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Writer Howard, who created the My Friend Irma radio show, had worked with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin on two previous Wallis-Hazin films, 1949's My Friend Irma and 1950's My Friend Irma Goes West (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-50). According to a late May 1950 Par News item, Howard was being considered to direct That's My Boy. The ...
That's My Boy Released May 31, 1951 1h 38m Comedy List Reviews 28% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A rah-rah alumnus pays someone (Dean Martin) to make his klutzy son (Jerry Lewis) a football star at ...
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This was the fourth movie collaboration between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in a pairing that would eventually total 17 films spanning eight years from 1949 to 1956. It was the third of five Martin & Lewis productions directed by Hal Walker and the last of their screenplays penned by Cy Howard, who wrote the script for the two inaugural ...
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer and humanitarian who was famously nicknamed "The King of Comedy" and has appeared in more than 59 motion pictures, including the first sixteen films with his partner, singer Dean Martin, during their act as Martin and Lewis.
That's My Boy was the first film in which people really started to take notice of Jerry Lewis and start classifying him with comedians like Chaplin and Keaton and Langdon. After over 60 years the film still holds up very well because it's got a universal theme, a kid who can't get out from under the shadow of his father.
Mar 9, 2024 · Directed by Frank Tashlin. Written by Frank Tashlin, Herbert Baker, Hal Kanter. Starring Dean Martin, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor, Anita Ekberg, Eddie Mayehoff. Lewis appeared in ...
Jun 27, 2023 · Perhaps no popular film artist in history inspired quite so many conflicting opinions and emotions as actor/comedian Jerry Lewis. Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and ...
