Comin' Round the Mountain
- 1951
- 1h 17min
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6,2/10
1522
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Bud e Lou si imbattono in montanari, streghe e pozioni d'amore.Bud e Lou si imbattono in montanari, streghe e pozioni d'amore.Bud e Lou si imbattono in montanari, streghe e pozioni d'amore.
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- Sceneggiatura
- Star
Robert Easton
- Luke McCoy
- (as Bob Easton)
Recensioni in evidenza
In my rewatching of the Abbott and Costello series that I loved in my youth, this is by far the worst of the series that I have rewatched. The problem is not in the subject material. The problem is in the script, the execution and the performances. Abbott and Costello have never been more bland and the songs from the Manhatten Hillbilly take up seemingly half of the movie's length. The song about a half an hour in goes on forever. The old granny is fun but isn't allowed to do enough. The "courtship" between Costello and the 14 year old hillbilly girl is ghoulish. Bud Abbott is non-existent and the hillbilly clans do nothing whatsoever. There are a few chuckles and nothing more. The opener and the conclusion are awful. On the bright side, Glenn Strange is great here and Costello's duel with the witch is funny. Costello's "christening" is a gut buster. But that's it. Has a little of the same flavor as The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap but isn't in the same league, much less the same ballpark.
There is too little of prime Abbott & Costello in this but there is some crackling dialog when they arrive in Kentucky and Abbott says to Costello "Smell that Kentucky Bluegrass.." Costellos retort to this is by far the best dialog in the film.
The section with Margaret Hamilton is corny but well done. While not their best work, these highlights make it worth viewing. It does not sink as far as Africa Screams, & the music in it is almost as obtrusive as some of their early military comedies. At least Costello clowns around with some corny instruments in some of the jug-band sequences.
I do think it is far from their worst film. If the plot was more centered on the family feud & less on insane romances, it would work a lot better.
The section with Margaret Hamilton is corny but well done. While not their best work, these highlights make it worth viewing. It does not sink as far as Africa Screams, & the music in it is almost as obtrusive as some of their early military comedies. At least Costello clowns around with some corny instruments in some of the jug-band sequences.
I do think it is far from their worst film. If the plot was more centered on the family feud & less on insane romances, it would work a lot better.
"Comin' Round the Mountain" may not be one of Abbott & Costello's best movies but it's still a pretty good one. A&C are in fine form. The supporting cast is strong and most of the songs are pretty good. The are quite a few laughs and a bunch of smiles in this movie. "Comin' Round the mountain" moves fast and finishes strong. It's always a welcome visit.
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
** (out of 4)
Wilbert Smith (Lou Costello) meets a female country singer (Dorothy Shay) and soon realizes that he's a long lost relative to a famous redneck in Kentucky who rumor has it has a buried treasure. Their agent Al Stewart (Bud Abbott) decides they should all go back to the sticks to get the money but soon a bloody rivalry starts back up.
Abbott and Costello made several Western spoofs including the highly entertaining THE WISFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP but sadly this film isn't in the same league and on the whole it ranks near the bottom of the duo's films. That's not to say this is an awful movie because it isn't. There are several funny moments scattered throughout the film but there's just not enough to keep it fully entertaining and the musical numbers are all rather bland.
In fact, why on Earth would you start your movie off with Shay singing? This was an Abbott and Costello movie yet they open with Shay and then we get the duo doing a small gag before going back to the singer. I'm really not sure if they were just trying to force Shay into some sort of stardom but her songs here are rather lame and, to be honest, the skit from the boys isn't all that funny. There are a few funny moments scattered throughout but the highlight is the math game of a 40-year-old man falling in love with a 10-year-old girl and needing her age to catch up with his.
Both Abbott and Costello are in good form here but I think even they realized that the material wasn't all that great. Shay delivers a decent performance but the songs are forgettable. Joe Sawyer adds some nice support as does Glenn Strange and Margaret Hamilton steals the film in her sequence as a witch. Her and Costello's voodoo match being another highlight of the picture. COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN isn't one of the boy's best pictures but fans will still find a little humor in it.
** (out of 4)
Wilbert Smith (Lou Costello) meets a female country singer (Dorothy Shay) and soon realizes that he's a long lost relative to a famous redneck in Kentucky who rumor has it has a buried treasure. Their agent Al Stewart (Bud Abbott) decides they should all go back to the sticks to get the money but soon a bloody rivalry starts back up.
Abbott and Costello made several Western spoofs including the highly entertaining THE WISFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP but sadly this film isn't in the same league and on the whole it ranks near the bottom of the duo's films. That's not to say this is an awful movie because it isn't. There are several funny moments scattered throughout the film but there's just not enough to keep it fully entertaining and the musical numbers are all rather bland.
In fact, why on Earth would you start your movie off with Shay singing? This was an Abbott and Costello movie yet they open with Shay and then we get the duo doing a small gag before going back to the singer. I'm really not sure if they were just trying to force Shay into some sort of stardom but her songs here are rather lame and, to be honest, the skit from the boys isn't all that funny. There are a few funny moments scattered throughout but the highlight is the math game of a 40-year-old man falling in love with a 10-year-old girl and needing her age to catch up with his.
Both Abbott and Costello are in good form here but I think even they realized that the material wasn't all that great. Shay delivers a decent performance but the songs are forgettable. Joe Sawyer adds some nice support as does Glenn Strange and Margaret Hamilton steals the film in her sequence as a witch. Her and Costello's voodoo match being another highlight of the picture. COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN isn't one of the boy's best pictures but fans will still find a little humor in it.
I'm very suspicious to talk about the duo comic Budd Abbott and Lou Costello, aside they lived in another era, however watching them on the seventies I've been hooked by them forever, including having a small collection from these two fabulous guys, sadly this picture never came out in Brazil in any format.
This turn ours heroes going into the hills track down a buried gold with a right to get a spell to reach nearby of this treasure, funny adventure at hillbillies mountain, as usually my favorite comic one Lou Costello stolen the show, a fine print on dubbed classic version at our friend to every hours Youtube.
Thanks for reading.
Resume:
First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: Youtube / Rating: 7.
This turn ours heroes going into the hills track down a buried gold with a right to get a spell to reach nearby of this treasure, funny adventure at hillbillies mountain, as usually my favorite comic one Lou Costello stolen the show, a fine print on dubbed classic version at our friend to every hours Youtube.
Thanks for reading.
Resume:
First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: Youtube / Rating: 7.
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- QuizRoughly a decade after this movie was made the jalopy and costume grandma wore in this film was used for the auto and granny's outfit in the TV show, The Beverly Hillbillies..
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[after walking into an old beat-down cabin]
Wilbert: How could my kin folks ever live in a joint like this?
Al Stewart: Probably your forefathers lived here.
Wilbert: I beg your pardon?
Al Stewart: I said probably your forefathers lived here before you.
Wilbert: My four fathers?
Al Stewart: Yes.
Wilbert: I didn't have four fathers.
Al Stewart: Sure, you did.
Wilbert: If I did, only one came home nights.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
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