{"id":12080,"date":"2010-08-12T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T19:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12080"},"modified":"2020-12-21T23:56:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:56:03","slug":"time-of-their-lives-the-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12080","title":{"rendered":"Time of Their Lives, The (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a curse on this house, all right.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster-181x270.png 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Time-of-Their-Lives-Poster.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Revolutionary War, a patriotic tinker (Lou Costello) and a noblewoman (Marjorie Reynolds) are mistaken for traitors and shot, their ghosts cursed to remain on the same plot of land until they can prove their innocence.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abbott and Costello Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Ghosts<\/li>\n<li>Old Dark House<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Time of Their Lives<\/em> was Abbott and Costello&#8217;s second attempt &#8212; after <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12030\"><em>Little Giant<\/em> (1946)<\/a> &#8212; at moving away from buddy films and towards a more &#8220;traditional&#8221; style of comedy. Here, they tap into the genre of &#8220;ghostly comedy&#8221; (<em>a la<\/em> the enormously successful <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5923\"><em>Topper<\/em><\/a> trilogy), with a twist of period drama for good measure &#8212; though the bulk of the film takes place in 1946. As in <em>Little Giant<\/em>, Abbott once again plays dual roles (as Costello&#8217;s Revolutionary War-era nemesis, and his descendant), but Abbott&#8217;s the primary protagonist &#8212; along with his female &#8220;buddy&#8221;, Marjorie Reynolds. The story &#8212; involving Costello and Reynolds desperately trying to get modern-day Abbott and his friends to help them uncover a hidden letter from George Washington, which will prove their innocence &#8212; is innocuous and reasonably entertaining, but I found myself noticing (and sorely missing) the absence of A&#038;C&#8217;s classic routines. This one is really only must see for fans of Abbott and Costello &#8212; many of whom, interestingly, consider it among their best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This film&#8217;s rather generic title really should have been reconsidered&#8230; It makes little sense, and doesn&#8217;t accurately convey the movie&#8217;s central premise.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bud Abbott and Marjorie Reynolds as the doomed ghosts<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/time-of-their-lives-effects.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/time-of-their-lives-effects.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12083\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The effectively &#8220;spooky&#8221; seance scene<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/time-of-their-lives-seance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/time-of-their-lives-seance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12084\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look if you stumble upon it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039037\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1946\/11\/28\/archives\/the-screen-song-of-the-south-disney-film-combining-cartoons-and.html\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3676&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2015\/07\/27\/the-time-of-their-lives-1946\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicfilmguide.com\/index.php?s=other_reviews&#038;item=81\">Classic Film Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/93379\/the-time-of-their-lives#articles-reviews?articleId=84038\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a curse on this house, all right.&#8221; Synopsis: During the Revolutionary War, a patriotic tinker (Lou Costello) and a noblewoman (Marjorie Reynolds) are mistaken for traitors and shot, their ghosts cursed to remain on the same plot of land until they can prove their innocence. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Abbott and Costello Films Comedy Falsely Accused Fantasy Ghosts Old Dark House Review: The Time of Their Lives was Abbott and Costello&#8217;s second attempt &#8212; after Little Giant (1946)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12080\"> 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-12080","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\/12080","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=12080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58980,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions\/58980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}