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, named after the comedian's son who had died in 1943 aged 1, and it was originally distributed for free to U.S. film exhibitors.

Cast

* Abbott and Costello * James Stewart *

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* Brenda Joyce

Home media

A restored version of the film was included as a special feature in the 2006

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release of ''

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References

External links

* 1948 films American black-and-white films Abbott and Costello 1940s English-language films Films directed by Charles Barton American short documentary films 1948 documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about Los Angeles 1948 short films 1940s short documentary films 1940s American films {{short-documentary-film-stub