The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
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]
- Lou Costello - Artie Pinsetter
- Dorothy Provine - Emmy Lou Raven
- Gale Gordon as Rossiter
- Lenny Kent - The Sergeant
- Charles Lane| - Standard Bates
- Jimmy Conlin - Magruder
- William H. Wright - Pentagon General
- Will Wright - Pentagon General
- Peter Leeds - Bill Burton
- Robert Burton| - First General
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]
- ↑ 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.
External links[edit | edit source]
- The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock at Internet Movie Database
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