Artists and Models (1955)

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1h 49min
Comedy, Musical
07 Nov 1955 (USA)
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Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.

Director:

Frank Tashlin

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Still of Dean Martin (I) and Dorothy Malone in Artists and Models (1955)

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Still of Dorothy Malone in Artists and Models (1955)

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	Dean Martin	...	Richard 'Rick' Todd
	Jerry Lewis	...	Eugene Fullstack
	Shirley MacLaine	...	Bessie Sparrowbrush
	Dorothy Malone	...	Abigail 'Abby' Parker
	Eddie Mayehoff	...	Mr. Murdock
	Eva Gabor	...	Sonia / Mrs. Curtis
	Anita Ekberg	...	Anita
	George Winslow	...	Richard Stilton (as George 'Foghorn' Winslow')
	Jack Elam	...	Ivan
	Herbert Rudley	...	Secret Service Chief Samuels
	Richard Shannon	...	Secret Service Agent Rogers
	Richard Webb	...	Secret Service Agent Peters
	Alan Lee	...	Otto
	Otto Waldis	...	Kurt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Nancy Abbate	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
	Rosemarie Ace	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jane Adrian	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Charlotte Alpert	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Heather Ames	...	(uncredited)
	Gertrude Astor	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Babette Bain	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
	Sharon Baird	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Art Baker	...	TV Commentator (uncredited)
	Margaret Barstow	...	Murdock's Eating Blonde Daughter (uncredited)
	Mary Ellen Batten	...	Woman (uncredited)
	Mary Bayless	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Marcella Becker	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Sara Berner	...	Mrs. John Stilton (uncredited)
	Ralph Brooks	...	Headwaiter at Fashion Show (uncredited)
	Dolores Brown	...	(uncredited)
	Susan Brown	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Joan Buckley	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Sue Carlton	...	Office Clerk (uncredited)
	Frank Carter	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
	Nick Castle	...	Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
	Evelyn Ceder	...	(uncredited)
	Clancy Cooper	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
	Don Corey	...	Man at Telescope (uncredited)
	Paul Cristo	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Donna Damron	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Diana Deane	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jack Deery	...	Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
	Dolores	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Julie Dorsey	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Ralph Dumke	...	Mr. Trimm (uncredited)
	Minta Durfee	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Mortie Dutra	...	Major General's Aide (uncredited)
	Heidi Duval	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Pat Enns	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Charles Evans	...	Gen. Traynor (uncredited)
	Shirley Falls	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Franklyn Farnum	...	Man on TV Panel Show (uncredited)
	Tom Ferrandini	...	Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)
	Jac Fisher	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
	Charles Fogel	...	Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
	George Ford	...	Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited)
	Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
	Esther Furst	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Steven Geray	...	Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
	Eve Glazer	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	James Gonzalez	...	Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)
	Dorothy Gordon	...	Girl (uncredited)
	Frances Grant	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Valeri Gratton	...	(uncredited)
	Irene Harbor	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Dale Hartleben	...	Vulture Boy (uncredited)
	Jean Heidy	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Georgia Holt	...	Model (uncredited)
	Heather Hopper	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Eugene Jackson	...	Street Saxophonist (uncredited)
	Gene Jackson	...	Child Street Dancer (uncredited)
	Marjorie Jackson	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Allen Jaffe	...	Passerby on Sidewalk (uncredited)
	Frank Jenks	...	Piano-Mover (uncredited)
	Merlena Joy	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Joan Kelly	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Frances Lansing	...	Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
	Mickey Little	...	Vulture Boy (uncredited)
	Betty Lynn	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Mara Lynn	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Pat Magurno	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Rudy Makoul	...	Announcer (uncredited)
	Jack Mattis	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Ann McCrea	...	Janet (uncredited)
	Ann Merman	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Eve Meyer	...	Model (uncredited)
	Christy Miller	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Eve Miller	...	(uncredited)
	Harold Miller	...	Fashion Show Patron (uncredited)
	Jeanette Miller	...	Girl (uncredited)
	Evelyn Moriarty	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Patricia Morrow	...	Zuba Girl (uncredited)
	Elyse Novey	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Pancho	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Toni Parker	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Emory Parnell	...	Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
	Georgia Pelham	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Joan Petrone	...	Model (uncredited)
	Murray Pollack	...	Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
	Paul Ravel	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Michael Ross	...	Piano-Mover (uncredited)
	Patti Ross	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
	Edna Ryan	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Audrey Saunders	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jeffrey Sayre	...	Bartender (uncredited)
	Charles Sherlock	...	Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
	Rita Stetson	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Tommy Summers	...	Elevator Operator (uncredited)
	Larri Thomas	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
	Max Trumpower	...	Cabbie (uncredited)
	Glen Walters	...	Masseuse (uncredited)
	Martha Wentworth	...	Fat Lady (uncredited)
	Carleton Young	...	Col. Drury (uncredited)

Directed by

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Frank Tashlin

Written by

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Herbert Baker	...	(screenplay)

Michael Davidson	...	(play "Rock-A-Bye Baby!")

