All that he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. The bellboy 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jerry lewis appeared in movies and television from 1949 to 2017. The bellboy jerry lewis 19262017 pictures cbs news. Jerry lewis uncredited camera and electrical department.
This movie has a series of mostly of disjointed slap stick humor. Lewis stars as stanley, a nonspeaking, bumbling bellhop at the ritzy fontainebleau hotel in floridas miami beach. He both wrote and directed, as well as starring as a bellboy who is well clumsy, in virtually plotless string of sight gags. Triplethreats are rare in the movie industry, but quadruplethreats are almost unheard of. The sad sack 1957 jerry lewis full length comedy movie director. Jerry lewis steps behind the camera, as well as in front, to construct a successful slapstick comedy known as the bellboy. Jerry lewis the bellboy clip by vintagecomedyclips. A mute bellboy jerry lewis working at the luxurious fontainebleau hotel in miami beach constantly causes problems with his clumsy mistakes.
The sad sack 1957 jerry lewis full length comedy movie. It was released on july 20, 1960 by paramount pictures and marked lewis s directorial debut. Now if we can just convince jerry lewis to release the one film he filmed but never released. Never one to shy away from a challenge, jerry agreed. The bellboy 2005 a mute bellboy jerry lewis working at the luxurious fontainebleau hotel in miami beach constantly causes problems with his clumsy mistakes. Members of his management team, worried that they will be jobless, decide to find someone to take his place as their meal ticket. Having jerry lewis the performer juxtaposed against jerry lewis the star isnt the only way the bellboy satirizes the film mediums inherently sealedoff, aquarium qualities, and how they are conducive to nourishing the starmaking phenomenon. They slammed the bellboy, but it didnt matter to the public. The bellboy is a 1960 american comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring jerry lewis. The moral to the story, you can find your princess charming. Nov 09, 2012 lewis stars as stanley, a nonspeaking, bumbling bellhop at the ritzy fontainebleau hotel in floridas miami beach. A studio executive jack kruschen in an uncredited role introduces the movie, explaining that it has no plot.
And he plays movie star jerry lewis who happens to be staying at the fountainbleu with one very large entourage. Cast and crew credits for the bellboy, 1960, directed by jerry lewis, with jerry lewis, alex gerry, bob clayton, at turner classic movies. One redeeming part in the movie is where the bellboy walks through the theater and sees a conductors baton. Cinderfella is a must see for all jerry lewis fans as well as anyone who likes fairy tale stories. For a really good family movie, full of laughs, you cant beat jerry lewis, especially as the nutty professor. In spite of being a serviceable and friendly employee, the clumsy stanley gets successively into trouble with his mistakes. With jerry lewis, alex gerry, bob clayton, sonnie sands. Read the full synopsis of the bellboy, 1960, directed by jerry lewis, with jerry lewis, alex gerry, bob clayton, at turner classic movies. If the public is still unwilling to accept jerry lewis as a latterday charlie chaplin, it is not because the comedian hasnt tried.
Also for the first and last time in a jerry lewis movie, because it is a tribute to silent films, jerry, as stanley, does not have any dialogue. He gets on stage with the baton and begins imagining leading. Jerry lewis the delicate delinquent 1957 edmond ari. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Thats one of the gags in a funny scene involving a limousine. A studio executive jack kruschen in an uncredited role introduces the movie, explaining that it has no plot, but simply shows stanley the hotel bellboy played by lewis getting in one ridiculous situation after another, and that the movie is so funny before breaking out into hysterical laughter. Then one day, jerry lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the striking resemblance. Stanley does not speak, except at the very end of the movie. Jerry lewis showcases his gifts for physical comedy in the bellboy. The bellboy 2005 cast and crew a mute bellboy jerry lewis working at the luxurious fontainebleau hotel in miami beach constantly causes problems with his clumsy mistakes.
The bellboy 1960 jerry lewis synopsis, characteristics. So, for the first of what would be several occasions, jerry wore not only the stars hat on a movie, but the director and producers hat as well. This movie was written, produced and director by jerry lewis. As with most of these new lewis dvds, this one features an audio commentary track with jerry lewis and steve lawrence. Stanley is a bellboy at the fountainbleau hotel in miami beach. Then one day, jerry lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the striking resemblanc. Jerry lewis now claims that his film directorial debut came about when his home studio, paramount, needed a summerrelease lewis vehicle in a hurry. Rent the bellboy 1960 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Jerry lewis not only entered that rare group with the bellboy 1960, he also became one of the few to score a box office hit. The laurel imitation, lewis nonspeaking bellboy and the blackandwhite photography show lewis intention to make a silent movie type comedy. It is there that he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. In reporting on the bellboys preproduction, a february 9, 1960 hollywood reporter news item noted that the film had been greenlighted less than two weeks ago. Lewis experiment became one of paramounts biggest hits of the year, made lewis a fortune and launched him on his filmmaking career.
His character doesnt speak making the connection with silent cinema more pointed, but in one uproarious sequence the obnoxious movie star jerry lewis comes to visit the hotel. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. May 15, 2014 watch delicate delinquent 1957 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. Find similar and related movies for the bellboy 1960 jerry lewis on allmovie. Mute bellboy stanley works at the luxurious fontainebleau hotel in miami beach. Jan 21, 2017 watch the bellboy full movie 1960 the bellboy full movie. Stanley continues to do what he was hired to do while star lewis has more trouble with his entourage than the hotel accommodations. Lewis promised balaban a jerry lewis movie for the summer and after supplying the bellboy, was allowed to release cinderfella for the holidays. His 15 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include the nutty professor, the king of comedy. Jerry lewis is by far one of the all time greatest comedians of all time.
Watch the bellboy full movie 1960 the bellboy full movie. Jerry lewis first feature credit as director was the bellboy 1960. In the same vein as charlie chaplin, the three stooges, laurel and hardy, lewis performs his riproaring, hilarious comedy not by saying anything funny, but by his gestures, manners, especially facial expressions, to elicit laughter. The ladies man puts lewis alone in a boarding house full of women. Rent the bellboy 1960 starring jerry lewis and alex gerry on dvd and bluray. It was filmed at fontainebleau miami beach, 4441 collins avenue, miami beach, where lewis happened to be performing. There seems to be no one who divides audiences as much as jerry lewis. He pioneered the use of video playback during shooting so he could see results instantly. A bellboy jerry lewis fouls up room keys, luggage and everything else at a swank miami hotel.
Watch the bellboy starring jerry lewis in this comedy on directv. In the film, jerry lewis frequent cowriter bill richmond does a quick walkon as stan laurel, one of lewis idols. As stated in the beginning of the movie, there is no plot. The delicate delinquent trailer 1957 movie with jerry lewis. In reporting on the bellboy s preproduction, a february 9, 1960 hollywood reporter news item noted that the film had been greenlighted less than two weeks ago. Jerry and his entourage headed to the fountainbleu hotel in miami beach, and 29 days later returned with the bellboy. Lewis had the idea for a closedcircuit tv camera to be mounted beside the movie. At one point, the concierge calls for stanley and is. Delicate delinquent 1957 full movie video dailymotion. And anything that can go wrong does go wrong when stanley is involved. My year old son, who really never even heard of jerry lewis before, also laughed so hard he was about in tears. It had been at least 20 years since i have watched this movie, and i still laughed as hard as i did then. In spite of all the french jokes, jerry lewis directorial debut, the bellboy 1960, is nothing less than a masterpiece.
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