Frank Tashlin - Artists and Models (1955) So... this is a hard film for me to judge and this is mainly because I have great difficulty standing Jerry Lewis... He is insufferable and all the comedy comes precisely from him being insufferable. After a while you do get used to his character and the film becomes more tolerable. On the other hand the film also has the really lovely Shirley MacLaine in one of her first roles. Sporting a trademark short haircut she joins Audrey Hepburn as her contemporary as a new kind of character, the "manic pixie dream girl" which reverberates down to our days. Dean Martin as the co-lead with Lewis is serviceable, and is here for the musical numbers which he is pretty good at (although he's a lousy tap-dancer). Another aspect I quite liked about the film is how it is actually reflecting concerns of its time, the main plot is torn from the front pages and the whole "Seduction of the Innocent" thing around comic-books at the time, when a psychiatrist, Fredric Wertham, blamed violence in comic books for juvenile delinquency and pretty much all the evils in the world, leading to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority. Also you get a plot similar to something which really happened when DC comics attempted to publish a story which included details of an atom bomb while the Manhattan Project was going on, leading to the office being raided by the US government on suspicion of espionage. Other topical jokes include references to Rear Window and Dean Martin's "That's Amore" and these are quite good jokes. Probably one of the best Martin-Lewis collaborations, but ugh Lewis is insufferable. (3/5) #cinema #cinephile #artistsandmodels #franktashlin #musical #movie #moviereview #film #filmreviews #review #dance #1950s #poster #filmposter #movieposter #deanmartin #jerrylewis #shirleymaclaine (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwdx7qplcd7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=weyaaltz8ncd