The Geisha Boy
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Directed by Frank Tashlin.
With Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa.
US, 1958, 35mm, color, 98 min.
With Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa.
US, 1958, 35mm, color, 98 min.
In one of his first solo-comedies after a fruitful stint with partner Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis plays a third-rate magician who joins a USO entertainment tour in Japan. During the tour, a young orphan attaches himself to Lewis, taking him as a surrogate father. Tashlin employs his distinct, cartoonish style, honed during his years as an animator, and supplies some great visual jokes, including a magician’s rabbit that becomes a character in its own right. Much to the chagrin of Brooklynites, the film features a cameo by the then-recently relocated Los Angeles Dodgers, who play an exhibition game against a Japanese team.
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