Pardon My Sarong (1942)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Erle C. Kenton

Writers:

True Boardman (screenplay) &
Nat Perrin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 August 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Adventure

Plot:

Bud and Lou play a couple of bus drivers who quickly get in trouble. |

Plot Keywords:

Bus | Bus Driver | Ship Wreck | Kidnapping | Fugitive

Cast

Bud Abbott	...	Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
Lou Costello	...	Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
Virginia Bruce	...	Joan Marshall
Robert Paige	...	Tommy Layton
Lionel Atwill	...	Dr. Varnoff
Leif Erickson	...	Whaba (as Leif Erikson)
Nan Wynn	...	Luana
William Demarest	...	Det. Kendall
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Chief Kolua
Marie McDonald	...	Ferna
Janet Warren	...	Amo (as Elaine Morey)
The Ink Spots	...	Themselves (as The Four Ink Spots)
Tip Tap & Toe	...	Themselves (as Tip, Tap and Toe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Teddy Infuhr	...	Nemo (scenes deleted)
Maria Montez	...	(scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

Road to Montezuma (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #8496)

Filming Locations:

Balboa, Newport Beach, California, USA

Company:

Mayfair Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Universal had smash hits with Abbott and Costello's service comedies. With this film, they tried to duplicate the box office success that Paramount was having with the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road" pictures. The experiment worked and this film exceeded the box office grosses of their service comedies to become Abbott and Costello's biggest hit to date.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the drink switching scene between Lou Costello and the native guy Lou Costello tricks the native guy into thinking that he switched the glasses when in fact he didn't. The two take a drink and put their glasses down but in the very next shot, the glasses are back in their hands.

Soundtrack:

Java Jive

Good A&C

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

*** (out of 4)

Good Abbott and Costello film has the boys on a tropical island where a thief (Lionel Atwill) is planing to steal a priceless jewel from the locals. The nearly 200 people in the theater seemed to enjoy this one pretty well. I've always found this to be a pretty good film even with the way too many musical numbers. The boys timing is right on the mark with the highlight being the spoof of Tarzan films at the end. Plenty of laughs throughout.

Available on DVD through Universal.