| Li'l Abner | |
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| Directed by | Albert S. Rogell |
| Screenplay by | Charles Kerr Tyler Johnson |
| Based on | Li'l Abner by Al Capp |
| Produced by | Lou L. Ostrow |
| Starring | Jeff York Martha O'Driscoll Mona Ray Johnnie Morris Buster Keaton |
| Cinematography | Harry Jackson |
| Edited by | Otto Ludwig Donn Hayes |
| Music by | Lud Gluskin |
Production companies | Vogue Pictures, Ltd. |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures reissued by Astor Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Language | English |
Li'l Abner is a 1940 film based on the comic strip Li'l Abner created by Al Capp. The three most recognizable names associated with the film are Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat, Jeff York as Li'l Abner, and Milton Berle, who co-wrote the title song.
This was the first of two films based on the popular Al Capp strip, the second being Paramount's 1959 musical, Li'l Abner, which was also based on the hit 1956 Broadway musical Li'l Abner.
The film was poorly received, with the rubber "facial appliances" worn by some of the characters to simulate Capp's character designs being especially deficient.[1]
- ^ Davis, Blair (2017). Movie Comics: Page to Screen/Screen to Page. Rutgers University Press. p. 177. ISBN 9780813572284.