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The Time of Their Lives (1946)
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16 August 1946 (USA) moreTagline:
Something NEW from BUD and LOU ! morePlot:
Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Good stuff moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Bud Abbott | ... | Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway | |
| Lou Costello | ... | Horatio Prim | |
| Marjorie Reynolds | ... | Melody Allen | |
| Binnie Barnes | ... | Mildred Dean | |
| John Shelton | ... | Sheldon Gage | |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Emily | |
| Lynn Baggett | ... | June Prescott (as Lynne Baggett) | |
| Jess Barker | ... | Thomas Danbury | |
| Ann Gillis | ... | Nora O'Leary (as Anne Gillis) | |
| Donald MacBride | ... | Lieutenant Mason | |
| William Hall | ... | Sergeant Conners | |
| Robert Barrat | ... | Major Putnam (as Robert H. Barrat) | |
| Rex Lease | ... | Sergeant Makepeace |
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This would be the first Bud Abbott and Lou Costello feature directed by Charles Barton, who is generally regarded as their best director. moreQuotes:
Melody Allen: Here's a horse pistol.[Gives him the gun. Horatio turns to the horse behind him]
Horatio Prim: Here, this is for you.
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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes moreFAQ
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1780, during the revolutionary war, there is a ball on. The master of the estate, Tom Danbery, is a rebel who plots against Washington. Bud plays a tipsy servant who attempts to woo a maid who is in love with Costello, a poor tinker called Horatio Prim. Prim has a letter of recomendation from Washington himself and he and the maid, Nora, plan to elope but Abbott tricks him into getting trapped in a large trunk. Some of Danberry's men show up and discuss their plan, only to discover Nora overlistening. They do away with her. Danberry's fiance, Melody Allen, is wise to the plan and after helping Tinker escape from the trunk asks him to take her to the nearest soldiers standpoint. As they race off on their horses, Washington's men arrive on the scene looking for Danberry. Thinking they are rebels, Prim and Melody race off in the oposite direction. Mistaking them for traitors too, the man shoot them dead on the spot. The Leader curses their souls and bounds them to the grounds for all time till they can proove their innocence. The house is destroyed and the furniture taken away. Danberry has hidden the letter which prooves their innocence in the library clock.
Cut to 1946. The ghosts are still their but the mansion has been restored. A man recovering froma nervous breakdown, his girl and her outspoken Aunt move in with the original butler's descendant (again, played by an outstading Bud). They also have a physic housekeeper, the wonderful Gale Sondergaard.
After haunting them, they try and find the letter which prooves their innocence...
This is a more interesting A+C film than a funny one. Great performances by all though Lou tries a little to hard at times. I think it's an interesting perforamce by him as I can see shades of his characters from his early films and also his later films. He fumbles with his hat for the 1st time in this film. Bud is superb. I didn't rate his acting in their last couple of films for universal (especially ...meet the keystone Kops) but here, he shines. All of the supporting are great too.
Both Bud and Lou have memorable opening scenes with Bud, the tipsy waitor and Lou asleep on his horse. Good music, great effects and good fun. It has been labelled as an Abbott and Costello film for those who don't like Abbott and Costello. Fun for all the family!