Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection - Vol. 2 (You're Never Too Young / Artists and Models / Living It up / Pardners / Hollywood or Bust) | 
| Director: Norman Taurog
Actors: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley Maclaine, Dorothy Malone, Eva Gabor
Studio: Paramount
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 2808
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 489
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD042234D
UPC: 097360422344
EAN: 0097360422344
ASIN: B000NOK0MQ
Release Date: June 5, 2007
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/05/2007
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Surely even the French, with their legendary love of all things Jerry Lewis, will be sated by the Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection: Vol. 2, a three-disc package containing five comedy-musicals released on DVD for the first time. It would be a supreme stretch to call any of the five films in question (You're Never Too Young, Artists and Models, Living It Up, Pardners, and Hollywood or Bust) a classic, but then, anyone looking for challenging storylines and deep characterizations probably wouldn't be here in the first place. What the films offer instead are various breezy diversions, in the form of Martin, the suave, smooth talking cad and crooner; a parade of lovely young women (Dorothy Malone, Anita Ekberg, Janet Leigh, and Shirley MacLaine among them); some terrific musical numbers that are the highlights of their respective films; and, of course, the antics of Lewis, whose capacity for slapshtick and mugging is apparently inexhaustible. By this time (the mid-1950s), the two had already fit comfortably into their respective personae, with Lewis as the naïve, ingenuous rube and Martin right there to take advantage of him. In Artists and Models, Martin's aspiring painter cops ideas from the frenzied dreams of his comics-obsessed roommate (Lewis, natch) and creates a hit comic of his own, a simple story that's derailed by an absurd and unnecessary subplot involving the U.S. government and some enemy agents. Living It Up, adapted from an earlier musical called Nothing Sacred, finds Lewis cajoled by Martin, his doctor (talk about a stretch!), into pretending that he's suffering from radiation poisoning so they can both enjoy a lavish trip to New York courtesy of a newspaper trying to boost circulation by playing up the "dying" man's plight. Hollywood or Bust, a combination road picture and gentle spoof of the movie biz, casts Martin as a gambler and con man accompanying film fanatic Lewis on a trip to Tinseltown, while Pardners is a Wild West romp ("Jerry Lewis as a gunslinger" about sums it up) and You're Never Too Young puts Lewis totally in his element as he impersonates a 12-year-old boy in order to escape bad guy Raymond Burr. The plots are thin, at best, and the songs are hardly Oscar caliber. Still, the two stars have an undeniable chemistry, and the musical set pieces are highly entertaining, most notably a sort of pas de duh (sic) between Lewis and MacLaine in Artists and Models and an eye-popping, show-stopping dance number in Living It Up. In the end, it all basically comes down to one's capacity to endure Lewis' manic mannerisms (it's worth noting that by Hollywood or Bust, the pair's last collaboration, he's pretty thoroughly upstaged by a Great Dane). If even this cornucopia isn't sufficient, perhaps a move to France is in order. The set contains no bonus material. --Sam Graham
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 VistaVision - Not Pan & Scan!!! November 11, 2008
What a shame several of these films - shot in VistaVision - is not reproduced in this set. So much is lost with the pan & scan - a method designed for the original "square" (1:33) TV screen format. I'm hopeful Paramount will release these films in WIDESCREEN... Someday.
dean martin and jerry lewis November 2, 2008
Great dvds to have. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin are hilarious. You will laugh all day just watching these dvds. Its a must
Great collection October 25, 2008
Loved all of the movies. Received in excellent condition and much sooner than I expected. Thanks for the quick delivery,
 Jerry Lewis funny as ever! September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this movie set because it has ones I never saw before or didn't own. The quality of the dvds is excellent, the movies brought back memories and were so funny. I really like this particular set.
Worth Getting for Two Classic Martin & Lewis Movies July 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This set has the two best Martin & Lewis films--You're Never Too Young and Living It Up. The price of the set is worth it for these two alone.
You're Never Too Young is the team's best film, one that can be watched over and over again, as Jerry plays a little boy who is obviously much bigger than he claims! Musical numbers are great, especially the marching song. Add a jewel mystery and an all-girls school and you have non-stop comedy.
Living It Up is another great movie, though there are a couple of slower parts that drag the pace down a bit. Jerry is "dying" and brought to New York by a newspaper for his final days. Dino is great as a "doctor" who turns on the charm every time he opens his mouth.
Pardners is pretty good. But it seems that the other two aren't quite in the same category--the more women they added to their films, the worse the quality of the movies. And the other two have LOTS of women in them but much less comedy.
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