Artists and Models (1955)

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writers:

Herbert Baker (writer)
Michael Davidson (story)
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Release Date:

7 November 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis fir a successful comic book.

Plot Keywords:

Espionage | Art Studio | Imagination | Beautiful Woman | Billboard

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Rick Todd
Jerry Lewis	...	Eugene Fullstack
Shirley MacLaine	...	Bessie Sparrowbrush
Dorothy Malone	...	Abigail 'Abby' Parker
Eddie Mayehoff	...	Mr. Murdock
Eva Gabor	...	Sonia aka Mrs. Curtis
Anita Ekberg	...	Anita
George Winslow	...	Richard Stilton (as George 'Foghorn' Winslow')
Jack Elam	...	Ivan
Herbert Rudley	...	Secret Service Chief Samuels
Richard Shannon	...	Secret Service Agent Rogers
Richard Webb	...	Secret Service Agent Peters
Alan Lee	...	Otto
Otto Waldis	...	Kurt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy Abbate	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
Babette Bain	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
Sharon Baird	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Art Baker	...	Himself, Art Baker, TV Commentator (uncredited)
Margaret Barstow	...	Murdock's Eating Blonde Daughter (uncredited)
Sara Berner	...	Mrs. John Stilton (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks	...	Headwaiter at Fashion Show (uncredited)
Sue Carlton	...	Office Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Carter	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
Nick Castle	...	Specialty dancer (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper	...	Police officer (uncredited)
Don Corey	...	Man Behind Telescope (uncredited)
Ralph Dumke	...	Mr. Trimm (Kelly's associate) (uncredited)
Mortie Dutra	...	Major General's Aide (uncredited)
Charles Evans	...	Gen. Traynor (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Man on TV Panel Show (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Stork Club Extra (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Muldoon (landlady) (uncredited)
Steven Geray	...	Kurt's associate (uncredited)
Dorothy Gordon	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Dale Hartleben	...	Vulture Boy (uncredited)
Frank Jenks	...	Piano Mover (uncredited)
Frances Lansing	...	Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Mickey Little	...	Vulture Boy (uncredited)
Rudy Makoul	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Ann McCrea	...	Janet (uncredited)
Eve Miller	...	(uncredited)
Harold Miller	...	Extra at Fashion Show (uncredited)
Jeanette Miller	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Patricia Morrow	...	Zuba Girl (uncredited)
Emory Parnell	...	Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
Joan Petrone	...	Model (uncredited)
Max Power	...	Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Michael Ross	...	Piano Mover (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	The Bartender (uncredited)
Tommy Summers	...	Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth	...	(uncredited)
Carleton Young	...	Col. Drury (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Tashlin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Herbert Baker		writer
Michael Davidson		story "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Hal Kanter		writer
Norman Lessing		story "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Don McGuire		writer
Frank Tashlin		writer

Produced by
Paul Nathan	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer

Cinematography by
Daniel L. Fapp

Art Direction by
Tambi Larsen
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman	....	assistant director (as C.C. Coleman Jr.)

Sound Department
Gene Garvin	....	sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
John P. Fulton	....	special photographic effects

Editorial Department
Warren Low	....	editorial supervisor
Richard Mueller	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department
Norman Luboff	....	music arranger: vocals
Charles O'Curran	....	musical numbers creator and stager
Walter Scharf	....	conductor
Walter Scharf	....	music arranger

Other crew
Rudy Makoul	....	dialogue coach

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• CBS Television (1974) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Paramount Home Video (video)
• Shocking Videos (????) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Unrated | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Rick Todd's home town is mentioned as Steubendale. Dean Martin's real life birthplace is Steubenville, Ohio.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rick is painting the lips on the billboard, he looks down to answer his boss, and when he looks back the lips are fully painted.

Quotes:

Eugene Fullstack: They wanted to have me drowned when I was born, but the SPCA stopped them.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Artists and Models

Outrageous, funny, and imaginative

I've never seen a Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie. This was my first and I hope it is not my last! With a wacky story line (Crazy-for-comic boy Eugene dreams up comic book stories with Vincent Vulture and Freddie Fieldmouse and his friend writes them down) and a ton of laughs ("Not only will I watch your switchboard but I'll buzz your lights and tangle your wires. Come 'ere baby." "Not while your friend's watching." "Oh, he left." "Wow! Then what are we waiting for? My saggitarius was right. Come on, boy. Don't fight.") And the cutest actors (Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone). How can you not love the songs? And then there's the entire Eva Gabor thing going on. This movie is hilarious, too bad it's not popular NOW. I highly recommend it. I love it.