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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
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Wikipedia article
'The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock' is a 1959 comedy science fiction film starring Lou Costello and Dorothy Provine 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 fiance, 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
* Lou Costello as Artie Pinsetter
* Dorothy Provine as Emmy Lou Raven
* Gale Gordon as Rossiter
* Lenny Kent as The Sergeant
* Charles Lane as Standard Bates
* Jimmy Conlin as Magruder
* Will Wright as Pentagon General
* Peter Leeds 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 Lou Costello starred in without his longtime professional partner, Bud Abbott. 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 heart attack.
Much of the outdoor footage was shot at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., including a number of scenes depicting the oversized blonde beauty at her new homea barn. 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 "She Will Have Her Way" by Neil Finn.
Home media
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film as a made-to-order DVD on September 13, 2010.
References
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