{"id":12030,"date":"2010-08-12T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T19:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12030"},"modified":"2020-12-21T23:45:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:45:14","slug":"little-giant-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12030","title":{"rendered":"Little Giant (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If you could read my mind like I can read yours, you&#8217;d know I meant every word of it!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster-115x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster-115x300.png 115w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster-393x1024.png 393w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster-49x128.png 49w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster-104x270.png 104w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Little-Giant-Poster.png 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA bumbling salesman (Lou Costello) suddenly finds himself enormously successful once he believes he has the ability to read minds.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#abbottcostello\">Abbott and Costello Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#comedy\">Comedy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#mindcontrol\">Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#salesmen\">Salesmen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Little Giant<\/em> is notable in Abbott and Costello&#8217;s oeuvre as the first film in which they didn&#8217;t play buddies, and were given a more &#8220;traditional&#8221; story to work with. Costello acquits himself well in the lead role as a likable but hapless aspiring salesman who finds success once he believes in his own powers of persuasion. It&#8217;s difficult to watch him beaten down time and again, but we&#8217;re fairly convinced that all will work out well for him in the end &#8212; and knowing that he has a loyal, pretty fiancee (Elena Verdugo) waiting for him back at home doesn&#8217;t hurt things, either. Despite playing two different roles (good and bad &#8220;versions&#8221; of Costello&#8217;s boss), Abbott has much less prominence here &#8212; this is really Costello&#8217;s show all the way (though the duo have at least one classic interaction together, as they re-enact their &#8220;7 times 13 is 28&#8221; routine from <em>In the Navy<\/em>). Not must-see for all-purpose film fanatics, but certainly of interest to diehard Abbott and Costello fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>A bit of historical trivia:<\/strong> In her attempt to &#8220;woo&#8221; Benny (Costello), Jacqueline deWit (playing evil Abbott&#8217;s secret wife) takes him to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westland.net\/venicehistory\/articles\/venicepier.htm\">Venice Amusement Pier<\/a>, which was shut down just months after this film was released. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lou Costello as Benny<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-costello.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-costello.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12033\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline de Wit as Hazel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-de-wit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-de-wit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12089\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Benny&#8217;s first attempt at a &#8220;hard sell&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-selling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-selling.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12034\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Benny explaining how 7 goes into 28 thirteen times<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-thirteen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/little-giant-thirteen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12035\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038694\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/little-giant-99784\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinkworks.com\/movies\/m\/little.giant.1946.shtml\">At a Glance Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you could read my mind like I can read yours, you&#8217;d know I meant every word of it!&#8221; Synopsis: A bumbling salesman (Lou Costello) suddenly finds himself enormously successful once he believes he has the ability to read minds. Genres: Abbott and Costello Films Comedy Mind Control and Hypnosis Salesmen Review: Little Giant is notable in Abbott and Costello&#8217;s oeuvre as the first film in which they didn&#8217;t play buddies, and were given a more &#8220;traditional&#8221; story to work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12030\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58977,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions\/58977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}