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Jerry Lewis: The "Legendary Jerry" Collection [DVD] DVD Ten-disc set includes "The Stooge," "The Delicate Delinquent," "The Bellboy," "Cinderfella," "The Errand Boy," "The Ladies Man" (1961), "The Nutty Professor" (Special Edition) (1963), "The Disorderly Orderly," "The Patsy," and "The Family Jewels." Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection, Vol. 1 [DVD] DVD In "My Friend Irma" (1949), their screen debut, would-be stage stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis befriend scatterbrained blonde Marie Wilson. "My Friend Irma Goes West" (1950) finds the trio hopping a train to California and getting mixed up in a zany kidnapping plot. Martin is a football star charged with toughening up meek and mild Lewis, in "That's My Boy" (1951). The boys are Navy men wreaking havoc on a submarine, in "Sailor Beware" (1952). It's "Geronimo!" for Dean and Jerry when they play entertainers touring Army bases who wind up as recruits for the paratroop squad, in "Jumping Jacks" (1952). Dean is an accordion-playing vaudevillian who goes solo without help from second banana Jerry, in "The Stooge" (1952). There's hi-jinx on t Martin & Lewis Collection [DVD] DVD In addition to the feature "At War with the Army," this five-disc set features 15 episodes of "The Colgate Comedy Hour" hosted by Dean and Jerry, featuring guests such as Rosemary Clooney, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Jack Benny, Dorothy Dandridge, and more. Also includes "Martin & Lewis: A Retrospective," a fascinating documentary that chronicles the duo's career, from their days as a radio and nightclub act to their film and TV work, and their respective solo successes. 17 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; photo gallery; biography; trivia. Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD After learning he doesn't have radiation poisoning as originally thought, country boy Jerry Lewis must keep up the pretense so he and doctor Dean Martin can get an all-expenses paid trip to New York, in "Living It Up" (1954), with Janet Leigh. Next, An aspiring barber (Lewis) poses as a 12-year-old boy and latches onto a travelling music teacher (Martin) while trying to evade a nasty jewel thief (Raymond Burr), in "You're Never Too Young" (1955). Diana Lynn co-stars. When struggling comic book artist Martin begins basing his scripts on the dreams of roommate Lewis, the duo winds up getting involved with beautiful ladies and secret agents, in "Artists and Models" (1955). With Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor. Jerry is a millionaire who becomes "P The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection, Vol. 1 [DVD] DVD Before Dino hung with the Rat Pack, before Jerry's name became French for "genius," Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were a legendary comedy team gracing screens both large and small. This five-disc collection contains the pair's hilarious feature "At War with the Army," along with seven complete episodes from the 1950s variety show "The Colgate Comedy Hour." The set also includes a collection of clips from their funniest film appearances together. 7 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Edward R. Murrow: The Best Of Person To Person [DVD] DVD Newsman Edward R. Murrow interviews some of the world's most notable personalities in this three-disc compilation of interviews from the 1953-59 program "Person to Person." Murrow chats with such icons as Billy Graham, Andy Griffith, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Liberace, and more. Bob Schieffer hosts. 7 1/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Funniest Moments Of The Century [DVD] DVD It's 100 years' worth of laughs with this six-disc boxed set of "100 Funniest Moments" programs featuring the comic legends of stage, screen and TV--including Abbott and Costello, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, George Burns, Buster Keaton, Martin and Lewis, and others--along with hilarious Hollywood outtakes and newscast and wedding bloopers. Includes "Favorite Moments of the Stars," "The Unexpected," "Slapstick," "The Golden Age of Comedy: The '20s and '30s," "Great Stars of Film and Radio: The Fabulous '40s," and "TV Comedy Classics: The '50s and '60s." 6 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. At War With The Army [DVD](1950) DVD Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' first starring vehicle boosted them to instant fame. Jerry is a not-cut-out-for-the-army private who helps womanizing sergeant Dean Martin iron out some of the wrinkles in his love life. 93 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions. The