Jack and the Beanstalk

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello brought their comic sensibilities to this family-friendly musical treatment of the classic fairy tale. Babysitter Jack (Costello) nods off while reading bedtime stories to a bratty charge, and dreams himself as the poor farmboy who plants the magic beans and raids the riches-laden sky castle of an angry giant (Buddy Baer). Dorothy Ford, Shaye Cogan, James Alexander co-star. 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.