The Ladies Man (1961)

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he ... See full summary »

Director:

Jerry Lewis

Writers:

Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond,

Stars:

Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Pat Stanley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry Lewis	...	Herbert H. Heebert / Mama Heebert
Helen Traubel	...	Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon
Pat Stanley	...	Fay
Kathleen Freeman	...	Katie
George Raft	...	Himself
Harry James	...	Harry James
Marty Ingels	...	Himself
Buddy Lester	...	Willard C. Gainsborough
Gloria Jean	...	Gloria
Hope Holiday	...	Miss Anxious
Jack LaLanne	...	Himself
Westbrook Van Voorhis	...	Himself - TV Person to Person
Sylvia Lewis	...	Miss Cartilage
Eddie Quillan	...	Wolf Man (scenes deleted)
Dee Arlen	...	Miss Liar

Storyline

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?

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Plot Keywords:

madcap comedy | written and directed by cast member | slapstick | wild comedy | dominatrix | 

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Taglines:

"He's wacky!" - "He's Shweet!" - "He's the most!" - "He's the end!" - "He's dopey!" - "He's fast!" - "He's silly!" -"He's the nuts!"

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 June 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ich bin noch zu haben

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In-jokes: During one of the first scenes where Herbert is on the bus bench, a part of the poster for Cinderfella, a previous Jerry Lewis film, can be seen just to the left of the drug store behind him in the alley.

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Goofs

As Herbert is sitting at the bus stop, a small red lunch box appears in one scene, but in the next scene he's again without it.

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Quotes

Herbert H. Heebert: Hey, lady!

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Crazy Credits

The end credit reads "OVUR".

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Connections

Referenced in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Ladies' Man"
Music by Harry Warren
Instrumental

User Reviews

Fun to watch but not really for its entire duration.

On the one hand this is a greatly entertaining, goofy, comedy but on the other its also a bit of a failure.

What the movie fails at is being a consistent one and maintaining a story throughout. It seems that about half way through the film-makers decided to throw the story overboard and to me the second half of the movie did not really felt in tone with its first half. But this might also very well be simply due to the fact that there wasn't much story to work with in the first place. It's an extremely simplistic story, that serves as an excuse to allow Jerry Lewis act crazy and incredibly immature.

And this is what makes the movie still some good lighthearted fun to watch. The comedy is real goofy and slapstick like and it shall most likely please the Jerry Lewis fans. The movie really has some good laughs in it, so as a comedy the movie still delivers, despite of its weaker second half.

Seriously, things don't even make sense anymore in its second half and a couple of different story lines and characters get thrown in, as if it all was a last minute decision. Things get really forced, such as for instance the 'love story' that really came out of nowhere and therefore just never worked out at all.

But no, I don't want to sound too negative about this movie, since it was one that I still enjoyed watching. The movie is a fun one to watch and a true pleasure to look at, due to its nice sets and Jerry Lewis, who was simply perfectly silly and provided the movie with much more fun and entertainment than its script could ever had.

Decent enough, simple entertainment.

6/10

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