Stooge [DVD](1952) DVD Comic farce with some surprising dramatic and autobiographical moments starring Dean Martin as an accordion-playing vaudevillian who decides to go solo without help from zany, put-upon second banana Jerry Lewis. After Dean has a tough time on the solo route, he tries to reunite with his former pal. Polly Bergen, Eddie Mayehoff also star. 99 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer. The Delicate Delinquent [DVD](1957) DVD In his first solo outing, Jerry Lewis plays a nerdy janitor who gets caught in the middle of a gang rumble and is arrested. Policeman Darren McGavin (a role written for Dean Martin) sets out to reform the "delinquent" Lewis, who soon becomes a cop. A mirthful mix of silliness and sentiment; with Martha Hyer, Rocky Marciano. 100 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer. The Bellboy [DVD](1960) DVD Jerry Lewis checks in for laughs in this comedy par excellence, as a bellhop who turns a posh Miami Beach resort upside down. The guests include Milton Berle and Walter Winchell; Lewis' directorial debut. 71 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Lewis; theatrical trailer. Cinderfella [DVD](1960) DVD The fairy tale classic is given a new look when Jerry Lewis, as put-upon Fella, gets some help from fairy godfather Ed Wynn and meets princess Anna Maria Alberghetti. Will Jerry get to live happily ever after? With Ed Wynn as the Fairy Godfather, Judith Anderson as the Wicked Stepmother, Henry Silva, Count Basie and Robert Hutton. 87 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Lewis. The Ladies Man [DVD](1961) DVD Jerry Lewis is at his zany best playing a woman-hating houseboy at a Hollywood home for wayward girls. Strangely enough, women fawn all over him! Helen Traubel, George Raft and Harry James and His Orchestra (performing "Bang Tail") are also featured in this wacky outing. 95 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Lewis; theatrical trailers. The Errand Boy [DVD](1961) DVD Le Grand Goofee, Jerry Lewis, is a film studio gopher who turns Tinseltown upside-down with one hilarious misadventure after another. With Brian Donlevy, Fritz Feld, Iris Adrian, and a cameo by the "Bonanza" cast. 92 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Lewis; theatrical trailer. The Nutty Professor (Special Edition) [DVD](1963) DVD Considered by many to be his best film, writer/director/star Jerry Lewis' slapstick spin on the Jekyll/Hyde story finds him, as nerdy college professor Julius Kelp, inventing a mysterious potion that turns him into hip, conceited stud Buddy Love (whose persona, some say, was based on Dean Martin). Stella Stevens plays his love interest, Miss Purdy. "Vive le Jerry Lewis"--Paris Times. 107 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Lewis; featurette; documentary; theatrical trailer. It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World: Special Edition [DVD](1963) DVD A veritable "Who's Who" of film comedy was assembled by director Stanley Kramer for this slapstick extravaganza. A group of strangers learns about $350,000 in hidden loot from a dying gangster and sets off on a madcap cross-country race to find it.Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers and Jonathan Winters star, with dozens of cameos ranging from Jack Benny to the Three Stooges. 161 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; documentary; outtakes; theatrical trailers. The Disorderly Orderly [DVD](1964) DVD The diagnosis is bellylaugh after bellylaugh when Jerry Lewis, as an attendant who experiences "sympathy pains," turns a quiet nursing home upside down. Hilarious hospital hi-jinx with Susan Oliver, Jack E. Leonard. 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer. The Patsy [DVD](1964) DVD An inept hotel bellhop is groomed for stardom by a late comedian's management and writing team in this madcap Jerry Lewis feature. Peter Lorre (his last film), Keenan Wynn, Everett Sloane and Ina Balin co-star. 101 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer. The Family Jewels [DVD](1965) DVD If one Jerry Lewis isn't enough for you, how about seven Jerrys! In this heartwarming comedy he's all six wacky uncles to a 9-year-old heiress who must choose a guardian, as well as the girl's faithful chauffeur. With Sebastian Cabot. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Lewis; theatrical trailer. Don't Raise The Bridge, Lower The River [DVD](1968) DVD Jerry Lewis is in the get-rich-quick business, turning the ancestral home of his English wife into a discotheque and selling the Arabs stolen plans for a new electronic oil drill. With Terry-Thomas. 