Abbott and Costello in Hollywood

Abbott and Costello play a pair of barbers who want their own Hollywood barber shop and to get it no two barbers have ever been in more close shaves. There’s Abbott-the-schemer who gets them jobs as big-time talent agents. Then there’s Costello, all he’s ever headed for is trouble. When Abbott and Costello get inside Hollywood, Hollywood gets turned inside out.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

Stream, rent or buy via Just Watch Logo

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

S. Sylvan Simon

producer

Martin A. Gosch

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United Artists Corporation

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1945

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302380

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/81306--abbott-and-costello-in-hollywood/ |title=Abbott and Costello in Hollywood |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=26 April 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1945

Please note