Hold That Ghost (1941 Dave’s Pick)
The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1941 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, Abbott and Costello in Hold That Ghost. Directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joan Davis, Richard Carlson and Evelyn Ankers, Hold That Ghost was Abbott and Costello’s third feature film of 1941.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Thomas M. Pryor in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1941/08/08/archives/at-the-capitol.html), William R. Weaver in the Motion Picture Herald, and Variety.
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