The Ladies Man (1961)

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 this production Jerry Lewis attached a small video camera to the side of his 35mm camera, in effect, pioneering the "video assist" system that is standard on just about every feature film today.

Quotes:

Herbert H. Heebert: Hey, lady!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

Soundtrack:

Don't Go To Paris

Please give credit to this masterpiece

I think it´s time we recognize something that should be said a long time ago: Jerry Lewis is a genius and "Ladies´Man" is his most amazing production. The enormous doll´s house he has created serves perfectly for the development of a succesion of hilarious gags that will make the audience fall from their chairs. Using cranes to shoot the scenes, Lewis obtains beautiful scenes and perfectly timed humor. A band playing lively, walls that move, the partition of the main character in four and lots of beautiful girls complete the picture. Believe me when i say: this man knows what he is doing and it´s about time we accept that he is not just a silly clown; he is a talented and creative filmmaker who took movie techniques to its extremes and gave us both a comic and tragic view of the world we live in. Jerry Lewis is what Godard was to french cinema: an innovator. Let´s adore him.