Artists and Models (1955)

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writers:

Herbert Baker
Michael Davidson (story)
(more)

Release Date:

7 November 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.

Plot Keywords:

Comic Book | Dream | Artist | Roommate | Nightmare

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Rick Todd
Jerry Lewis	...	Eugene Fullstack
Shirley MacLaine	...	Bessie Sparrowbrush
Dorothy Malone	...	Abigail 'Abby' Parker
Eddie Mayehoff	...	Mr. Murdock
Eva Gabor	...	Sonia / Mrs. Curtis
Anita Ekberg	...	Anita
George Winslow	...	Richard Stilton (as George 'Foghorn' Winslow')
Jack Elam	...	Ivan
Herbert Rudley	...	Secret Service Chief Samuels
Richard Shannon	...	Secret Service Agent Rogers
Richard Webb	...	Secret Service Agent Peters
Alan Lee	...	Otto
Otto Waldis	...	Kurt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy Abbate	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
Rosemarie Ace	...	(uncredited)
Jane Adrian	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor	...	(uncredited)
Babette Bain	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
Sharon Baird	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Art Baker	...	Himself - TV Commentator (uncredited)
Margaret Barstow	...	Murdock's Eating Blonde Daughter (uncredited)
Marcella Becker	...	(uncredited)
Sara Berner	...	Mrs. John Stilton (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks	...	Headwaiter at Fashion Show (uncredited)
Dolores Brown	...	(uncredited)
Susan Brown	...	(uncredited)
Joan Buckley	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Sue Carlton	...	Office Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Carter	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
Nick Castle	...	Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Evelyn Ceder	...	(uncredited)
Clancy Cooper	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Don Corey	...	Man at Telescope (uncredited)
Donna Damron	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Diana Deane	...	(uncredited)
Julie Dorsey	...	(uncredited)
Ralph Dumke	...	Mr. Trimm (uncredited)
Minta Durfee	...	(uncredited)
Mortie Dutra	...	Major General's Aide (uncredited)
Heidi Duval	...	(uncredited)
Pat Enns	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Evans	...	Gen. Traynor (uncredited)
Shirley Falls	...	(uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Man on TV Panel Show (uncredited)
Jack Fisher	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
Esther Furst	...	(uncredited)
Steven Geray	...	Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
Eve Glazer	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Dorothy Gordon	...	Girl (uncredited)
Frances Grant	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Valeri Gratton	...	(uncredited)
Irene Harbor	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Dale Hartleben	...	Vulture Boy (uncredited)
Jean Heidy	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Georgia Holt	...	Model (uncredited)
Heather Hopper	...	(uncredited)
Eugene Jackson	...	Street Saxophonist (uncredited)
Gene Jackson	...	Child Street Dancer (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson	...	(uncredited)
Frank Jenks	...	Piano-Mover (uncredited)
Merlena Joy	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Joan Kelly	...	(uncredited)
Charlotte Lander	...	(uncredited)
Frances Lansing	...	Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Mickey Little	...	Vulture Boy (uncredited)
Mara Lynn	...	(uncredited)
Betty Lynne	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Pat Magurno	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Rudy Makoul	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Jack Mattis	...	(uncredited)
Ann McCrea	...	Janet (uncredited)
Ann Merman	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Eve Meyer	...	Model (uncredited)
Christy Miller	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Eve Miller	...	(uncredited)
Harold Miller	...	Fashion Show Patron (uncredited)
Jeanette Miller	...	Girl (uncredited)
Evelyn Moriarty	...	(uncredited)
Patricia Morrow	...	Zuba Girl (uncredited)
Elyse Novey	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Toni Parker	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Emory Parnell	...	Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
Joan Petrone	...	Model (uncredited)
Max Power	...	Cabbie (uncredited)
Michael Ross	...	Piano-Mover (uncredited)
Patti Ross	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
Edith Russell	...	(uncredited)
Edna Ryan	...	(uncredited)
Audrey Saunders	...	(uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Rita Stetson	...	(uncredited)
Tommy Summers	...	Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Larri Thomas	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
Glen Walters	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth	...	Fat Lady (uncredited)
Carleton Young	...	Col. Drury (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Tashlin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Herbert Baker
Michael Davidson		story "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Hal Kanter
Norman Lessing		story "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Don McGuire
Frank Tashlin

Produced by
Paul Nathan	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Scharf		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Daniel L. Fapp

Casting by
Edward R. Morse		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Tambi Larsen
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor
Dean Cole	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Harry Ray	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Joe Stinton	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Hugh Brown	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)
Frank Caffey	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Caffey	....	second assistant director
Charles C. Coleman	....	assistant director (as C.C. Coleman Jr.)
James Engle	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Arthur Camp	....	props (uncredited)
Neil Wheeler	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gene Garvin	....	sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach	....	sound recordist
Paul Franz	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Hayden Hohstadt	....	mike grip (uncredited)
August Van Koughnet	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
John P. Fulton	....	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Avery	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Buzz Boggs	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Frank Dugas	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Loren Nutten	....	best boy (uncredited)
Stanley Williams	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ed Fitzharris	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Grace Harris	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Warren Low	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Norman Luboff	....	vocal arranger
Charles O'Curran	....	musical numbers creator and stager
Walter Scharf	....	conductor
Walter Scharf	....	music arranger

Other crew
Rudy Makoul	....	dialogue coach
Richard Mueller	....	technicolor color consultant
Sam Bagley	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Jack Fisher	....	dance instructor (uncredited)
Grady Johnson	....	publicist (uncredited)
R.R. Jones	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Irving Kayr	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Jack Mintz	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Tish Morgan	....	secretary (uncredited)
Jack Saper	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Marvin Weldon	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Virginia Whitmire	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• Wallis-Hazen

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1974) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Paramount Home Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Afex-Fílmverleih (1956) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1974) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Paramount-Films (1956) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1998) (Finland) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• TV3 (1988) (Finland) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2005) (Finland) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S (cut) (1956) | USA:Unrated | Sweden:Btl | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S (uncut) (1974)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

According to the Paramount Collection at the AMPAS Library the film was produced at the cost of $1,701,083, which was $103,083 over its allotted budget. Because of the budget overruns, a planned "The Bat Lady" musical production number was never filmed.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rick is painting the lips on the billboard, he looks down to answer his boss, and when he looks back the lips are fully painted.

Quotes:

Abigail 'Abby' Parker:Well, that was uncalled for.
Rick Todd:I could've sworn I heard you call.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Innamorata (Sweetheart)

Wow!

I bought this movie at amazon.com because I'm a musical fan as well as a Shirley MacLaine fan. I'm so glad that I did! Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin are wonderful comiediennes, and Dean's voice could probably melt any woman's heart, serenading them with "Armaratta" and "You Look So Familiar." Jerry Lewis is funny as the dumb-bat best friend, Eugene, who is crushed upon by love-struck numberology/astrology loving Bessie (MacLaine). The songs are delightful and the movie is hilarious. I gave this a 9. Eva Gabor is also in the act as well as Dorothy M. and they're terrific! I highly recommend this movie to EVERYONE!