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Director: Jerry Lewis
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From Time Out Film Guide
For his first venture into direction, Lewis forsook the saccharine plotlines of his previous work for a film of sketches based on the character of a bumbling bellboy at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. The result, each scene working like a fully achieved comic short, boasts more hits than misses, including such superbly timed gags as the speedy assembling of chairs in a hall and the relapse of a hopeless diet-watcher, as well as guest appearances by Walter Winchell, Milton Berle and 'Jerry Lewis' (revealingly irascible). Lewis even throws in a tribute to his great mentor, Stan Laurel. Perhaps to the relief of many, Lewis (in his bellboy character) remains entirely mute for most of the movie.Author: DT
Cast & crew
Director: Jerry Lewis
Producer: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Sonny Sand, Herkie Styles, Milton Berle, Walter Winchell full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 72 mins
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