Series
Summary
To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy Love. Full description
Summary: |
To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy Love. |
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Item Description: |
Title from container. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital. |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Production Credits: |
Cinematographer, W. Wallace Kelley ; editor, John Woodcock ; music, Louis Yule Brown, Walter Scharf. |
ISBN: |
1415703809 |
Author Notes: |
He went on to a successful solo career, eventually writing, producing and directing many of his own films. He appeared in several movies including Rock-a-Bye Baby, The Geisha Boy, Cinderfella, and The King of Comedy and on the television series Wiseguy. In 1960, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie The Bellboy. He went on to direct and star in The Nutty Professor, Three on a Couch, The Big Mouth, Which Way to the Front?, Hardly Working, and Smorgasbord. In 1995, he played Mr. Applegate (a.k.a. the Devil) in a Broadway revival of the musical Damn Yankees and later took the show on an international tour. He was appearing in one-man shows until 2016. He did charity work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his charitable activity in 2009. He also received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - one for his movie work, the other for television - and an induction into the Légion d'Honneur in 2006. He wrote several books including Jerry Lewis: In Person, Dean and Me (A Love Story) written with James Kaplan, and The Total Film-Maker. He died on August 20, 2017 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) |