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The Ladies' Man

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Upon losing his lover, Herbert (Jerry Lewis) gives up women for good and seeks a fresh start by taking a maintenance position at what appears to be an ordinary Los Angeles boarding house. To Herbert's surprise, however, the building caters specifically to single women. He immediately resolves to quit, but landlady Miss Wellenmellon (Helen Traubel) and sweet tenant Fay (Pat Stanley) talk him into keeping the job. In no time at all, Herbert is mired in one comic disaster after another.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 03/07/2016
In the end, the movie exalts the modest pleasures of everyday people, but, along the way, Lewis reveals the madder music within that they whistle while they work. Go to Full Review Eric Henderson Slant Magazine 10/13/2004
4/4
A bizarre, sexually ambiguous, cantankerously skeptical burlesque on the ascent of feminine independence. Go to Full Review Ray Pride Newcity 08/16/2022
10/10
Beyond the range of big laffs Lewis could readily rollick at that prolific stage of his career, there’s breathtaking Technicolor and Lewis’ mastery of the mobile camera. Behold vast ambition and also grace at his directorial command. The nerve of the man! Go to Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 02/14/2010
A masterwork of demasculinization Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/30/2007
B
This is one of Jerry's more creative comedies. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online 04/28/2007
...it's hard not to be awed by the technological leaps of this production, and at their best his gags delve in to the realm of the surreal last visited by the Marx Brothers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Jerry Lewis

Director

Jerry Lewis

Herbert H. Heebert

Helen Traubel

Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon

Kathleen Freeman

Katie

Hope Holiday

Miss Anxious

Pat Stanley

Fay

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Synopsis Upon losing his lover, Herbert (Jerry Lewis) gives up women for good and seeks a fresh start by taking a maintenance position at what appears to be an ordinary Los Angeles boarding house. To Herbert's surprise, however, the building caters specifically to single women. He immediately resolves to quit, but landlady Miss Wellenmellon (Helen Traubel) and sweet tenant Fay (Pat Stanley) talk him into keeping the job. In no time at all, Herbert is mired in one comic disaster after another.
Director
Jerry Lewis
Producer
Jerry Lewis
Screenwriter
Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 26, 1961, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 46m