Like the bellboy, the ladies man plural, no apostrophe is a largely episodic film. Great comedy only he could come up with and family friendly to boot. Best jerry lewis dean martin movies 2,537,651 views. After his girl leaves him for someone else, herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job.
Except its dubbed in english, which is a shame, because all the french slang jokes are lost in translation. Upon losing his lover, herbert jerry lewis gives up women for good and seeks a fresh start by taking a maintenance position at what appears to be. Stanley does not speak, except at the very end of the movie. Ladies man, the 1961 dvd step aside, all you fabled romeos.
Aug 21, 2017 the movie is sometimes remembered for the feat of the house itself, which, as biographer shawn levy describes it in king of comedy. Dec 31, 2017 a studio executive jack kruschen in an uncredited role introduces the movie, explaining that it has no plot, but simply shows stanley the hotel bellboy played by lewis getting in one ridiculous situation after another, and that the movie is so funny before breaking out into hysterical laughter. With jerry lewis, helen traubel, pat stanley, kathleen freeman. Lewis actually speaks, for one, here playing brokenhearted doofus herbert h.
A clueless, recently single graduate unwittingly takes a job as a servant in a mansion inhabited by dozens of young women. The rubberlegged, rubberfaced lewis plays herbert, a man who is despondent over the breakup of his romance. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girls beloved bodyguard who practically raised her. Comedian jerry lewis began directing movies in 1960, and this often unkind satire on the nature of american womanhood is one of his early efforts. The ladies man puts lovescarred jerry who has sworn off women in an allgirl boarding house, infuriated by the constant temptation. With jerry lewis, marilyn maxwell, connie stevens, reginald gardiner.
Jerry lewis scene from the ladies man 1961 youtube. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the ladies man 1961 jerry lewis on allmovie. Starring and written and directed by lewis, this jekyll and hyde tale about a bumbling inventor who creates a formula that turns him into a suave ladies man demonstrates that jerry lewis is the absolute master of screen space. Comedian jerry lewis began directing movies in 1960, and this often unkind satire on the nature of american womanhood is one of his early efforts in that regard. Jerry lewis was always the king of comedy the ringer. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women.
The ladies man comedy 1961 part 22 jerry lewis, helen traubel. Heebert jerry lewis is a young man who loses his girlfriend, swears off romance, and then takes a job at a genteel, womenonly boarding house, run by helen wellenmellen. With jerry lewis, sebastian cabot, neil hamilton, jay adler. And make way for laugh upon laugh, too, because starring as hubert h. An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer. But lewiss signal contribution is in showing how fabulous delirium survives. Also starring the beautiful virginia welles and the sultry vixen virginia field. The ladies man jerry lewis, usa 1961, 95min, colour director. Hired to be the eyes and ears of a hollywood mogul at paramutual pictures, morty s. The ladies man 1961 jerry lewis cast and crew allmovie. Aug 22, 2017 whereas that movie was something of a lowbudget quickie, heavily improvised and shot in a hurry so that paramount would have a jerry lewis film for the summer of 1960, the ladies man is a much more ambitious outing. Jan 15, 2011 one of jerry lewis more mystical creations from his film ladies man with jerry lewis, sylvia lewis and harry james and his band.
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Herbert is a confined bachelor and antic bumbler whod make coffee nervous. Lewis shuffling and stumbling in full view, as if he and the movie were merely improvising. The ladies man directed by jerry lewis, written by jerry lewis and bill richmond. Jerry lewis celebrity profile check out the latest jerry lewis photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Jun 03, 2014 isobel yeap before watching ladies man 1961, i had no idea what to expect. Great restoration work from paramount on a lewis classic from 1961. Sep 07, 2015 another passion of mine vintage old movies. Perhaps no popular film artist in history inspired quite so many conflicting opinions and emotions as actorcomedian jerry lewis. Jerry lewis appeared in movies and television from 1949 to 2017. This town in new jersey, we are told, is full of nervous people. I had never seen a jerry lewis film before and all i knew about it was that brad really liked it. A goofy paperhanger is hired to root out a financial inefficiency on a hollywood studio lot, wreaking havoc as he goes. Jerry lewis best films by tomatometer movie and tv news.
The ladies man comedy 1961 part 12 jerry lewis, helen traubel. Tashman lewis, under the guise of studio mail clerk, is to roam the lot and then report back to the boss with any questionable or. We miss the charm and humor of an american lead actor speaking french with an american accent. The script begun in collaboration with mel brooks, who was fired early on and was refused screen credit by lewis is essentially a series of gags that embrace everything from crude slapstick to comic absurdism to a ballroom dance with george raft. This is a funny sequence from a clip of the actual dvd. It was released on june 28, 1961 by paramount pictures. Theres not a single indifferent shot in the film, wrote john beifuss of the commercial appeal memphis, tenn.
Ive heard jerry lewis called the orson welles of comedy, and the statement bears out in the ladies man, a meticulously crafted film in which every element of the mise en scene is under lewis complete control, and the production design itself becomes a transparent showcase of his cinematic prowess. Except for the opening sequences, the film is entirely shot in the fourstoryhigh, cutaway set of the boarding house, one of the most elaborate indoor sets ever made in hollywood up to that time. Delicate delinquent 1957 full movie video dailymotion. The life and art of jerry lewis, was something entirely new. The film opens in technicolour, set in a small town reminiscent of pleasantville. Harry james in the ladies man 1961 jerry lewis in the ladies man 1961 doodles weaver in the ladies man 1961 jerry lewis in the. Jerry lewis, icon, comedian, philanthropist, nutty professor, and crying clown died today. Released 1961, the ladies man stars jerry lewis, helen traubel, kathleen freeman, hope holiday the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Heebert jerry lewis, is devastated after being dumped by his college sweetheart on their graduation day and swears to avoid heartbreak again by staying away from women at all costs.
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