At War With the Army
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Movie Reviews of At War With the Army
Movie Review: Martin and Lewis at their funniest!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie featured the comedic talents of the one and only Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Their only movie not released by Paramount. The comedy surrounds the antics of life at the army barracks for these two and their superiors. Funniest part...Jerry Lewis in a dress! If you enjoy these two then you will like their first outing, "At War With the Army'!Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I always enjoy Jerry Lewis films and have added this to my collection. Just a good old movie to have in any collection.Movie Review: MARTIN AND LEWIS IN THEIR FIRST STARRING FILM
Summary: 4 Stars
At War With the Army was the first starring role for the team of Martin and Lewis. They had yet to build that perfect chemistry together and most of their best scenes in the film are separate from each other. But still you could see where the duo would eventually go on to huge things in many future films.
Martin plays bully Sgt. Puccinelli who is always picking (often nastily) on poor, private Alvin Korwen (Lewis). They were buddies from back home but now Puccinelli just bosses Alvin around. There's not much plot to speak of. The action mainly takes base at an Army training base, and more specifically in the orderly room. It's mostly an excuse for Jerry to do some of his trademark slapstick and for Dean to sing which is all ridiculously out of place but still fun to watch. Polly Bergen is along in her first role as Martin's girlfriend, Helen.
The Film was directed by Hal Walker who had worked on severl of the Hope & Crosby road pictures so he had some experience in dealing with a similiar comedy team, although certainly one that was much more polished than Martin and Lewis were in 1950. Overall it was a light, but entertaining comedy. Much like seeing the pair do their nightclub routine but framed by this army setting.
Movie Review: At War With The Army
Summary: 4 Stars
Hollywood Classics Collection DVD1950 Black & White with a running time of 92 min.
Directed by Hal Walker
Starring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin and introducing Polly Bergen
The transfer from VHS to DVD was done well. The picture quality and sound are very good.
In this film Martin and Lewis are starting out their career together. Martin plays a Sergeant that has girl troubles and Lewis plays a bumbling Private First Class. They find out that the Army isn't so accommondating to their wants or desires. Martin's singing in this film reminds us of how remarkable and charming he was. The antics Lewis performs shows us his talent of mockery and silliness. The best scenes of this film are when Lewis is dressed as a woman singing a love song to a drunk soldier and Lewis' battle with the soda machine. This film is a good family film but probably wouldn't keep the attention of the younger generations. However, for our generation, it is a nice look back at the beginning career of Martin and Lewis.
Movie Review: A WINNER...
Summary: 4 Stars
This one was a nice surprise. I had already seen the movie, and had enjoyed it, but didn't know what to expect from this DVD. Face it, Madacy dosen't rank too high with collectors as far as picture quality goes! But here they surprise me with a print thats scratched, but extremely clear. And a bonus of newsreel footage from the year in excellent condition, as well as a blooper reel (not from "Army")? Things are looking up here, and at six bucks and change, some value as well! Fans should seek this one out.
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