The best Lou Costello’s documentary movies
We present our ranking of the best Lou Costello’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Lou Costello.
Terror in the Aisles
6.3/10
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.
That's Entertainment, Part II
7.3/10
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
The Big Parade of Comedy
5.8/10
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.8/10
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Twenty Years After
5.8/10
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
The Hollywood Clowns
8.9/10
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
6.5/10
Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932).
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom, Sing a Song of Six Pants, and Malice in the Palace, also Ed Wynn's live TV Camel Comedy Caravan starring Shemp, Larry, and Moe.
Hollywood My Home Town
7.6/10
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
6.8/10
This is an important documentary done by a great fan of Abbott and Costello - Jerry Seinfeld. This portrait of Abbott and Costello is one of the best put to film. It does more than just play clips or just pay homage to them. Seinfeld found the things that inspired them to start with.
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
4/10
A biography of comedian duo Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
7.2/10
A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.
Lou Costello: This Is Your Life
8.1/10
Beloved comedian Lou Costello is the subject, detailing his partnership with Bud Abbott, his unsuccessful start in 1920s Hollywood, and the tragic drowning of Lou's not quite 1 year old son Lou Jr., nicknamed Butch.
