''The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock'' is a 1959 comedy science fiction film starring

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and

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and directed by Sidney Miller.

Plot

Artie Pinsetter is a junk collector and amateur inventor who lives in the desert town of Candy Rock. Artie's fiancée, Emmy Lou Raven, is exposed to radiation in a cave and is thereby transformed into a thirty-foot giant. When Artie nervously explains to his betrothed's rich uncle that she has gotten "big", the uncle misunderstands "big" as "pregnant", and insists that Artie marry her immediately. After comic hilarity ensues, Artie is eventually able to restore her to normal size. But the final scene shows Pinsetter's dog has been enlarged to giant size, suggesting further problems.

Cast

as Artie Pinsetter *

as Emmy Lou Raven *

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as Rossiter * Lenny Kent as The Sergeant * Charles Lane as Standard Bates * Jimmy Conlin as Magruder * Will Wright as Pentagon General *

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as Bill Burton

Production

''The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock'' was filmed from December 3 through December 22, 1958, and is the only film that

starred in without his longtime professional partner,

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. It is based on an original screenplay titled ''The Secret Bride of Candy Rock Mountain''.Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood''. New York: Perigee Books. The film was not released until August 1959, five months after Costello died of a

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. Much of the outdoor footage was shot at the

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in Chatsworth, California, including a number of scenes depicting the oversized blonde beauty at her new home—a

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. The barn was part of a ranch set on the Upper Iverson known as the Fury Set, which was originally built for the television show '' Fury''.

In popular culture

Clips from the film were used for a parody in the music video "

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" by

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Home media

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film as a made-to-order DVD on September 13, 2010.

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:30 Foot Bride Of Candy Rock 1959 films American science fiction comedy films American black-and-white films 1950s science fiction comedy films 1950s English-language films Films about size change Films about giants Columbia Pictures films Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar 1959 comedy films 1950s American films