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Scott Andrew Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:12:21 -0500
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John Wasser wrote:

> [[ This message was both posted and mailed. ]]
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> In article <[log in to unmask]>, Scott Andrew Hutchins
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Does anyone have any idea where I could find a film from the fifties
> > called "Fireman Save My Child" with Spike Jones? Any information
> > would be great.
> >
> > Carly Wray
>
> The Internet Movie Database has lots of data, but no source for a tape.
>
> http://us.imdb.com/Title?0046980
>
> You can by a lobby card autographed by Buddy Hackett for $25.
>
> Looks like a popular title.  IMDB shows six filmings:
>
>       Fireman Save My Child (1918)
>       Fireman, Save My Child (1921)
>       Firemen, Save My Child (1927)
>       Fireman Save My Child (1932)
>       Fireman, Save My Child (1935)
>       Fireman Save My Child (1954)
>
> Fireman Save My Child (1954)
>
> Directed by Leslie Goodwins
>
> Writing credits: John Grant (I)  & Lee Loeb
>
> Genre: Comedy
>
> Credited cast overview:
> Spike Jones ....  Lt. McGinty
> Hugh O'Brian   ....  Smitty
>
> rest of cast listed alphabetically
> Madge Blake ....  Mayor's Wife
> Willis Bouchey ....  Mayor
> Tom Brown (I)  ....  Captain Bill Peters
> Harry Cheshire ....  Commissioner Spencer
> George Cleveland  ....  Chief Rorty
> John Cliff  ....  Crane
> Tristram Coffin   ....  Tucker
> Buddy Hackett  ....  Smokey
> Adele Jergens  ....  Harry's Wife
> Henry Kulky ....  Harry
>
> Runtime: USA:79
> Country: USA
> Language: English
> Color: Black and White
> Sound Mix: Mono
>
>  http://www.checkout.com/movies/title/info/0,7695,833529,00.html
>
> Fireman Save My Child started out as an Abbott and Costello picture,
> but then Lou Costello became ill with rheumatic fever. Or Costello
> turned down the script. Or the team decided to film Abbott and Costello
> Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde instead. Whatever the reason, when the
> film was finally released, Hugh O'Brien and Buddy Hackett were playing
> the roles originally intended for Bud and Lou (A and C can still be
> seen in some long-shots, however). Set in San Francisco in the early
> 1900s, the film casts Hugh and Buddy as a pair of bumbling firemen.
> Buddy invents a new fire-extingushing device, which the bad guys
> attempt to steal. Naturally, the film affords plenty of opportunity for
> slapstick chase sequences, and even allows Buddy Hackett time to do a
> potted version of his "inferiority complex" monologue. Top-billed over
> O'Brien and Hackett is the zany musical aggregation of Spike Jones and
> His City Slickers, who likewise are given several opportunities to
> shine. -- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
>
> I found the 1932 version for $19.95:
> http://sepnet.com/rcramer/comedy.htm
>
> You can rent a 10-minute version of the 80-minute movie for only
> $10/day:
> http://www.modernsoundpictures.com/ISCastle10.html
>
> You can rent one of the six (date unknown) on 16mm film at:
> http://www.swank.com/

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