Variety reviews Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

30 June 1948 · Variety

Brog.

Bram Stoker Estate account · Original source: English

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Variety finds comedy and genuine scares in the meeting of Abbott and Costello with Universal’s monsters. It credits Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange and Lon Chaney with sustaining the menace, praises Charles T. Barton’s direction and predicts strong commercial appeal.

Original Variety issue visually checked on 7 November 2026: 30 June 1948, printed p. 10 (bound-volume PDF leaf 225). The review is signed Brog.; its dateline is Hollywood, June 26, and it reports a June 20 preview. Those dates are distinct from the issue date. The original scan was recovered from the Internet Archive; no full review is reproduced here.

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The Wolf Man surprises Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. — The Wolf Man and Lou Costello in a trailer frame from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).Universal trailer frame via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive.