The ladies man 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The ladies man directed by jerry lewis, written by jerry lewis and bill richmond. 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. The ladies man comedy 1961 part 22 jerry lewis, helen traubel. Rock a bye baby 1958 jerry lewis dean martin full length comedy movie duration. Great restoration work from paramount on a lewis classic from 1961.
Jerry lewis on the ladies man and video assist youtube. Jerry lewis appeared in movies and television from 1949 to 2017. Youre never too young 1955 jerry lewis dean martin full length comedy movie duration. It was released on june 28, 1961 by paramount pictures. Heebert jerry lewis is a young man who loses his girlfriend, swears off romance, and then takes a job at a genteel, women only boarding house, run by helen wellenmellen. He spends pretty much the whole movie getting into and out of various. Isobel yeap before watching ladies man 1961, i had no idea what to expect. Also starring the beautiful virginia welles and the sultry vixen virginia field. Helen traubel classical bill richmond rock viewers also bought see all. In this one, jerry lewis loses his fiancee and moves into a house with a a bunch of women.
Lewis shuffling and stumbling in full view, as if he and the movie were merely improvising. The ladies man comedy 1961 part 12 jerry lewis, helen traubel. Comedian jerry lewis began directing movies in 1960, and this often unkind. The ladies man, without a doubt a true masterpiece. Jerry lewis, kathleen freeman, george raft, fritz feld after his girl leaves him for someone else, herbert. 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. This is a funny sequence from a clip of the actual dvd. Jerry lewis best films by tomatometer movie and tv news. I had never seen a jerry lewis film before and all i knew about it was that brad really liked it. Jerry lewis born march 16, 1926 was an american comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. The film opens in technicolour, set in a small town reminiscent of pleasantville. 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.
Rent the ladies man 1961 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The ladies man is a 1961 american comedy film directed by and starring jerry lewis. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. The ladies man by helen traubel, kathleen freeman, hope. Jerry lewiss kid, somewhat grown by the time he begins to make his own films and yet still bearing distinctive traces of childhood, does not love particular people as much as he loves the human array, the very fact of being in the world. Rent the ladies man 1961 starring jerry lewis and helen traubel on dvd and bluray. As a kid i discovered jerry lewis the great, by way of the older movies on television, right alongside jerry lewis the diminished movie star hook, line and sinker and which way to the front. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson. 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.
The goofy lewis childman may have taken a sideways career shift from bellboy to houseboy on screen, but behind the camera the ladies man 1961 proved to be a huge leap forward for lewis the filmmaker in both ambition and technique. Theres not a single indifferent shot in the film, wrote john beifuss of the commercial appeal memphis, tenn. He says he got the name because his mother used to scream herbert herbert when he was a child. It appears in the movie the ladies man, in which jerry plays a guy who gets super depressed when a girl breaks up with him, swears off women, and ends up in getting a job in a boarding house full of ladies. Visit to a small planet 1960 jerry lewis full length comedy movie duration. Jerry lewis discusses the astonishing set built for the ladies man and reveals how his early use of video assist technology helped him. Occasionally i will include some of my vintage movie clips and. Jerry lewis, helen traubel, pat stanley, kathleen freeman. Jerry lewis was always the king of comedy the ringer. For one thing, lewis is a bit more restrained than in some of his other films, although still. With jerry lewis, marilyn maxwell, connie stevens, reginald gardiner. Herbert is a confined bachelor and antic bumbler whod make coffee nervous. This town in new jersey, we are told, is full of nervous people.
And make way for laugh upon laugh, too, because starring as hubert h. The ladies man puts lovescarred jerry who has sworn off women in an allgirl boarding house, infuriated by the constant temptation. After his girl leaves him for someone else, herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. In this movie, jerry lewis says his name is herbert h. One of jerry lewis more mystical creations from his film ladies man with jerry lewis, sylvia lewis and harry james and his band. That stunning consciousness of the social array, tasted without.
It was very funny for the first 20 minutes, but then, as usually happens with snl skits, it starts to slow down, before finally ending, long after it should have. I dont see it myself, but maybe thats just because i want a jerry lewis movie to make me howl with laughter above all else. Jerry lewis conjured up one of his simplest concepts for this 1961 hit, but it required a lot of scaffolding. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Jerry lewis scene from the ladies man 1961 youtube. In lewiss 1953 film, scared stiff 1953 with dean martin, his character tells the exact story with his name. The rubberlegged, rubberfaced lewis plays herbert, a man who is. Nobody does broad bits of comedy business quite like lewis. 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. Ladies man, the 1961 dvd step aside, all you fabled romeos. Lewis actually speaks, for one, here playing brokenhearted doofus herbert h.
Tim meadows is leon phelps, a radio dj with a nightly show called the ladies man. In the end, the movie exalts the modest pleasures of everyday people, but. And for sure the ladies man does do that on occasions. The rubberlegged, rubberfaced lewis plays herbert, a man who is despondent over the breakup of his romance. Heebert jerry lewis works at a hollywood boardinghouse for women the ladies man 1961. One of the most brillhant, funniest and criative jerry lewis movies. This is one of classic comedian jerry lewiss most famous catchphrases. The ladies man may not be jerry lewis best film, as the nutty professor and a few others probably are more appropriate for that honor, but it certainly has its adherents, and with good reason. He was originally paired up with dean martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of martin and lewis. The ladies man 1961 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
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