99 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer. The King Of Comedy [DVD](1983) DVD Talk-show host Jerry Lewis is abducted by obsessive fan Robert De Niro, a would-be comic desperate for fame, in Martin Scorsese's offbeat, funny look at celebrity's dark side. With Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott. 109 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; "making of" featurette; TV spot; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. Mad About You: The Complete First Season [DVD](1992) DVD All 22 episodes from the debut season--including the pilot, "Sofa's Choice," "Paul in the Family," "Maid About You," and "Love Among the Tiles"--are collected on two discs. 8 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English. Mr. Saturday Night [DVD](1992) DVD Billy Crystal makes his directing debut in this bittersweet chronicle of 50 years in the sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad life of acid-tongued comic Buddy Young, Jr. (played by Crystal), from his early Catskills stints to his relationship with his brother-manager (David Paymer) and his twilight years. Julie Warner, Helen Hunt, Ron Silver co-star. 119 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary by Crystal; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer. Funny Bones [DVD](1995) DVD Off-the-wall tragi-comedy about a famous comedian's son who bombs in his Vegas debut and returns to the English seaside town where he grew up to buy material from local performers. Once there, he learns some surprising facts about his father's work as well as a family secret. Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Leslie Caron and Lee Evans star; directed by Peter Chelsom ("Hear My Song"). 128 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish. The Nutty Professor (DTS) [DVD](1996) DVD Eddie Murphy scores "big" laughs in this high-tech updating of the 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy. As good-natured but overweight college instructor Sherman Klump, Murphy concocts a reducing potion that transforms him into the svelte, hip and self-absorbed Buddy Love. Which of Murphy's alter egos will survive to win the hand of love interest Jada Pinkett? With James Coburn, Larry Miller. 96 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, DTS 5.1; biographies; theatrical trailers; interactive menus; scene access. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps [DVD](2000) DVD The fun continues in this sequel that finds Eddie Murphy's portly Professor Sherman Klump falling for fellow teacher Janet Jackson, only to have super-slick alter-ego Buddy Love re-emerging to spoil the courtship. Klump's solution of removing Love's genetic material from his DNA leads to a series of hilarious disasters. With Larry Miller and an amazingly made-up Murphy in five other roles. 107 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary; "making of" featurette; DVD-ROM content; deleted scene; outtakes; music video; interview; theatrical trailer. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (Uncensored Director's Cut) [DVD](2000) DVD The fun continues in this sequel that finds Eddie Murphy's portly Professor Sherman Klump falling for fellow teacher Janet Jackson, only to have super-slick alter-ego Buddy Love re-emerging to spoil the courtship. Klump's solution of removing Love's genetic material from his DNA leads to a series of hilarious disasters. With Larry Miller and an amazingly made-up Murphy in five other roles. Director's cut; 109 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1; Subtitles: French; theatrical trailer; interviews; audio commentary; featurette; music videos; DVD-ROM content. Dean Martin: The One And Only [DVD](2004) DVD That's amore! Celebrate the life of Dean Martin in this sensational documentary tribute to the Rat Packer and Hollywood renaissance man. Through rare interviews with Dino and footage from his lengthy stage and film career, you'll learn the true story about the beloved entertainer. Includes insights from his ex-wife Jeanie, daughter Deana, Jerry Lewis, Gay Talese, Pat Cooper, and more. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Miss Cast Away And The Island Girls [DVD](2004) DVD What do Michael Jackson, Lou Ferrigno, Jerry Lewis, Anna Nicole Smith, and "Joe Millionaire" Evan Marriott have in common? They're all featured in this outrageous farce concerning a group of beauty contestants whose plane crashes on a remote island. After finding Noah's Ark there, the ladies experience comedy unlike anything ever seen before. With Eric Roberts, Charlie Schlatter, Bob Denver (as Gilligan!), Joyce Giraud, Bernie Kopell, Pat Morita, and many more. 90 min. Soundtrack: English; bonus footage; featurettes; trailer. |
