Of all the Abbot and Costello films, Africa Screams has always been one of my favorites. With the added supporting help of soon to be stooges Joe Besser and Shemp Howard, the laughs are fast and furious. The main problem is that the movie, for some inexplicable reason, fell into the public domain. The good part is there is no lack of exposure for this film. The bad part is the versions that make it to DVD are simply horrible transfers. I think it is a terrible shame that so many classic comedies, like Afirca Screams, Morgy and Shoo in Chatanooga Shoo Shoo and The Stooges handful of short subjects like Disorder in the Court, Malice in the Palice, etc seem to get short-changed because some suit in the copyright-renewal office fell asleep at the wheel. I hope Africa Screams someday gets the remastered restoration it deserves.
Review of Africa Screams
