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Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
Director: Frank Tashlin
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An often forgotten Lewis/Tashlin production (loosely based on Preston Sturges' script for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek) that contains some very good stuff indeed - all in the first half, unfortunately. Lewis is the lifelong fan of a movie star (Maxwell) who gives him her triplets to look after while she's in Africa making a film. The supporting cast is particularly good (Gardner, Conried, Connie Stevens), but the gear-change from manic slapstick (watch out for the berserk hosepipe) to cringing sentimentality about babies and nappies is hard to take. DMcG.Author: DMcG
Cast & crew
Director: Frank Tashlin
Producer: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Salvatore Baccaloni, Reginald Gardiner, James Gleason, Hans Conried, Isobel Elsom full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 103 mins
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