The Geisha Boy - 1958 Jerry Lewis Classic, and 50 similar items

his is a Brand New, factory sealed DVD of the 1958 comedy classic, THE GEISHA BOY starring Jerry Lewis. It's the original DVD released by Olive Films and comes in its original case as shown, still factory sealed. Synopsis One of Jerry Lewis's funniest films, 1958's The Geisha Boy serves also as a showcase for the wild imagination of its writer-director, the incomparable Frank Tashlin. Viewers that experience difficulty accepting the Jerry Lewis style of screen clowning will respond immediately to Tashlin's hilarious sight gags and exaggerated slapstick. One of the top creators of early Warner Bros. cartoon short subjects, Tashlin took every opportunity to invest his live action comedies with the surrealism of animated cartoons. This Japanese romp is Jerry and Frank's fourth film collaboration. Magician Gilbert "The Great" Wooley (Lewis) sneaks his peculiar rabbit Harry Hare aboard the Air Force U.S.O. plane bound for Tokyo, and proceeds to cause so much havoc with the movie star Lola Livingston (Marie McDonald) that Major Ridgely (Barton MacLane) drums him out of the troupe. But WAF Sergeant Pearson (Suzanne Pleshette, in her first film) takes pity on Gilbert and intervenes. Separated from the other U.S.O. performers, Wooley is parachuted into Korea to entertain troops right in their foxholes. Back in Tokyo he meets Japanese interpreter Kimi Sikita (Nobu McCarthy) and becomes emotionally attached to the young orphan Mitsuo (Robert Hirano). Complicating things is Kimi's boyfriend Ichiyama (Ryuzo Demura), an enormous, jealous baseball player. Her father Mr. Sikita (Sessue Hayakawa) is more understanding. But the desirable Sgt. Pearson is disappointed that Gilbert should fall for a Japanese girl: she's already lost one boyfriend to a local woman. Olive Films' DVD of The Geisha Boy is a stunning transfer of Paramount's brightly colored comedy, originally filmed in VistaVision. The art direction can be described as Cartoon Casual ... military locales and the airport look fairly normal, but nighttime lighting schemes are frequently augmented with bright pools of primary color. The uncluttered, graphically direct compositions heighten the film's slightly comic-book look. They encourage the surreal effect of many shots, such as the odd sight of Mr. Sakita standing serene and contemplative in his airy garden, watching a duplicate of a familiar bridge being built across his koi pond. Many Jerry Lewis fans rushing to see The Geisha Boy will also discover the wonderfully anarchic Frank Tashlin.