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Lost in a Harem (1944) Facts
| Director(s) | Charles Reisner |
| Producer(s) | George Haight |
| Featured Cast | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, Douglass Dumbrille, Lock Martin |
| Total Facts | 6 |
Douglass Dumbrille and Bud Abbott recreate The Marx Brothers' famous mirror scene from Duck Soup.
Lou Costello, as he did in virtually all the films he appeared in, makes a reference to his home town of Paterson, New Jersey.
Overseas program #820 for U.S. troops during the war.
The lavish sets utilized were left over from MGM's Kismet, which starred Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich and Edward Arnold.
Two songs were written for the movie but not used: "I Know It's Wrong" by Gene de Paul and Don Raye and "It is Written" by Sammy Fain and Ralph Freed. "Noche De Ronda" written in 1935 by Maria Teresa Lara was recorded but cut from the final release version.
Universal loaned MGM John Grant, the comedy team's personal gag writer, to script some of their patented pun routines.