Films Set in the 20th Century (Study Guide) - The Time of Their Lives, the Stars Look Down (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: The Time of Their Lives, the Stars Look Down, Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's for One More Day, Shining Victory, Vigil in the Night, the Spanish Gardener, Web of Evidence, up 'n' Under, Privates on Parade, Tuesdays With Morrie, a Lesson Before Dying, Grand Canary, Once to Every Woman, My Night With Reg. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Time of Their Lives is a 1946 American film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. As in the previous Abbott and Costello film, Little Giant, the duo plays separate characters instead of partners, due to tensions between them that led to their splitting up for a while in 1945. The film also avoids their famous routines. In this film, the two only speak directly to each other during one scene at the beginning of the film. The time is 1780, and Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) is a master tinker. He travels to Tom Danbury's (Jess Barker) estate with a letter of commendation from General George Washington. He plans to present this letter to Danbury, whom he hopes to persuade into allowing Horatio to marry Nora O'Leary (Anne Gillis), Danbury's housemaid. Unfortunately, Horatio has a romantic rival in Cuthbert Greenway (Bud Abbott), Danbury's butler, who is very fond of Nora and intends to prevent Horatio from presenting his letter, which Nora has taken for safekeeping. Nora happens to overhear Danbury discussing his part in Benedict Arnold's plot; Danbury captures her, and hides the commendation letter in a secret compartment of the mantel clock. Danbury's fiancee, Melody Allen (Marjorie Reynolds), witnesses the situation and sets off on horseback to warn Washington's army. She enlists Horatio's help, but the two of them are mistakenly shot by American troops that are...http: //booksllc.net/?id=8102720