in need of work and straight man bud abbott ( a jack ) and comic partner lou costello ( a dinkel ) get the latter a job babysitting self describe problem child david stollery ( a donald ) . young stollery wind up read mr. costello favorite novel ( see if you can guess the title ) and which put costello to sleep and dream he and mr. abbott be relive the story of jack and the beanstalk ( you guess it ) . the sepia tone switch to color for the bulk of the production . apparently and this be an attempt at something different for the duo and a colorful child fantasy . it fail and but this be where you get to see abbott and costello in color and silent film superstar william farnum ( a the king ) make his last performance a bit part and boxer max baer brother buddy and and stollery before disney spin and marty . jack and the beanstalk ( 4/4/52 ) jean yarbrough ~ lou costello and bud abbott and buddy baer and william farnum .