ΑRTISTS AND MODELS

Artists and Models
Paramount, 1955, Color, 108 minutes, ***
Released November, 1955

Struggling comic book artist Dean Martin begins basing his scripts on the wild dreams of roommate Jerry Lewis and becomes a big success, but the duo winds up getting involved with beautiful models and secret agents. With Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Anita Ekberg, Eva Gabor.

Very funny movie!

Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Associate Producer: Paul Nathan
Directed by: Frank Tashlin
Assistant Director: C. C. Coleman, Jr.
Screenplay by: Frank Tashlin, Hal Kanter, Herbert Baker
Adaptation by: Don McGuire
Based on a Play by Michael Davidson and Norman Lessing ("Rock-a-Bye Baby")
New Songs: Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Musical Numbers Created and Staged by: Charles O'Curran
Music Arranged and Conducted by: Walter Scharf
Vocal Arrangements by: Norman Luboff
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen
Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Costumes: Edith Head
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Sound Recording by: Hugo Grenzbach, Gene Garvin
Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Process Photography: Farciot Edouart
Filmed in VistaVision, Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller
Editorial Supervision: Warren Low

Cast: Dean Martin [Rick Todd], Jerry Lewis [Eugene Fullstack], Shirley MacLaine [Bessie Sparrowbush], Dorothy Malone [Abigail Parker], Eddie Mayehoff [Mr. Murdock], Eva Gabor [Sonia], Anita Ekberg [Anita], George "Foghorn" Winslow [Richard Stilton], Jack Elam [Ivan], Herbert Rudley [Chief Samuels], Richard Shannon [Agent Rogers], Richard Webb [Agent Peters], Alan Lee [Otto], Kathleen Freeman [Mrs. Muldoon], Art Baker [Himself], Emory Parnell [Kelly], Carleton Young [Col. Drury], Sharon Baird [Specialty Dancer], Nick Castle [Specialty Dancer]

Musical Program: [0:00] Artists and Models (sung by Dean Martin and Chorus off-screen behind titles); [0:11] When You Pretend (sung by Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin); [0:40] You Look So Familiar (sung by Dean Martin); [0:52] The Lucky Song (sung by Dean Martin, danced by Dean Martin, Sharon Baird and Children); [1:04] Innamorata (sung by Dean Martin); [1:06] Innamorata (comic rendition sung and danced by Shirley MacLaine and Jerry Lewis); [1:31] Artists and Models (sung by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Chorus); [1:47] When You Pretend (short excerpt sung at end of movie by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone and Shirley MacLaine)