Martin & Lewis Collection, Volume 2 (Pardners / Hollywood or Bust / Living It Up / You're Never Too Young / Artists and Models) (3-DVD)

Starring: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

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5 Movies Together for the First Time on DVD...

Pardners (1956, 88 mins.): The Wild West. A place where men are men, horses are pretty enough to kiss and laughter is heartier than chuckwagon stew. No wonder the great comedy teams of Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers and Abbott & Costello all ventured into the land of horselaughs. No wonder legendary funnymen Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddled up as buddies, pals, Pardners. Dino and Jerry restore order to Carson Valley and teach a few good manners to lowdown connivers who think nothing of stealing land, stuffing lighted sticks of dynamite into Jerry's pockets or perhaps even sneering at puppies. Toting six-guns and carrying a tune (songs are by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen), our comedic heroes turn Western cliches six ways from Sunday. Westward-ho-ho!

Hollywood Or Bust (1956, 94 mins.): Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are terrific at blending side-splitting comedy, lively music and beautiful feminine co-stars into one incredible musical comedy event. Jerry's a fanatic movie buff driving to Hollywood to see his idol (Anita Eckberg). Martin reluctantly follows, getting Jerry into one hilarious scrape after another.

Living It Up (1954, 94 mins.): The 1954 Martin-and-Lewis romp Living It Up is an amusing remake of the 1937 comedy classic Nothing Sacred. More specifically, it is the film version of the Broadway musical "Hazel Flagg," which was based on Nothing Sacred. The heroine of the original undergoes a sex change to become feckless Homer Flagg (Jerry Lewis), who is led to believe that he's dying of radiation poisoning. Manhattan newspaperwoman Wally Cook (Janet Leigh), hoping to improve circulation of her paper, convinces her boss, Oliver Stone (Fred Clark), to fete Homer as a hero with an all-expenses-paid trip to the Big Apple. Meanwhile, Homer learns from local doctor Steve (Dean Martin) that he isn't dying at all. But Steve talks Homer into taking advantage of the celebrity treatment bestowed on him by Wally, and a good time is had by all - until medical specialist Dr. Egelhofer (Sig Rumann) insists upon examining Homer. Highlights include a hilarious bit at Yankee Stadium, and an energetic jitterbug number featuring Jerry Lewis and Sheree North. The handful of songs retained from "Hazel Flagg" include "Every Street's A Boulevard In Old New York."

You're Never Too Young (1955, 102 mins.): You're Never Too Young is a slapstick-with-songs remake of the 1944 Ray Milland/Ginger Rogers vehicle The Major And The Minor. Dean Martin plays the Milland part, while Ginger's shoes are filled by... Jerry Lewis? Lewis plays an apprentice barber who inadvertently crosses a homicidal jewel thief (Raymond Burr), and equally inadvertently hightails it out of town with the crook's jewels in his possession. Desperate to escape the crook's clutches, and lacking the necessary funds for a train ticket, Lewis disguises himself as a 12-year-old boy so he can travel half fare. He latches onto Dean, a music teacher heading for an all-girls school. After innumerable routines sparked by Lewis's adolescent disguise, the jewel thief catches up with him, leading to a rollicking climactic speedboat chase. Dean Martin has plenty of opportunities to serenade leading lady Diana Lynn (who'd played a supporting role in The Major And The Minor), while Jerry Lewis is in peak form doing his usual "waah-waah-waah" schtick. The original Billy Wilder/Charles Brackett script for The Major And The Minor was reshaped into You're Never Too Young by future bestselling novelist Sidney Sheldon.

Artists And Models (1955, 109 mins.): Martin and Lewis run amok with spies, models and Shirley MacLaine! Artist Dean Martin can't come up with ideas for his horror comic-book series. Luckily, his mild-mannered roommate Jerry Lewis dreams 'em up (literally). Jerry talks in his sleep, Dean takes dictation and everybody's happy... until Jerry's dreams turn telepathic and Russian spies get in on the act! Martin and Lewis tear through one of their zaniest comedies, tossing one-liners, songs and sight gags around like confetti. But they're not the only stars in Artists And Models. Shirley MacLaine (in only her second film appearance) is a dizzy delight as Jerry's lovestruck neighbor. And Dorothy Malone, Eva Gabor, Anita Ekberg and a bevy of long-stemmed models add sugar to the spice.

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