1h 48min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 24 January 1952
Director: Hal Walker
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043989/
Watched online; horrid copy, very blurry even on small screen.
Amazing that we get no choreographer credit. M&L definitely do a well-rehearsed tap dance (with some possible improv included), but maybe that was from their live act.
No idea why the line at the Navy Recruiting office is so long out the door and down the block, not even clear whether we're at war in their world. We're still in the Korean conflict as of the release date.
8 songs in the Soundtracks, with no performers credited, but the song titles look familiar as those sung by DM.
The comedy is what you expect from M&L, with them feeling a little like Abbott & Costello at times (mostly the straight man hitting the comic, not the actual comedy routines.) I don't understand how DM could stand having JL sing loudly over his own efforts, all in the name of comedy. JL does still throw in some vulnerability to balance his manic side.
This is only film #6 of 16 in their partnership.
Wallis-Hazen, distr. Paramount, dir. Walker; 6
