she was betrothed. The Giant releases Dinklepuss and Jack from the dungeon in order to toil around his castle. They befriend his housekeeper, Polly, who helps them escape over the castle wall along with the royal prisoners, Nellie and some of the Giant's stolen gems (pilfered by the greedy Dinklepuss). They flee down the beanstalk with the Giant in pursuit. During the descent, Dinklepuss loses Nellie (who falls into the arms of Jack's mother) and then the gems, which rain down upon the impoverished townsfolk below. Once all reach the ground, Jack chops down the beanstalk, sending the Giant falling to his death. The villagers rejoice by dancing around the hole the Giant made from his fall. Just before being rewarded by the King for heroism, Jack is rudely awakened when Donald breaks a vase over Jack's head just as Eloise and Arthur return home from rehearsal. Jack's cries out, but receives a second blow to the head from Dinkle when he learns of his sleeping on the job, which returns Jack to his dream state. After greeting Eloise and Arthur as their storybook counterparts, Jack dances off into the night with the bravado of "Jack the Giant-Killer". Cast Bud Abbott as Mr. Dinkle/Mr. Dinklepuss Lou Costello as Jack/Jack Strong Dorothy Ford as The Receptionist/Polly Buddy Baer as Police Sergeant Riley/The Giant Shaye Cogan as Eloise Larkin/The Princess David Stollery as Donald Larkin James Alexander as Arthur/The Prince Barbara Brown as Mrs. Strong William Farnum as The King Arthur Shields as Patrick the Harp Johnny Conrad and Dancers Mel Blanc provides the voices of the woodland animals of the Giant's land. Production Since Universal-International would not spend the money to make an Abbott and Costello film in color, the duo decided to produce color films themselves. Utilizing a clause in their contract with Universal that allowed the team to make one independent film per year, Costello's company, Exclusive Productions, shot this film in 1951 and Abbott's company, Woodley Productions, made a second color film, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd in 1952. Warner Bros. distributed both films but did not provide financing or production services. Jack and the Beanstalk was filmed from July 9 through August 2, 1951 at Hal Roach Studios on sets from Joan of Arc (1948). Like The Wizard of Oz, the film's opening and closing segments were presented in sepia tone – although many of the