1h 31min | Comedy, Crime, Musical | 26 June 1950
Director: Hal Walker
Stars: John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Tamba the Chimp.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042769/
Watched online, good print.
4 songs in the Soundtracks; added performers.
This has a bit of smutty humor which I'm surprised passed the censor. Are things relaxing now? Example: M&L have an "argument" and DM starts rubbing JL's chest to soothe him, and JL says "make bigger circles."
TV is prominent here. The secretary roommates have a TV, and the first 2 numbers are sung on a TV show. M&L have TV credits in IMDb back to '48, and their first Colgate Comedy Hour credit is in '50.
The pair is more central to the story this time. JL gets annoying, but not super aggravating. His best scene by far was alone with the chimp: it was in silence, and the chimp was sweet, adorable. JL would make faces or gestures at it, and the chimp would reciprocate; NB: seldom was that a 2-shot, so this could actually be JL imitating the chimp instead of how it was sequenced. Were I filling out an opinion card after a screening, I'd write in big letters: NEED MORE OF THE CHIMP.
This is ok, no more.
Paramount, dir. Walker; 6-
