Lost in a Harem
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 Lost in a Harem Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
| Produced by | George Haight |
| Written by | Harry Ruskin John Grant Harry Crane |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marilyn Maxwell Murray Leonard |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Editing by | George Hively |
| Distributed by | MGM Studios |
| Release date(s) | August 31, 1944 (U.S. Release) |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | In Society (1944) |
| Followed by | Here Come The Co-Eds (1945) |
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Lost in a Harem is a 1944 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
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[edit] Plot
When a traveling vaudeville show becomes stranded in the far east, their singer, Hazel Moon (Marilyn Maxwell), takes a job at a local Cafe. Two of the show's prop men, Peter Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Harvey Garvey (Lou Costello), are also hired as a comedy team. Unfortunately their act starts a brawl and they, along with Hazel, wind up in jail. While there, they meet Prince Ramo (John Conte), a shiek, who offers to help them escape if they agree to help him regain his throne, which his uncle, Nimativ (Douglass Dumbrille), using two hypnotic rings had taken.
Having escaped, they join Ramo and his desert riders and concot a plan to have Hazel seduce Nimativ, as he is vulnerable to blondes. Once distracted, Peter and Harvey plan to retrieve the rings.
They enter the capital, posing as Hollywood talent scouts, and meet up with Nimativ. He is quickly enamored with Hazel and manages to hyptonize Peter and Harvey, who proceed to inform him of their plans. They are then tossed into another jail, while Hazel is hypnotized into being another one of Nimativ's wives. Ramo comes along and helps the boys escape again. They enter the palace and enlists the aid of Teema (Lottie Harrison), the chief wife, by promising to get her into the movies. Harvey then disguises himself as her, while Peter dresses up as Nimativ. They manage to steal the rings during a large celebration and turn the rings against Nimativ, who abdicates the throne. Ramo again becomes ruler, with Hazel his wife, and the boys return to the United States.
[edit] Trivia
- It was filmed from March 22 through June 3, 1944.
- Although Abbott and Costello filmed this MGM Pictures film before they filmed In Society for Universal Pictures, this film was released later.
- This is the second of three films that Abbott and Costello made on loan to MGM Pictures while under contract to Universal, the other two being Rio Rita and Abbott and Costello in Hollywood.
- The film used leftover sets from the 1944 production of Kismet.
- This film was banned in Morocco, and Syria required that it be edited before it could be shown there.[1]
[edit] Routines
- In this film, Abbott and Costello perform the famous "Slowly I Turned" routine. They are in the cell with the derelict (Murray Leonard) and the trigger word is Pokomoko.
[edit] DVD release
Although filmed for MGM Pictures, Warner Brothers currently owns the rights to this film and it is through them that this film has been released on DVD.
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[edit] References
- ^ Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-399-51605-4
One Night in the Tropics • Buck Privates • In The Navy • Hold That Ghost • Keep 'Em Flying • Ride 'Em Cowboy • Rio Rita • Pardon My Sarong • Who Done It? • It Ain't Hay • Hit The Ice • In Society • Lost in a Harem • Here Come The Co-Eds • The Naughty Nineties • Abbott and Costello in Hollywood • Little Giant • The Time of Their Lives • Buck Privates Come Home • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap • The Noose Hangs High • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein • Mexican Hayride • Africa Screams • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion • Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man • Comin' Round The Mountain • Jack and the Beanstalk • Lost in Alaska • Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd • Abbott and Costello Go to Mars • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy • Dance With Me Henry • The World of Abbott and Costello
Lou Costello solo film: The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
