‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein’ opens in Syrause, New York 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 14 1948)

Video: 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' trailer (plus 11 clips)

(Wednesday, July 14, 1948) — Count Dracula plots to put a simpleton”s brain into the body of the Frankenstein monster in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, an American horror comedy that opened today at the Paramount Theater in Syracuse, New York.

Directed by Charles Barton, the film starred Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Béla Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert and Jane Randolph.