John Grant - Turner Classic Movies

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Birth Place

Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA

Born

December 27, 1891

Died

November 19, 1955

Biography

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During his Hollywood career, John Grant wrote a variety of screenplays. Grant started his comedic screenwriting career with movies like "In the Navy" (1941) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, "Hold That Ghost" (1941) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and "Keep 'Em Flying" (1941) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. He also appeared in the Bud Abbott film "Pardon My Sarong" (1942), "Who Do...

Filmography

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The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Mask of the Dragon (1951)

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Reporter on train

Corregidor (1943)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

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Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Hole In The Rock

Bud Abbott And Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Feel A Thing

Biography

During his Hollywood career, John Grant wrote a variety of screenplays. Grant started his comedic screenwriting career with movies like "In the Navy" (1941) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, "Hold That Ghost" (1941) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and "Keep 'Em Flying" (1941) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. He also appeared in the Bud Abbott film "Pardon My Sarong" (1942), "Who Done It?" (1942) with Bud Abbott and "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942) with Bud Abbott. In the forties, Grant devoted his time to various credits, such as "In Society" (1944) starring Bud Abbott, "Lost in a Harem" (1944) starring Bud Abbott and "Here Come the Co-eds" (1945). He also worked on "The Naughty Nineties" with Bud Abbott (1945). In the latter part of his career, Grant wrote the comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" (1949) with Bud Abbott, "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" (1950) and the Bud Abbott comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1951). He also appeared in the comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd" (1952) with Bud Abbott. Grant last wrote the Bud Abbott comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (1955). Grant passed away in November 1955 at the age of 64.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Mask of the Dragon (1951)

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Reporter on train

Corregidor (1943)

Writer (Feature Film)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Fireman Save My Child (1954)

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)

Sailor Beware (1952)

Additional Dialogue

Double Crossbones (1951)

Additional Dialogue

Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)

Additional Dialogue

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Abbott & Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff (1949)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Mexican Hayride (1948)

Buck Privates Come Home (1947)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Additional Dialogue

The Naughty Nineties (1945)

Original Screenplay

Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)

In Society (1944)

Lost in a Harem (1944)

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Hit the Ice (1943)

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

Original Screenplay

Rio Rita (1942)

Special material for Abbott and Costello by

Who Done It? (1942)

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

Buck Privates (1941)

Special material for Abbott & Costello

In the Navy (1941)

Producer (Feature Film)

Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)

The Naughty Nineties (1945)

In Society (1944)

Bowery to Broadway (1944)

Life Events

Videos

Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Hole In The Rock Big comedy piece as Pete and Freddie (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) have finally reached the tomb of the evil mummy prince Klaris, accidentally gaining entry, in Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, 1955.

Bud Abbott And Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Feel A Thing Abbott And Costello are at Universal so there’s no worry about licensing monsters, though only two are originals, here in mayhem toward the end, Dracula (Bela Lugosi) plans to give Lou’s brain to the monster (Glenn Strange, not Karloff) and Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) is on their side until the moon comes out, in Bud Abbott And Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, 1948.

Buck Privates (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Drafty? Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (as "Slicker" and "Herbie") are introduced, and we find out how they wind up in the army, in this early scene from their mega-hit debut as stars, Buck Privates, 1941.

Buck Privates (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Paying On Account A quick insert, from special material written for the stars by John Grant, Slicker (Bud Abbott) and Herbie (Lou Costello) argue over money at the canteen, in Buck Privates, 1941.

Buck Privates (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Get Your Chins Up! Famous scene said to have been tough to film because the director kept cracking up, Slicker (Bud Abbott) and Herbie (Lou Costello) in the Army drill routine from Buck Privates, 1941.

Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) -- (Movie Clip) We Owe It To The Skipper Dressing up with color and musical comedy, the opening to Abbott And Costello's largely self-financed Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd, 1952, Leif Erickson leading the pirate chorus and Charles Laughton spoofing his own role from 1945, the boys found bumbling around Tortuga.

Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Hyde Will Kill Him! All Boris Karloff, in the title role/s not occupied by the stars, and not a single joke, John Dierkes his assistant, ruminating on the motivations of himself and his alter ego, after committing a murder in turn-of-the-century London, in Abbot And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, 1953.

Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Fat One Saw Me Bud and Lou are bumbling American cops fired from their professional-exchange gig with the London police force, and nobody will believe Lou, who’s just seen sly Boris Karloff turn from Hyde to Jekyll after a chase at the wax museum, in Abbot And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, 1953.

Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953) -- (Movie Clip) We're The New Dance Team Bud and Lou have been fired from the London police force, when they notice Boris Karloff in mean mode, at a music hall where his beloved Vicky (Helen Westcott) is the star, romanced by handsome reporter Bruce (Craig Stevens), in Abbot And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, 1953.

Who Done It? (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Now Playing, Alcatraz! Would-be mystery writers Chick and Mervyn (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) in the studio for the radio show, bothering writer Patrick Knowles, producer Louise Albritton, executive Thomas Gomez, Paul Dubov the radio actor, Mary Wickes with an exclamation, in Universal’s Who Done It?, 1942.

Who Done It? (1942) -- (Movie Clip) One Limburger Cheese Sandwich! First scene for the stars, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, advancing the plot only in that it establishes them as Chick Larkin and Mervyn Milgrim, counter help in the cafe downstairs at the radio network, but also, we’ll learn, wanna-be mystery writers, in their ninth feature, Who Done It?, 1942.

Time Of Their Lives, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Brush With The British In Revolutionary War-era Nassau County, Long Island, with as fancy an opening as any Abbott and Costello movie, we meet lovely Marjorie Reynolds, Bud as servant Cuthbert, Anne Gillis as feisty Nora, who prefers Lou, as tinker Horatio, in the comic ghost romp The Time Of Their Lives, 1946.

Hold That Ghost (1941) -- Original Trailer Original trailer for the second-made but third-released Abbott & Costello vehicle, Hold That Ghost, 1941, from Universal, with Joan Davis, Richard Carlson, Evelyn Ankers and The Andrews Sisters.

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