Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Warner Bros
April 12, 1952
Fantasy, Children's
DVD
C-

This kicks off the A's on this blog, in that it's filed under "Abbott" for Abbott & Costello.  The script by Lou's brother Pat has a framing device that's actually less plausible than what I saw of Jack and the princess.  (I didn't stick around for the beanstalk.)  A young actress, at the urging of her actor boyfriend, hires a babysitter from an employment agency and they send, without much of an interview, "Jack" (played by Lou), who falls asleep while the mentally precocious 8-year-old boy reads a bedtime story to him.  Then we go into unimpressive color for Jack as "Jack."  Note that there's a TV in the living room, but just as furniture; we don't see anyone watch it.

Jean Yarbrough directed.