One Night in the Tropics

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One Night in the Tropics
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Directed by	A. Edward Sutherland
Produced by	Leonard Spigelgass
Written by	Gertrude Purcell Charles Grayson
Starring	Allan Jones Nancy Kelly Bud Abbott Lou Costello
Music by	Jerome Kern
Editing by	Milton Carruth
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	November 15, 1940 (U.S. release)
Running time	82 min.
Language	English
Followed by	Buck Privates (1941)
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One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film which is noteworthy for being the film debut of Abbott and Costello. The team play minor roles but steal the picture with five classic routines, including an abbreviated version of "Who's On First?." This earned them a two-picture deal with Universal, and their next film, Buck Privates, made them bonafide movie stars.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Trivia 3 DVD Release 4 External link

[edit] Plot

Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1 million if Steve doesn't marry his fiancée, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran) and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley). He sends his two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to make sure that the wedding goes on as planned and that he does not have to pay the $1 million. Everyone involved winds up sailing to San Marcos, where another complication arises: Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay up because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.

[edit] Trivia

• The story is based on a 1914 novel, Love Insurance by Earl Derr Biggers, the creator of Charlie Chan.

• It was filmed from August 26 through September 30, 1940.

• Its working title was Riviera.

• Frawley worked with Abbott and Costello a second time in 1951's Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man.

• This film was re-released (at 69 minutes) in 1950 with The Naughty Nineties and in 1954 with Little Giant.

• Just prior to the beginning of production, on August 21, 1940, Jones and Cummings were guests on Abbott and Costello's radio show.

• The film had its world premiere in Costello's home town of Patterson, New Jersey on October 30, 1940.

[edit] DVD Release

February 10, 2004

[edit] External link

• One Night In The Tropics at the Internet Movie Database

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