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    Ladies Man, The (1961)

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    Mrs Wellonmellon (Helen Traubel) hires Herbert H. Heebert (Jerry Lewis) to work as a handyman and general dogsbody around her boarding house for young women.

    Herbert is emotionally scarred having recently been dumped by his girlfriend for another man. His fear of women exacerbated in his new job where all the girls in the rooming house treat him as a helpless servant.

    Young and beautiful Fay (Pat Stanley) is the only one he can really confide in, and she helps him to overcome his fear of women – cue many chaotic and slapstick disasters.

    Already a beloved screen comedian, Jerry Lewis demonstrated here a talent for directing that few could have expected.

    He arranges the elements of a film frame with such skill and pitch-perfect comic timing, displayed most famously in the incredible scene in which the inhabitants of the women-only rooming house wake up and perform their morning rituals.

    In one remarkable shot, we see young women in different rooms combing their hair, exercising, and playing the French horn (!) all while the camera cranes through the famous cutaway ‘dollhouse’ set – one of the largest interior sets ever built. Their movements are syncopated to the music, and perfectly integrated into the lavish setting.

    Lewis also gives one of his wildest and weirdest performances and, as a director, he is willing to gleefully suspend reality at the drop of a hat, such as in the famously bizarre ‘Spider Lady’ sequence.

    TRIVIA
    Diana Dors was contracted to appear in the film but when she appeared in On the Double (1961) shortly before, she was replaced by another actress. She still received her salary of $10,000 for this film.

    Herbert H. Heebert/Mama Heebert
    Jerry Lewis
    Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon
    Helen Traubel
    Fay
    Pat Stanley
    Katie
    Kathleen Freeman
    George Raft
    Himself
    Harry James
    Himself
    Marty Ingels
    Himself
    Jack LaLanne
    Himself
    Willard C. Gainsborough
    Buddy Lester
    Gloria
    Gloria Jean
    Frenchie
    Vicki Benet
    Lillian
    Lillian Briggs
    Faith
    Shary Marshall
    Gloria Glands
    Gloria Tracy
    Miss Anxious
    Hope Holiday
    Miss Cartilage
    Sylvia Lewis
    Miss Liar
    Dee Arlen
    Miss Society
    Mary LaRoche
    Miss Sexy Pot
    Ann McCrea
    Miss Intellect
    Madlyn Rhue
    Miss Southern Accent
    Caroline Richter
    Miss Vitality
    Lynn Ross
    Miss Hypochondriac
    Beverly Wills
    Miss Reed
    Sheila Rogers

    Director
    Jerry Lewis

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