Buck Privates (1941)
- Directed by
- Arthur Lubin
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 76 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two streetwise hustlers accidentally enlist in the army during the peacetime draft. They bumble their way through basic training and get into trouble with their sergeant.
playfullightheartedupbeatfast-pacednostalgicmusicalslapstickcheerful
What happens
Buck Privates is a 1941 American musical military comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bona fide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the United States entered the war (In the Navy and Keep 'Em Flying). A sequel to this movie, Buck Privates Come Home, was released in 1947. Buck Privates is one of three Abbott and Costello films featuring The Andrews Sisters, who were also under contract to Universal Pictures at the time. Abbott and Costello performed a one-hour radio adaptation of the film on the Lux Radio Theatre on October 13, 1941. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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You'll Never Get Rich (1941)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.