Editing Lum and Abner (section)

===Films===
Like several of their contemporaries, Lauck and Goff had the opportunity to bring their characters to life in movies. The ''Lum & Abner'' radio show of March&nbsp;29, 1940, "The Store Closes to Shoot a Movie," announced a break in the radio series in order to make the first film of the [[film series|series]],  ''[[Dreaming Out Loud (film)|Dreaming Out Loud]]'', which was released the same year. At a rate of roughly one per year, another five films would be produced in the series.

* ''Dreaming Out Loud'' (1940)
* ''[[The Bashful Bachelor]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Two Weeks to Live]]'' (1943)
* ''[[So This Is Washington]]'' (1943)
*  ''[[Goin' to Town (film)|Goin' to Town]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Partners in Time]]'' (1946)

Ten years after the film series ended, by which point ''Lum and Abner'' had long left radio, a seventh film was released. 1956's ''[[Lum and Abner Abroad]]'' was originally [[television movie|made for television]], with the film divided into three episodes. Conceived as a three-part [[television pilot|pilot]] for a TV series and filmed on location in [[Yugoslavia]], it featured none of the staff from previous films or the radio series other than Lauck and Goff themselves. The series was never picked up, with the three episodes airing as a film in theaters.

*''Lum and Abner Abroad'' (1956)