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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jerry Lewis | ... | Clayton Poole | |
| Marilyn Maxwell | ... | Carla Naples | |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | Harold Hermann | |
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Salvatore Baccaloni | ... | Gigi 'Papa' Naples (as Baccaloni) |
| Hans Conried | ... | Mr. Wright | |
| Isobel Elsom | ... | Mrs. Van Cleeve | |
| James Gleason | ... | Doc Simpkins | |
| Ida Moore | ... | Miss Bessie Polk | |
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Gary Lewis | ... | Young Clayton |
| Hope Emerson | ... | Mrs. Rogers | |
| Alex Gerry | ... | Judge Jenkins | |
| Mary Treen | ... | Nurse | |
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Judy Franklin | ... | Young Carla Naples |
| Connie Stevens | ... | Sandra Naples | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| George Sanders | ... | Danny Poole (scenes deleted) | |
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About the only thing kept in this film from Preston Sturges original story for "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" is a girl that gets drunk, gets married, gets pregnant and doesn't even remember any of it. A major difference is that "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" was a classic comedy and "Rock-a-Bye Baby" isn't. This time out, Clayton Poole is a small town TV repairman who is still in love with his former hometown sweetheart, Carla Naples, who is now a famous movie queen. When Carla becomes pregnant due to a hasty marriage in Mexico, which she has forgotten about, the studio tells her a baby will ruin her career so she turns to Clayton, the only person she can trust, and he agrees to care for the baby when it is born. Carla gives birth to triplets and Clayton finds he must get married before he can adopt them. He marries Sandy, Carla's younger sister who has always loved him. The press learns about Carla's triplets and she tells reporters she is secretly married to Clayton. Clayton, ... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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two sisters | movie star | italian american family | triplets | star |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 July 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Babysitter See more »Filming Locations:
Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Jerry Lewis
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Carlos the bull fighter, picture in the newspaper is Jack Benny (comedian). See more »Quotes
Mr. Wright: After all, as chairman of the City Council my main function is to obstruct the due process of the law.See more »
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Rock-a-Bye BabyMusic by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Jerry Lewis
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Saw this film in its original release and later on some television re-runs. I like the film because it allows Jerry to face the situations that make for a movie that is a lot of fun. He is called upon to watch twin babies of a girl he thinks he is in love with who is a movie star, so while she goes all over the world filming he gets a crash course in baby rearing. Connie Stevens at her best is also along as a girl who really likes him. Some of the moves she put on him are quite risque for the 50's. Jerry does it all in this film. I like this period of his career after he broke up with Dean Martin. He made some great films until he transferred to Columbia. He seemed to get too much control of what he did and most of these films are quite unfunny. The wonderful Paramount's including this film, Who's Minding the Store, and his best in my opinion The Nutty Professor show him in his heyday. It's hard to imagine a theater full of families laughing so hard but I assure you they did, I was there.