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The Geisha Boy. The Geisha Boy is a 1958 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, distributed by Paramount Pictures. Filmed from June 16 to August 7, 1958, it had its first screening in New York City on December 19, 1958. [3] [4] This motion picture featured the film debut of Suzanne Pleshette .
- December 19, 1958
- Jerry Lewis
The Geisha Boy: Directed by Frank Tashlin. With Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane. Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific.
- Frank Tashlin
- 16
- 2 min
The Geisha Boy tells the story of a mediocre magician (Jerry Lewis) who goes to Japan to entertain some soldiers but becomes attached to an orphan boy. The film honestly has the same amount of ...
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- Frank Tashlin
- Comedy
- Jerry Lewis
The Great Wooley and his lop-eared partner Harry Hare plan to dazzle audiences with magical feats during their USO tour of Japan and Korea. Harry works for c...
The Geisha Boy marked the first screen appearance of Marie McDonald since the 1950 Republic release Hit Parade of 1951 (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-50 for both) and her first film since her alleged and well-publicized kidnapping in January 1957. Police, who suspected that the incident was staged for publicity, never made an arrest in ...
- Frank Tashlin
- Jerry Lewis
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The Geisha Boy. The Great Wooley and his lop-eared partner Harry Hare plan to dazzle audiences with magical feats during their USO tour of Japan and Korea. Harry works for carrots. Struggling artist Wooley works for peanuts. But he'll amply demonstrate his slight of hand and he won't slight on laughs, either -- because he's played by renowned ...
The Geisha Boy is a 1958 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, distributed by Paramount Pictures. Filmed from June 16 to August 7, 1958, it had its first screening in New York City on December 19, 1958.