It Ain't Hay

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It Ain't Hay
It Ain't Hay Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Erle C. Kenton
Produced by	Alex Gottlieb
Written by	Damon Runyon Allen Boretz John Grant
Starring	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Grace McDonald Shemp Howard Cecil Kellaway
Music by	Harry Revel
Editing by	Frank Gross
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	March 10, 1943 (U.S. release)
Running time	80 min
Language	English
Preceded by	Who Done It? (1942)
Followed by	Hit The Ice (1943)
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It Ain't Hay is a 1943 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Rerelease 4 Legal Issues 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

Wilbur Hoolihan (Lou Costello) accidentally kills a hack horse owned by King O'Hara (Cecil Kellaway) and his daughter, Princess (Patsy O'Connor) by feeding it candy. In the hopes of raising enough money to replace it, he and his friend Grover Mockridge (Bud Abbott) visit a gambling establishment. They are successful in raising the money, but before they can purchase a new horse, a con man swindles them out of it.

They are informed by some unsavory fellows that a horse is available at one of the tracks. They visit the track and mistakenly take the wrong horse, a champion by the name of Tea Biscuit. They take the horse to O'Hara and present it to him as a replacement for his deceased horse.

The horse's real owner, Colonel Brainard (Samuel Hinds) offers a reward for Tea Biscuit. By this time O'Hara has taken a fare up to Saratoga and Wilbur and Grover, realizing that they took the wrong horse, follow him there. Three gangsters trail them hoping to capture the horse and collect the reward. Wilbur and Grover manage to recover the horse and hide him for a while in their hotel room. Once discovered, they head to the race track in time for a big race. Wilbur, riding Tea Biscuit winds up winning the race. They try to return the horse for the reward, but the Colonel decides that he never really was missing and skips out on paying them. In the end it doesn't matter because Grover was the only winning ticket holder and they use their winnings to buy O'Hara a real replacement horse.

[edit] Production

It Ain't Hay is based upon the Damon Runyon story, Princess O'Hara, which Universal first made into a film in 1935 with Chester Morris.

Filming of this picture began on September 28, 1942, and lasted until November 11. Lou's brother Pat was used as his stunt-double in the 'headless horseman' sequence.

It was during production, on November 8, that Lou's wife, Anne, gave birth to their son, Lou 'Butch' Costello, Jr.

[edit] Rerelease

It was re-released in 1949.

[edit] Legal Issues

Due to legal issues with the estate of the writer, Damon Runyon, this is the only Abbott and Costello film released by Universal Pictures that has not been issued on DVD.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• It Ain't Hay at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Abbott and Costello 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