The Ladies Man (1961)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Jerry Lewis

Writers:

Jerry Lewis (writer)
Bill Richmond (writer)
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Release Date:

28 June 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Everyone's talking about Jerry Lewis as The Ladies Man???

Plot:

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job...

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix | Beautiful Women | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Jerry Lewis	...	Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
Helen Traubel	...	Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon
Pat Stanley	...	Fay
Kathleen Freeman	...	Katie
George Raft	...	Himself
Harry James	...	Himself
Marty Ingels	...	Himself
Buddy Lester	...	Willard C. Gainsborough
Gloria Jean	...	Gloria
Hope Holiday	...	Miss Anxious
Jack LaLanne	...	Himself
Westbrook Van Voorhis	...	Himself - TV Person to Person
Sylvia Lewis	...	Miss Cartilage
Eddie Quillan	...	Wolf Man (scenes deleted)
Dee Arlen	...	Miss Liar
Roscoe Ates	...	Pet Shop Owner
Francesca Bellini	...	Dancer
Jack Kruschen	...	Graduation Emcee Professor
Vicki Benet	...	Frenchie
Alex Gerry	...	Mr. Zoussman - TV Show Producer
Patricia Blair	...	Working Girl
Doodles Weaver	...	Soundman
Lillian Briggs	...	Lillian
Bonnie Evans	...	Dancer
Jacqueline Fontaine	...	Working Girl
Marianne Gaba	...	Working Girl
Gretchen Houser	...	Dancer
Karyn Kupcinet	...	Working Girl
Paula Lane	...	Working Girl
Mary LaRoche	...	Miss Society (as Mary La Roche)
Shary Layne	...	Faith
Mary LeBow	...	French Maid
Ann McCrea	...	Miss Sexy Pot
Daria Massey	...	Working Girl
Madlyn Rhue	...	Miss Intellect
Caroline Richter	...	Miss Southern Accent
Sheila Rogers	...	Miss Reed, Secretary
Nancy Root	...	Script Girl
Lynn Ross	...	Miss Vitality
Joan Staley	...	Working Girl
Kay Tapscott	...	Working Girl
Patty Thomas	...	Working Girl
Gloria Tracy	...	Gloria Glands
Meri Welles	...	Working Girl
Beverly Wills	...	Miss Hypochondriac
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Murray Alper	...	Butcher (scenes deleted)
Bobby Barber	...	Man on Date (scenes deleted)
Milton Berle	...	Himself (scenes deleted)
Nicky Blair	...	Man on Date (scenes deleted)
Peggy Cass	...	(scenes deleted)
Joe Gray	...	Man on Date (scenes deleted)
Paul Lees	...	Man on Date (scenes deleted)
Mike Mahoney	...	Man on Date (scenes deleted)
Bill Meader	...	Light Man (scenes deleted)
'Snub' Pollard	...	TV Man (scenes deleted)
Sid Tomack	...	Druggist (scenes deleted)
Dick Whittinghill	...	Man on Date (scenes deleted)
Art Aragon	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Roger Bacon	...	TV Cableman (uncredited)
Dick Bernie	...	Second Floor Man (uncredited)
James Bradley	...	TV Cableman (uncredited)
Don Brodie	...	Makeup Man (uncredited)
Sue Casey	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo	...	TV Cableman (uncredited)
Ira Cook	...	Man on Date (uncredited)
Dolores Erickson	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
Fritz Feld	...	Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Mickey Finn	...	Man on Date (uncredited)
Jack Fisher	...	Man on Date (uncredited)
Jerry Gordet	...	Speedy Armature (uncredited)
Bob Harvey	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Bob Hopkins	...	Announcer (uncredited)
John Indrisano	...	TV Technician (uncredited)
Maurice Kelly	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	Graduation Attendee (uncredited)
June Kenney	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
Abe Lax	...	Man on Date (uncredited)
David Lipp	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Papa Heebert (uncredited)
Victor Masi	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Del Moore	...	Himself - TV Announcer (uncredited)
Faye Michael Nuell	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
Patricia Olson	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
Kathy Potter	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
Peter Potter	...	Man on Date (uncredited)
Deon Robb	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Cecile Rogers	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
Michael Ross	...	The Grocer (uncredited)
Michael Tomack	...	Man on Date (uncredited)
Darlene Tompkins	...	Working Girl (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.	...	Soda Jerk / Rod Reason (uncredited)
Dave Willock	...	Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)

Directed by
Jerry Lewis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mel Brooks		writer (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis		writer
Bill Richmond		writer

Produced by
Ernest D. Glucksman	....	associate producer
Jerry Lewis	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Scharf

Cinematography by
W. Wallace Kelley

Film Editing by
Stanley E. Johnson		(as Stanley Johnson)

Art Direction by
Ross Bellah
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
James W. Payne		(as James Payne)

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Nellie Manley	....	hair styles supervisor
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
William Davidson	....	production manager (as Bill Davidson)

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

Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound recordist
Bill Wistrom	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John P. Fulton	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sy Devore	....	wardrobe: Jerry Lewis
Nat Wise	....	wardrobe: Jerry Lewis

Music Department
Phil Boutelje	....	music coordinator
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator
Walter Scharf	....	conductor
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator
Bobby Van	....	stager: musical numbers

Other crew
Richard Mueller	....	technicolor color consultant
Arthur P. Schmidt	....	assistant to producer
Marvin Weldon	....	dialogue coach

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1961) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1966) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Home Video (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Paramount, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

During a 2008 interview, Mel Brooks noted that he wrote the original script for this movie, but since most of his work was excised from the final version asked that his name be removed from the credits. A handful of his comedy bits remain in the film, including a scene of Jerry Lewis dusting a trophy case and releasing the live butterflies within, and a scene in which Lewis goes through a car wash in a convertible with the top down.

Quotes:

Herbert H. Heebert: Hey, lady!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Soundtrack:

Don't Go To Paris

the battle of the sexes continues

On this, what would have been Kathleen Freeman's 88th birthday, I wanted to talk about one of her movies (even though she only has a supporting role): "The Ladies Man". In this one, Jerry Lewis loses his fiancée and moves into a house with a a bunch of women. He spends pretty much the whole movie getting into and out of various wacky situations. Best of all are the scenes involving Baby; they must have liked filming those! OK, so I admit that the idea of a man in a house with many women probably seems a little sexist. But as long as we understand that, the movie's still great. OK in a pinch, although far from the best comedy. Also featuring George Raft in one scene.