19/08/2009

Artists and Models (1955)


Dean Martin plays artist Rick Todd



Dorothy Malone plays artist Abigail 'Abby' Parker
Abigail Parker drawing the Bat Lady

Artists and Models on IMDB



'Rick Todd (Dean Martin) is a struggling painter. His roommate, Eugene Fullstack (Jerry Lewis), is an aspiring children's author. Fullstack has a passion for comic books, especially those of the "Bat Lady." However, each night he has nightmares which he describes aloud during his sleep. They are about "Vincent the Vulture," who is half-man, half-bird.

A neighbor in the complex, Abigail Parker (Dorothy Malone) is a professional artist and works for a comic book company, Murdock Publishing. Her roommate is Bessie Sparrowbush (Shirley MacLaine), who is Mr. Murdock's secretary, and the model for "Bat Lady". Sparrowbush develops a crush on Fullstack, who is unaware that she is the "Bat Lady."

Parker becomes frustrated at work and quits at the same time that Todd gets a job with them after pitching the adventures of "Vincent the Vulture" from Fullstacks' dreams. He attains success at his new job, but after falling for Parker he keeps his work a secret from her.

Unbeknownst to all of them, Fullstacks' dreams also contain a top-secret rocket formula that Todd publishes in his stories. With spies all around them, they manage to entertain at the annual "Artists and Models Ball" and capture the enemy, preserving national security.'
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1 comment:

  1. Hey pallie, likes thanks so much for featurin' what I consider to be one of the most perfect movies ever made...certainly the best of the 16 films created by our Dino and the jer. The color is glorious, the music wonderful, and the dialogue whitty....and most importantly featurin' our King of Cool, the one, the only Dino....never was, never will be anyone as cool as our Dino....oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth.....

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