Retrospektive 2013
The Bellboy
Jerry Lewis
USA 1960
70 min
V'13
The directorial debut of Lewis is indeed, as in the prologue from the producer announced, no ordinary film, but a "pure fun, without history, without action." As a dumb bellboy Lewis stumbles in a luxury hotel from one funny situation to the next, encountering several times - a beautiful tribute to the role model – a Stan Laurel-double with hilarious cameos. But he also experiences magical moments that only can happen to a poor sap like him - for example when he is conducting an absent Orchestra.
Credits
- Jerry Lewis
- Alex Gerry
- Bob Clayton
- Sonnie Sands
- Eddie Shaeffer
- Herkie Styles
- Jerry Lewis
- Haskell Boggs
- Charles Grenzbach
- Gene Merritt
- Stanley Johnson
- Walter Scharf
- Hal Pereira
- Henry Bumstead
- Pat Barto
- Mickey Hayes
- Sy Devore
- Ernest D. Glucksman
- Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis Films, Inc., Paramount Pictures
35 mm
bw