Hal Kanter	...	(screenplay)

Norman Lessing	...	(play "Rock-A-Bye Baby!")

Don McGuire	...	(adaptation)

Frank Tashlin	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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Paul Nathan	...	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	...	producer

Music by

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Walter Scharf

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(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Daniel L. Fapp

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director of photography

Editorial Department

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Warren Low	...	editorial supervisor
Richard Mueller	...	color consultant: Technicolor

Casting By

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Edward R. Morse

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(uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Tambi Larsen
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore	...	makeup supervisor
Dean Cole	...	hair stylist (uncredited)
Harry Ray	...	makeup artist (uncredited)
Joe Stinton	...	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Hugh Brown	...	assistant production manager (uncredited)
Frank Caffey	...	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Richard Caffey	...	second assistant director
Charles C. Coleman	...	assistant director (as C.C. Coleman Jr.)
James Engle	...	second assistant director

Art Department

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Arthur Camp	...	props (uncredited)
Neil Wheeler	...	props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Gene Garvin	...	sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach	...	sound recordist
Paul Franz	...	boom operator (uncredited)
Hayden Hohstadt	...	mike grip (uncredited)
August Van Koughnet	...	sound recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Farciot Edouart	...	process photography
John P. Fulton	...	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bill Avery	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Buzz Boggs	...	camera operator (uncredited)
Frank Dugas	...	assistant camera (uncredited)
H. Newmeyer	...	grip (uncredited)
Loren Nutten	...	best boy (uncredited)
Stanley Williams	...	gaffer (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Paul Nathan

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casting director for Hal B. Wallis (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ed Fitzharris	...	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Grace Harris	...	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Music Department

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Norman Luboff	...	vocal arranger
Charles O'Curran	...	musical numbers creator and stager
Walter Scharf	...	conductor / music arranger

Script and Continuity Department

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Marvin Weldon

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script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Rudy Makoul	...	dialogue coach
Sam Bagley	...	stand-in (uncredited)
Jac Fisher	...	dance instructor (uncredited)
Grady Johnson	...	publicist (uncredited)
R.R. Jones	...	stand-in (uncredited)
Irving Kayr	...	stand-in (uncredited)
Jack Mintz	...	technical advisor (uncredited)
Tish Morgan	...	secretary (uncredited)
Jack Saper	...	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Virginia Whitmire	...	stand-in (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Wallis-Hazen

Distributors

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Paramount Pictures (1955) (United States) (theatrical)
Paramount British Pictures (1955) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Film AB Paramount (1956) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1956) (Norway) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1956) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Afex-Fílmverleih (1956) (Austria) (theatrical)
Les Films Paramount (1956) (France) (theatrical)
Paramount Filmes (1956) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Paramount-Films (1956) (Finland) (theatrical)
Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1973) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
CBS (1974) (United States) (tv) (network premiere)
Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1974) (Finland) (theatrical)
La Cinq (1987) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
Rai 2 (1987) (Italy) (tv)
TV3 (1988) (Finland) (tv)
Paramount Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS)
Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1998) (Finland) (tv)
Yleisradio (YLE) (2005) (Finland) (tv)
Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
Flash Pictures (2013) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
ARTE (2013) (France) (tv)
Paramount Channel (2016) (Italy) (tv)
Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)
Paramount Channel (2023) (France) (tv)
The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Rick Todd and Eugene Fullstack share an apartment and have dreams for the future. Rick is an aspiring artist looking for a break. Eugene loves comic books, especially The Bat Lady series. He is so engrossed with her stories that he has nightmares and dreams of his own comic book characters. Their luck begins to change when Abby Parker is fired as the artist for the Bat Lady. Rick pitches his own comic book series and Eugene gets to meet Bessie Sparrowbrush, who, unbeknown to him, is the artist's model the Bat Lady. Rivalry and romance ensues for all four of them, with several song and dance numbers along the way. Written by garykmcd Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	model title-song fired-from-a-job reference-to-mona-lisa painting See All (359) »
Genres	Comedy Musical Romance
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Finland:S Finland:S France:Tous publics Netherlands:AL Norway:A (cinema rating) Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:Approved West Germany:12 (nf)

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Also Known As	Artistes et modèles (France) Cómicos en París (Spain) Artistas y modelos (Spain) O Jerry Lewis aristokratis (Greece) Çılgın modeller (Turkey, Turkish title) See more »
Runtime	109 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 (intended ratio) See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Filming Locations	Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget

$1,701,083 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	According to TMC, Jerry Lewis saw Shirley MacLaine on stage in "The Pajama Game", where she was understudy for Carol Haney, and convinced the producer to use her in this film, thereby launching her career. See more »
Goofs	When Rick is painting the lips on the billboard, he looks down to answer his boss, and when he looks back the lips are fully painted. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Episode #6.11 (1955). See more »
Soundtracks	Artists and Models See more »
Quotes	Mrs. Muldoon: Remember, any more noise and you're going to be using the curb for a pillow. See more »

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