Tickets now on sale for 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' benefit screening

A promotional still from the 1948 film “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

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By Courtney Brummer-Clark

If you are looking for a scary good time this Halloween season, Omaha film historian Bruce Crawford may have the event for you.

As part of his film benefit series, Crawford announced today that the 1948 classic movie “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” will be shown at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St. The event will feature special guest Ron Chaney, grandson of the film’s co-star Lon Chaney Jr. who played the iconic Wolf Man in the film.

“Ron Chaney helping us host this film makes it all the more special, with his family’s rich history in Hollywood,” Crawford said.

The film’s plot centers on Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) who has teamed up with Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert). Dracula requires a new brain to reactivate Frankenstein’s monster (Glenn Strange), and finds it in Lou Costello’s character, who is wooed by Mornay to the operating table, despite the warnings of the Wolf Man alter ego, Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.).

FULL story at link above. I'll be a volunteer helper for this event.