Show Costumes for Bud Lou Cost Universal By JOHN JOliN TODD HOLLYWOOD INS INS When When the cost of Pardon My Sarong Sarong Sa Sa- Sa rong the new Abbott and Costello picture is totaled Universal studio accountants will find one item on the list which no doubt will make them blink their eyes and suspect that somebody has hasI I made a mistake or else is playing a gag on them 4 a The item in question is the the cost of costuming Bud Abbott Abbott Ab Ab- Ab bott and Lou Costello for the pic picture pic- pic ture Broken down the figures represent three complete outfits for each comedian Bud Abbotts Abbott's three costumes totaled 19 Lou Costellos Costello's cost 1950 Hollywood producers in past eras of movie mo ss have been known to spend thousands of dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars on a single costume for a astar astar astar star but even in the present period period pe pe- pe- pe nod of wartime economy it is Unusual unusual unusual un un- usual when a a. wardrobe man can outfit two stars for a picture for less than 10 40 The man responsible for this accomplishment is Mal Mai I Kaplan who explained that Bud and Lou first appear in the picture as bus drivers and wear khaki uniforms which cost 1095 each including rental of caps for six weeks at 75 cents a week The second change of costume comes when the comics become sailors on a yacht These outfits outfits outfits out out- fits made of denim set the studio studio stu stu- stu dio back 6 95 each including cap sweater denim jacket and trousers and canvas sneakers The third costume and the most inexpensive was the sarong Abbott's Abbotts Abbotts Abbott's Abbotts Abbott's Ab Ab- Ab- Ab botts bott's cost a dollar Costellos Costello's cost Abbott just threw his sarong around himself and said the way Ill I'll wear it Kaplan explained Costello was more particular He wanted it draped a certain way so we had to take a few stitches here and there That's why Lous Lou's sarong cost more than Buds |