Four-disc set includes: My Friend Irma (1949)In their screen
debut, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star as Steve and Seymour,
orange juice stand jockeys who befriend scatterbrained blonde
Irma Peterson (Marie Wilson), whose con man boyfriend (John Lund)
plans to make velvet-voiced Steve a star. Steve soon falls for
Irma's roommate Jane (Diana Lynn), but she has her heart set on
marrying a rich man. Don DeFore, Hans Conried also star in this
zesty comedy, based on the popular radio series. 103 min. BW/Rtg:
NR My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)Laugh-packed sequel follows
Steve (Dean Martin), Seymour (Jerry Lewis), Irma (Marie Wilson),
Jane (Diana Lynn), and Al (John Lund) to Hollywood after Steve
lands a movie contract. But when the "producer" who signed him is
revealed to be an escaped mental patient, it's but the first stop
on a wacky path that somehow leads to Irma being kipped and
held for ransom in Las Ve. Corinne Calvet Lloyd Corrigan
co-star. 91 min. BW/Rtg: NR That's My Boy (1951)Despite both of
his parents being accomplished athletes, "Junior" Jackson (Jerry
Lewis) is a total clutz. Bill Baker (Dean Martin) is a
cash-strapped college football star whose tuition is paid by
Junior's dad (Eddie Mayehoff) for toughening up his meek and mild
son so he can excel on their school's team. Trouble arises when
the girl (Marion Marshall) Junior likes seems to have eyes for
Bill. With Ruth Hussey, Polly Bergen. 104 min. BW/Rtg: NR Sailor
Beware (1952)The Navy may never be the same now that Al Crowthers
(Dean Martin) and Melvin Jones (Jerry Lewis) have joined up. An
y to cosmetics makes it nearly impossible for Melvin to
kiss girls. He romances make-up-free Hilda (Marion Marshall), but
a false reputation as a Casanova leads to a bet between Al and a
gruff CPO (Robert Strauss) that Melvin can score a smooch from
beautiful nightclub singer Corinne Calvet (as herself). 108 min.
BW/Rtg: NR Jumping Jacks (1952)It's "Geronimo!" for Corporal
Chick Allen (Dean Martin), an entertainer-turned-U.S. Army
paratrooper who recruits civilian ex-partner Hap Smith (Jerry
Lewis) to help him put on a show on his base. Hap is forced to
impersonate a soldier for what's meant to be a one-off gig, but
finds himself stuck in uniform when he and Chick are a hit and
get sent on tour. With Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss.
96 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Stooge (1952)Comic farce with some
surprising dramatic and autobiographical moments starring Dean
Martin as Bill Miller, an accordion-playing vaudevillian who
decides to go solo without help from his partner (Richard
Erdman). After falling flat on his face, Bill's manager suggests
he recruit a "stooge" in the form of a zany, put-upon second
banana. Enter Ted Rogers (Jerry Lewis). But how long can Ted
remain the butt of Bill's jokes without proper credit. Polly
Bergen, Eddie Mayehoff also star. 99 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Caddy
(1953)Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis break par for laughs in this
zany tale of hi-jinx on the golf links. As caddy and golf
instructor Harvey Miller, Jr. (Lewis) helps turn duffer pal Joe
Anthony (Martin) into a success on the green, the pair attracts
the attention of a talent agent who suggests they try their hands
at comedy. Donna Reed co-stars, there's cameos by Ben Hogan, Sam
Snead, and other golfers, and Dino sings "That's Amoré." 95 min.
BW/Rtg: NR ed Stiff (1953)Bob Hope's fright-comedy "The Ghost
Breakers" was retooled to fit the talents of Martin and Lewis,
and the result was one of Dean and Jerry's funniest films. When
he wrongly thinks he's killed a mobster, a nightclub singer
(Martin) and his friend (Lewis) hide out in a haunted castle that
becomes the setting for some spooky goings-on, not the least of
which is Jerry's impersonation of co-star Carmen Miranda! With
Lizabeth Scott, George Dolenz. 108 min. BW/Rtg: NR Standard;
Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.