You're Never Too Young (1955)

Director:

Norman Taurog

Writers:

Fanny Kilbourne (play) and
Edward Childs Carpenter (play) ...

Release Date:

25 August 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Dino's the singing dean of a girl's school, Jerry - a wolf in kid's clothing - in a class by himself with 503 coeds.

Plot:

When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.

Plot Keywords:

Jewel Thief | Gym Teacher | Grab Ass | Cigar | Draft Defermet

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Bob Miles
Jerry Lewis	...	Wilbur Hoolick
Diana Lynn	...	Nancy Collins
Nina Foch	...	Gretchen Brendan
Raymond Burr	...	Noonan
Mitzi McCall	...	Skeets Powell
Veda Ann Borg	...	Mrs. Noonan
Margery Maude	...	Mrs. Ella Brennan
Romo Vincent	...	Ticket agent
Nancy Kulp	...	Marty's mother
Milton Frome	...	Lieutenant O'Malley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tor Johnson	...	(unconfirmed)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Mrs. Ella Brennan: [as Noonan, masquerading as Wilbur's father, takes his "son" out of school] Take good care of him.
Noonan: [With irony] Oh, he'll be taken care of.
Wilbur Hoolick: [after Noonan starts to strangle him] I don't want to go.
Mrs. Ella Brennan: Why, Wilbur?
Noonan: Yes, tell her why.
Wilbur Hoolick: Well, because, you see, I'm not really a little...
Wilbur Hoolick: [He realizes he cannoot reveal the truth] I like it hee. I want to go to school here.
Mrs. Ella Brennan: This is a girls' school!
Wilbur Hoolick: That's why I like it here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (1978)

Soundtrack:

Relax-Ay-Voo

Long-in-the-tooth shenanigans...

Role-reversal remake of 1942's "The Major and the Minor" has Jerry Lewis stepping into the part originally played by Ginger Rogers, but unfortunately this anemic outing is missing a lot more than just Ginger. Lewis attempts to pass for a child when boarding a train; he's successful, but the deception leads to a string of comic and romantic confusions. Sidney Sheldon adapted the screenplay, tossing in musical moments for Dean Martin (playing yet another in his stable of second-bananas) and a jewel-robbery subplot (which is dire). Diana Lynn, who played the wily teenager in the original film, plays Lewis' love-interest here. She's cute; Jerry isn't. *1/2 from ****