What is The 30 Foot Bride Of Candy Rock?

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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock Theatrical Poster
Directed bySidney Miller
Produced byLewis J, Rachmil
Written byRowland Barber
Arthur Ross
StarringLou Costello
Dorothy Provine
Gale Gordon
Music byRaoul Kraushaar
Editing byAl Clark
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date(s)August 6, 1959
Running time75 min.
LanguageEnglish
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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock is a 1959 film starring Lou Costello and Dorothy Provine.

Plot

Artie Pinsetter (Lou Costello) is a junk collector and amateur inventor who lives in the desert town of Candy Rock. Artie's finacée, Emmy Lou Raven (Dorothy Provine) happens upon magical waters of Dinosaur Springs and is changed into a thirty-foot giantess. Artie eventually restores her to normal size.

Production

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock was filmed from December 3 through December 22, 1958 and is the only film that Lou Costello starred in without his longtime partner, Bud Abbott. It is based on an original screenplay entitled. The Secret Bride of Candy Rock Mountain.[1]

This film wasn't released until August 1959, five months after Costello died of a heart attack.

References

1. ^ Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0
  • Stephen Cox and John Lofflin.The Abbott and Costello Story. Cumberland House Publishing, 1997.

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