Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Signed Contract Display The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap – COA JSA

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during World War II. Their patter routine “Who’s on First?” is considered one of the greatest comedy routines of all time.

They first worked together in 1935, at the Eltinge Burlesque Theater on 42nd Street—now the lobby of the AMC Empire movie complex in New York City. This first performance together occurred due to Costello’s regular partner being ill. When AMC moved the old theater 168 ft. further west on 42nd Street to its current location, giant balloons of Abbott and Costello were rigged to appear to pull it.

Presented is an Universal Pictures contract dating to 1946 featuring the performers Abbott and Costello for the “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap”. Each entertainer Lou Costello and Bud Abbott signed the contract on the last page on the signature line in pen (“8-9″). The contract was placed in a custom photo display (27.75″ x 30”) that allows for the pages  of the contract to be read.

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is a 1947 American comedy western film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello alongside Marjorie Main and Audrey Young. It was released on October 8 and distributed by Universal-International. The plot involves two traveling salesmen (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) are saddled with a widow (Marjorie Main) and her brood in a lawless Old West town.

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Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Signed Contract Display The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap