You're Never Too Young (1955)

Director:

Norman Taurog

Writers:

Sidney Sheldon (screenplay)
Edward Childs Carpenter (play)
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Release Date:

22 November 1955 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Dino's the singing dean of a girl's school, Jerry - a wolf in kid's clothing - in a class by himself with 503 coeds.

Plot:

When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.

Plot Keywords:

Barber | Diamond | Laboratory | Haircut | Draft Deferment

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Bob Miles
Jerry Lewis	...	Wilbur Hoolick
Diana Lynn	...	Nancy Collins
Nina Foch	...	Gretchen Brendan
Raymond Burr	...	Noonan
Mitzi McCall	...	Skeets Powell
Veda Ann Borg	...	Mrs. Noonan
Margery Maude	...	Mrs. Ella Brennan
Romo Vincent	...	Ticket Agent
Nancy Kulp	...	Marty's Mother
Milton Frome	...	Lieutenant O'Malley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tor Johnson	...	(unconfirmed)
Peter Adams	...	Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Heather Ames	...	Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
Bobby Barber	...	Union Station Newsstand Clerk (uncredited)
James Burke	...	Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Robert Carson	...	Tailor (uncredited)
Hans Conried	...	François (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting	...	Hotel Guard (uncredited)
Elaine DuPont	...	(uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
Mickey Finn	...	Sergeant Brown (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Donna Jo Gribble	...	Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Whitey Haupt	...	Mike Brendan (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo	...	Marty (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Peggy Moffitt	...	Agnes (uncredited)
Gloria Penny Moore	...	Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Bob Morgan	...	Texan (uncredited)
Paul Newlan	...	Husky Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Marty Newton	...	Faculty Member (uncredited)
Emory Parnell	...	Train Conductor (uncredited)
Donna Percy	...	Girl (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Dick Simmons	...	Professor (uncredited)
Irene Walpole	...	Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Johnstone White	...	Professor (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Taurog

Writing credits
Sidney Sheldon		(screenplay)
Edward Childs Carpenter		(play "Connie Goes Home")
Fanny Kilbourne		(story "Sunny Goes Home") (as Fannie Kilbourne)

Produced by
Paul Jones	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Scharf		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Daniel L. Fapp		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Archie Marshek

Art Direction by
A. Earl Hedrick		(as Earl Hedrick)
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Frank R. McKelvy		(as Frank McKelvy)

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael D. Moore	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Gene Garvin	....	sound recordist
Gene Merritt	....	sound recordist
Carl Mahakian	....	sound editor (uncredited)

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

Music Department
Norman Luboff	....	vocal arranger
Walter Scharf	....	conductor
Walter Scharf	....	music arranger
Sidney Cutner	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Nick Castle	....	choreographer
Jack Mintz	....	assistant to producer
Richard Mueller	....	technicolor color consultant

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• AFEX (1956) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1964) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

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Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | West Germany:6 (nf)

Filming Locations:

Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Actress Diana Lynn appeared in the original film, The Major and the Minor, as Lucy, the science-obsessed teenage sister of Pamela (Ginger Roger's on-screen nemesis). Thirteen years later, Diana Lynn starred in that film's remake, You're Never Too Young, this time as Nancy Collins (a female version of the role originally played by Ray Milland).

Quotes:

Wilbur Hoolick:[Imitating a French barber] Eef you lay one... If you lay un hand on me, you know whatI will do?
Noonan:[Nastily] What?
Wilbur Hoolick:I'll bleed! Au revoir.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)

Soundtrack:

I Like to Hike

You're Never Too Young is another Martin & Lewis movie that's lots of fun

With this movie, Martin & Lewis have a reunion with a couple of co-stars from their first feature-My Friend Irma: Diana Lynn, Jane Stacy in that and its sequel, is not only Dean's girl here but also a crush of Jerry's. And Hans Conried plays Jer's barber mentor, Francois. Then there's a couple of cameos from other of M & L's flicks-Nancy Kulp, from The Caddy, as a lady with a "12"-year-old son and Bobby Barber, from Money from Home, as a newsstand clerk. With that out of the way, I'll just say the plot of a jewel robber (Raymond Burr) trying to get the diamond out of Jerry's coat pocket-which the latter doesn't know about-as Jer tries to pass himself off as a minor in order to get a half-fare train ticket with him ending up at a girls school where Martin and Lynn teach is perhaps the most ridiculous story yet for the boys' movies but darned if I didn't find myself constantly laughing anyway! As usual, plenty of Lewis' mugging and doing impersonations provide plenty of fun entertainment along with Martin's smooth crooning on many romantic ballads. And seeing the latter get constantly hit and bumped into by his partner just adds to the fun. So despite the many nonsense shenanigans, I heartily recommend You're Never Too Young.