The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
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Theatrical release poster
Written by Rowland Barber
Arthur Ross|
Directed by Sidney Miller|
Starring Lou Costello
Dorothy Provine
Gale Gordon
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Lewis J. Rachmil
Running time 75 minutes
Distributor Columbia Pictures

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock is a 1959 film starring Lou Costello and Dorothy Provine.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Artie Pinsetter (Lou Costello) is a junk collector and amateur inventor who lives in the desert town of Candy Rock. Artie's fiancée, Emmy Lou Raven (Dorothy Provine), is exposed to radiation in a cave and is changed thereby into a thirty-foot giantess. When Artie nervously explains to his betrothed's rich uncle that she has gotten "big," the uncle misunderstands "big" as "pregnant," and insists that Artie marry her immediately. Artie eventually manages to restore her to her normal size.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

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 professional partner, Bud Abbott. It is based on an original screenplay entitled The Secret Bride of Candy Rock Mountain.[1]

The film was not released until August 1959, five months after Costello died of a heart attack.

Much of the outdoor footage was shot at the Iverson Movie Ranch| in Chatsworth|, Calif., including a number of scenes depicting the oversized blonde beauty at her new home—a barn. The barn was part of a ranch set on the Upper Iverson known as the Fury Set, which was originally built for the television show Fury|.

Reception[edit | edit source]

Influence[edit | edit source]

Film clips from this movie were used for a parody in the music video She Will Have Her Way| by Neil Finn.

Release[edit | edit source]

Home media[edit | edit source]

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on a made to order DVD on September 13, 2010.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Stephen Cox and John Lofflin.The Abbott and Costello Story. Cumberland House Publishing, 1997.

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Category:1959 films Category:American comedy science fiction films Category:American films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1950s comedy films Category:1950s science fiction films Category:English-language films Category:Size change in fiction Category:Giants in film Category:Columbia Pictures films