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    Geisha Boy, The (1958)

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    Jerry Lewis’s frantic, jerk-around comedy style here got its most suitable director, who saw him simply as a cartoon with no connection to real life. That’s because Frank Tashlin used to be a cartoonist himself, so the sight gags are often hilarious.

    The comedy works less well when third-rate magician ‘The Great Wooley’ (Lewis) – whose rabbit, Harry Hare, is a lot cleverer than he is – joins an army USO tour of Korea and Japan and meets the beautiful Kimi Sikita (Nobu Atsumi McCarthy) and her cute little nephew, Mitsuo (Robert Kazuyoshi Hirano), who attaches himself to the entertainer in a way that complicates Gilbert’s life.

    Yet even when the twee flies thick and fast, there’s some fun to be had – and Suzanne Pleshette and Marie McDonald are very easy on the eye.

    Gilbert Wooley
    Jerry Lewis
    Lola Livingston
    Marie McDonald
    Mitsuo Watanabe
    Robert Kazuyoshi Hirano
    Kimi Sikita
    Nobu Atsumi McCarthy
    Mr Sikita
    Sessue Hayakawa
    Major Ridgley
    Barton MacLane
    Betty Pearson
    Suzanne Pleshette
    Ichiyama
    Ryuzo Demura
    Col Adams
    Alex Geary

    Director
    Frank Tashlin

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