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Ten-disc set includes:
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The Stooge (1952)
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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. C/Rtg: NR
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
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In his first solo outing, Jerry Lewis plays Sidney L. Pythias, a
nerdy janitor who gets caught in the middle of a gang rumble and
is arrested for being a juvenile delinquent. Officer Mike Damon
(Darren McGavin, in a role written for Dean Martin) sets out to
reform the "delinquent" Sidney, who soon becomes a cop. This
mirthful mix of silliness and sentiment based on the Damon and
Pythias legend co-stars Martha Hyer, Horace McMahon. 100 min.
BW/Rtg: NR
The Bellboy (1960)
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Jerry Lewis wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this
plotless comedy par excellence--Jerry’s tribute to silent film
idol Stan Laurel--as inept bellhop Stanley. You’ll check in for
laughter as Stanley turns a posh Miami Beach resort upside down,
and welcomes such guests as Milton Berle, golfer Cary Middlecoff,
Laurel imitator Bill Richmond, and Jerry himself! Narrated by
Walter Winchell. 71 min. BW/Rtg: NR
Cinderfella (1960)
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The fairy tale classic is turned on its head when Fella (Jerry
Lewis) gets some help from his Fairy Godher (Ed Wynn) after
his her dies and he’s left in the care of his rotten
stepmother (Judith Anderson) and her two sons (Henry Silva,
Robert Hutton). But things soon turn around for Fella after he
meets Princess Charming (Anna Maria Alberghetti), and loses his
shoe. Will Princess find the wearer of the shoe...and will the
couple live happily ever after? With Count Basie. 87 min. C/Rtg:
NR
The Errand Boy (1961)
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Le Grand Goofee, Jerry Lewis, is Paramutual Studios’ gopher Morty
Tashman, who turns Tinseltown upside-down with one hilarious
misadventure after another after his boss (Brian Donlevy)
solicits him to on his fellow lot workers and report back any
incidents of wastefulness and laziness. Frenetic film farce
features a slew of celluloid chuckle-makers, including Sig Ruman,
Milton Frome, Benny Rubin, Fritz Feld, Doodles Weaver, Joey
Forman, and Joe Besser, with a cameo by the cast of TV’s
"Bonanza." 92 min. BW/Rtg: NR
The Ladies Man (1961)
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Jerry Lewis is at his zany best playing ert H. Heebert, a
young recent college grad who swears off women after his
girlfriend leaves him for another man. But that plan quickly
proves moot when ert takes a job as a houseboy at a Hollywood
home for wayward girls. What could possibly go wrong? Helen
Traubel, Pat Stanley, George Raft, and Harry James and His
Orchestra (performing "Bang Tail") are also featured in this
wacky outing. 95 min. C/Rtg: NR
The Nutty Professor (1963)
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Considered by many to be his best film, writer/director/star
Jerry Lewis' slapstick spin on the Jekyll/Hyde story finds him,
as nerdy college professor Julius Kelp, inventing a mysterious
potion that turns him into hip, conceited stud Buddy Love (whose
persona, some say, was based on Dean Martin). Stella Stevens
plays his love interest, Miss Purdy. With Del Moore, Kathleen
Freeman. 107 min. C/Rtg: NR
The Patsy (1964)
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An inept hotel bellhop named Stanley Belt is groomed for stardom
by a late comedian's management team after their meal ticket is
killed in a plane c. With no talent to speak of, Stanley is
soon given the boot by his handlers...but one team member (Ina
Balin) has taken a shine to the goofy “patsy,” and stays by his
side on his unlikely road to success. Madcap farce--intended as a
sequel to “The Bellhop”--co-stars Peter Lorre (in his last film),
Keenan Wynn, Everett Sloane; Jerry directs. 101 min. C/Rtg: NR
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
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The diagnosis is bellylaugh after bellylaugh when Jerome
Littlefield (Jerry Lewis), an attendant who experiences "sympathy
pains," turns a quiet hospital upside down in this hilarious
comedy. But when Jerry’s former high school crush becomes a
patient, he realizes that his love for her is the cause of his
problems as he attempts to heal her...and himself. With Susan
Oliver, Jack E. Leonard, Kathleen Freeman. 89 min. C/Rtg: NR
The Family Jewels (1965)
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If one Jerry Lewis isn't enough for you, how about seven of him!
In this heartwarming comedy Jerry portrays six wacky uncles of
10-year-old heiress Donna Peyton (Donna Butterworth) who must
choose a guardian, as well as her faithful chauffeur. Spending
two weeks with each of her offbeat relatives, Donna discovers
that her ideal her may have been under her nose all along.
With Sebastian Cabot, Neil Hamilton, and a cameo by Jerry’s son’s
band, Gary Lewis and the Playboys. 99 min. C/Rtg: NR