appeared in print, though, hey, by all means add it! Ted Newsom (talk) 04:39, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Please note that this film has been cut with lost footage
In the scene where Costello enters Larry Talbot's room, Costello enters the room 3 times, not once. I saw it many times as a kid. Apparently that footage is now lost. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.85.123 (talk) 10:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Ummmm... no. Since this is not true, I'd say this is not worth making an edit. It also goes against the standing Wiki rule about "original research." If you can find anyplace this has ever appeared in print, though, hey, by all means add it! Ted Newsom (talk) 04:37, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Film genre
Shall we call Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein a sci-fi fantasy horror comedy film or is it just fine as is? --TMProofreader (talk) 19:33, 29 July 2020 (UTC)