The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock is a 1959 film starring Lou Costello
and Dorothy Provine
.
) is a junk collector and amateur inventor who lives in the desert town of Candy Rock. Artie's finacée, Emmy Lou Raven (Dorothy Provine
) happens upon magical waters of Dinosaur Springs and is changed into a thirty-foot giantess. While nervously explaining to her Uncle that she has gotten "big" (pregnant to her Uncle), he insists that they be married immediately. Artie eventually restores her to normal size.
starred in without his longtime partner, Bud Abbott
. It is based on an original screenplay entitled The Secret Bride of Candy Rock Mountain.
This film was not released until August 1959, five months after Costello died of a heart attack.
by Neil Finn
.
released the film on a made to order DVD on September 13, 2010.
Lou Costello
Louis Francis "Lou" Costello was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott...
and Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer, actress, and comedienne.-Career:Provine was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Virgil and Kathleen Provine. She attended the University of Washington, where she majored in drama. In Washington she handed out prizes for a local television...
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Plot
Artie Pinsetter (Lou CostelloLou Costello
Louis Francis "Lou" Costello was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott...
) is a junk collector and amateur inventor who lives in the desert town of Candy Rock. Artie's finacée, Emmy Lou Raven (Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer, actress, and comedienne.-Career:Provine was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Virgil and Kathleen Provine. She attended the University of Washington, where she majored in drama. In Washington she handed out prizes for a local television...
) happens upon magical waters of Dinosaur Springs and is changed into a thirty-foot giantess. While nervously explaining to her Uncle that she has gotten "big" (pregnant to her Uncle), he insists that they be married immediately. Artie eventually restores her to normal size.
Production
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock was filmed from December 3 through December 22, 1958 and is the only film that Lou CostelloLou Costello
Louis Francis "Lou" Costello was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott...
starred in without his longtime partner, Bud Abbott
Bud Abbott
William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.-Early life:...
. It is based on an original screenplay entitled The Secret Bride of Candy Rock Mountain.
This film was not released until August 1959, five months after Costello died of a heart attack.
Cultural references
Film clips from this movie were used for a parody in the music video She Will Have Her WayShe Will Have Her Way (song)
"She Will Have Her Way" is a 1998 solo single by New Zealand singer/songwriter and Crowded House lead singer Neil Finn. The music video for this song is a spoof of the science fiction movie Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and the film The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock including film clips from both movies...
by Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
.
Home media
Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentSony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in November 1979 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, releasing 20 titles: The Anderson Tapes, Bell, Book and Candle, Born Free, Breakout,...
released the film on a made to order DVD on September 13, 2010.
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