1h 30min | Action, Comedy, Music | 25 June 1956 | Color, WS
Director: Norman Taurog
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Agnes Moorehead.
Nick Castle ... choreographer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049593/
Watched online, mediocre print.
Penultimate M&L film; ultimate also this year.
Not as horrible as the concept sounds. Of course, Dino made some westerns in his solo career, so the guy you think of as tuxedoed is also good chapped. JL is annoying no matter what.
AM is probably onscreen enough, given what how ornery she has to play.
I really didn't notice any dancing, so no idea what NC did here. 4 songs in the Soundtracks: 1 by JL, 2 by DM, 1 duet.
Not sure why they needed the older generation layer to the story. Wouldn't it suffice that they met and JL wanted to help just because? I suppose that's the link: how else would they have met. We've seen other ridiculous meet cutes, why not another here? The boys wanted to spend more time in the makeup and hair chairs?
York Pictures Corp., distr. Paramount, dir. Taurog; 6
