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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   4,329 votes
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Director:
Jerry Lewis
Writers:
Jerry Lewis (written by) and
Bill Richmond (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 June 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
What does he become? What kind of monster? more
Plot:
To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy Love. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Henry Gibson, 1935-2009
 (From Cinematical. 17 September 2009, 1:33 PM, PDT)
Comedy Actor Gibson Dead
 (From WENN. 17 September 2009, 1:16 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
"That Old Black Magic"! more (59 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Jerry Lewis ... Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love / Baby Kelp
Stella Stevens ... Stella Purdy
Del Moore ... Dr. Hamius R. Warfield
Kathleen Freeman ... Millie Lemmon
Med Flory ... Football Player
Norman Alden ... Football Player
Howard Morris ... Mr. Elmer Kelp
Elvia Allman ... Edwina Kelp
Milton Frome ... Dr. M. Sheppard Leevee
Buddy Lester ... Bartender
Marvin Kaplan ... English student
David Landfield ... College Student
Skip Ward ... Football Player
Julie Parrish ... College Student

Henry Gibson ... Gibson, College Student
Les Brown ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mushy Callahan ... Cab Driver (scenes deleted)
Murray Alper ... Gym Attendant (uncredited)
Les Brown Jr. ... Student at Senior Prom (uncredited)
Joseph Forte ... College Faculty Member (uncredited)
Art Gilmore ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon ... Clothing Salesman (uncredited)
Terry Higgins ... Purple Pit Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes ... Faculty Member at Senior Prom (uncredited)

Richard Kiel ... Bodybuilder at Gym (uncredited)
Les Brown and His Band of Renown ... Themselves (uncredited)
Gary Lewis ... Boy (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Faculty Member at Senior Prom (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... Musician - Percussionist (uncredited)
Michael Ross ... Weight Lifter at Gym (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Purple Pit Customer (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver ... Rube (uncredited)
Dave Willock ... Purple Pit Customer (uncredited)
Celeste Yarnall ... College Student (uncredited)
Francine York ... College Student (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jerry Lewis 
 
Writing credits
Jerry Lewis (written by) and
Bill Richmond (written by)

Produced by
Ernest D. Glucksman .... producer
Arthur P. Schmidt .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Walter Scharf 
 
Cinematography by
W. Wallace Kelley 
 
Film Editing by
John Woodcock 
 
Art Direction by
Hal Pereira 
Walter H. Tyler  (as Walter Tyler)
 
Set Decoration by
Robert R. Benton  (as Robert Benton)
Sam Comer 
 
Costume Design by
Edith Head 
 
Makeup Department
Nellie Manley .... hair stylist supervision
Jack Stone .... makeup artist
Wally Westmore .... makeup supervisor
 
Production Management
Hal Bell .... assistant production manager
William Davidson .... production manager (as Bill Davidson)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ralph Axness .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Martin Pendleton .... property master
 
Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach .... sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach .... sound recordist
Bud Parman .... boom operator (uncredited)
Bill Wistrom .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Paul K. Lerpae .... special photographic effects
 
Stunts
Bob May .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Murray Young .... key grip (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sy Devore .... wardrobe: men
Nat Wise .... wardrobe: men
 
Music Department
Walter Scharf .... conductor
Walter Scharf .... musician: "I'm In the Mood for Love" (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Marshall Katz .... assistant to producer
Richard Mueller .... technicolor color consultant
Marvin Weldon .... dialogue coach
Dorothy Yutzi .... script supervisor
 
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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film debut of Celeste Yarnall. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the last scenes, the Professor has new braces while in the classroom with Stella. But when the two leave the room after his parents enter, he is clearly without any in his mouth. more
Quotes:
Dr. Hamius R. Warfield: Kelp, it's human nature. Kelp, people just don't like teachers blowing up their kids! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Stella by Starlight more

FAQ

List: Wacky Jekyll-and-Hyde stories
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User Comments

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
"That Old Black Magic"!, 14 August 2001
10/10
Author: hernebay (franz.schmidt@btinternet.com)

Further to my earlier review, I would wholeheartedly endorse the opinion of other reviewers that the original Lewis movie is superior - vastly superior - to the crass Eddie Murphy re-make. Lewis's subtle points about Buddy Love (whom, I am unsurprised to learn, he loathed) are utterly lost in the Murphy version. If Lewis's movie fails as popular entertainment, it is because it makes extraordinary intellectual demands on its audience, requiring them to see beyond the surface glamour of Buddy Love to the moral rottenness and egotism within. Strangely enough, however, Buddy Love is not without pathos. There is enough of Kelp in him, together with the shakiness of his chemically-induced persona, to lend a faint suggestion of vulnerability. Perhaps even this is part of his satanic charm (he literally charms the pants off the college Principal). It is no coincidence that his calling-card number is "That Old Black Magic"!

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