“ABBOTT & COSTELLO” exhibit opening at the Hollywood Museum.

 “ABBOTT & COSTELLO” exhibit celebration at the Hollywood Museum.

(WestHollywoodToday.blogspot.com Hollywood, CA July 21 2023) By Karen Ostlund

                                                                         

Kat and Karen Kramer, Marki Costelli, Donelle Dadigan,Micheal Costello, (GettyImages)

                                                                                

Abbott and Costello comedy duo.

The Hollywood Museum was thrilled to announce the opening celebration of its newest exhibit, “ABBOTT& COSTELLO”, on July 21, 2023.   
Donelle Dadigan, founder & president of the Hollywood Museum announced that the museum would be paying tribute to and celebrating one of the greatest comedy duos in cinematic history, Budd Abbott and Lou Costello “ABBOTT & COSTELLO”.
                                                                                   

Abbott and Costello costumes.

Abbott and Costello started making movies together in 1940 in the comedy feature film “One Night in The Tropics”, in total they made 38 movies together, and hosted a television variety series and appeared on radio in their career as one of the most iconic comedy duos in film history. They were the highest paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.  In 1942 they were voted the top box office stars in the U.S.
 
 During the War Bond efforts ABBOTT & COSTELLO were responsible for bringing in an amazing $85 million dollars in sales of War Bonds for the United States.
                                                                             

Abbott and Costello photographs from their lives.

 The exhibit features original costumes, scripts, merchandise from Abbott & Costello films, photos from the collection of Chris Costello, daughter of Lou Costello.These include scripts, Budd & Lou’s costumes from Abbott & Costello in Lost in Alaska, Naughty Nineties, The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, Abbott & Costello go to Mars, many original photographs, 1948 radio broadcast scripts, continuity scripts from the films It Ain’t Hay and Little Giant and original collectibles.
 
"This is an exhibit that movie enthusiasts will certainly enjoy, and will evoke fond memories of when we first saw “ABBOTT & COSTELLO” on film, and television and heard them on radio. 

 "ABBOTT & COSTELLO are a part of the fabric of film culture from 1940 thru today, entertaining generations of kids and adults of all ages more than 83 years,” said Donelle Dadigan.

                                                                                 

Abbott an Costello vinyl records.

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.        Their patter routine "Who's on First?" is considered one of the greatest comedy routines of all time, a version of which appears in their 1945 film "The Naughty Nineties". TheHollywoodMuseum.com