The Bellboy (1960)

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This is Jerry Lewis' directorial debut, in which he plays Stanley, a mute bellboy at the Fontainebleau Hotel, one of the busiest hotels in Miami.

As always, Jerry does what he can do best, to get himself and others in a lot of mess throughout the entire film.

The Bellboy has no main plot, just a sequence of funny sketches without any connection to one another, and the... read more

First of all, I must confess my weakness for Jerry Lewis. As a child I remember having laughed so much in any circumstance attending the films interpreted by him, whether conducted by himself or, preferably, Frank Tashlin (Rock-a-bye Baby; Who's Minding the Store?; The Disorderly Orderly...)

"The Bellboy" is the first film directed by Lewis but there are already the foundation of hi... read more

Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach. It is there that he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All that he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can go wrong - does go wrong when Stanley is involved. Then one day, Jerry Lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the striking resemblance. Stanley continues to do what he was hired to do while star Lewis has more trouble with his entourage than the hotel accommodations.