John Wasser wrote: > [[ This message was both posted and mailed. ]] > > In article <[log in to unmask]>, Scott Andrew Hutchins > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > 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/ ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite