- Pardon My Sarong
Infobox Film | name = Pardon My Sarong
caption = "Pardon My Sarong" VHS Cover
director =Erle C. Kenton
producer =Alex Gottlieb
writer =True Boardman Nat Perrin
John Grant
starring =Bud Abbott Lou Costello Virginia Bruce
Robert Paige
music =Charles Previn
cinematography =
editing =Arthur Hilton
distributor =Universal Pictures
released =August 7 , 1942 (U.S. release)
runtime = 84 min
language = English
budget = $400,000
imdb_id = 0035173
preceded_by = Rio Rita (1942)
followed_by = Who Done It? (1942)"Pardon My Sarong" is a 1942 comedy film starring
Abbott and Costello . Produced during the duo's prime years, "Pardon My Sarong " is widely regarded as one of Abbott and Costello's best films. Fact|date=January 2008Plot
Tommy Layton (Robert Paige), a weathly bachelor, rents a city bus and rides it from Chicago to Los Angeles. Once there he intends to participate in a yacht race to Hawaii. The drivers of the bus, Algy (
Bud Abbott ) and Wellington (Lou Costello ), are then chased by a detective (William Demarest ) who was hired by the bus company. They escape capture by driving the bus off a fishing pier. Layton, who is on his yacht already, rescues them and hires them as his crew for the race. A competitor of his in the race, Joan Marshall (Virginia Bruce ) has fired his original crew without his knowledege. He enacts revenge by kidnapping her and taking her along on the race.While on course to Hawaii, they encounter a hurricane and land on an uncharted island, which is also the home of Dr. Varnoff (
Lionel Atwill ), a mysterious scientist. The island natives mistake Wellington as a legendary hero and inform him that he must marry Princess Luana (Nan Wynn ). Meanwhile, Varnoff's plan is to cause the volcano to erupt in order to trick the tribe into giving them their sacred jewel. The natives send Wellington (and the jewel) to the volcano to defeat the evil spirit of the volcano. Varnoff chases him to the volcano, where they are defeated by Wellington and Algy.Production
"Pardon My Sarong" was filmed at Mayfair Productions from
March 2 throughApril 28 , 1942. The film's original draft, datedJuly 19 , 1941, was titled "Road to Montezuma". [Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). "Abbott and Costello in Hollywood". New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0]The Ink Spots performed in this movie with tenor Deek Watson playing trumpet on the song "Shout Brother Shout". The famous dance group "Tip, Tap, and Toe" danced during the night club scene. However,Maria Montez 's scenes were eventually cut from the film.World premiere
The film premiered in Costello's hometown of
Paterson, New Jersey at a benefit for St. Anthony's Church.Rerelease
"Pardon My Sarong" was re-released in
1948 .DVD Release
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