The Caddy (1953)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Norman Taurog

Escritores:

Danny Arnold (story)
Edmund L. Hartmann (writer) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

10 agosto 1953 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Musical | Deporte

Frase comercial:

Goofy Golfers . . . winning the laughing cup!

Plot:

Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too nervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.

Plot Keywords:

Golf | Golfer | Comedy Team | Caddy | Stage Fright

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"When the Moon Hit's Your Eye, Like a Big Pizza Pie, That's Amore."

Reparto

Dean Martin	...	Joe Anthony
Jerry Lewis	...	Harvey Miller, Jr
Donna Reed	...	Kathy Taylor
Barbara Bates	...	Lisa Anthony
Joseph Calleia	...	Papa Anthony
Fred Clark	...	Mr. Baxter / Old Skinhead
Clinton Sundberg	...	Charles, Butler
Howard Smith	...	Golf Official
Marshall Thompson	...	Bruce Reeber
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. Grace Taylor
Frank Puglia	...	Mr. Spezzato
Lewis Martin	...	Mr. Taylor
Romo Vincent	...	Eddie Lear, Agent
Argentina Brunetti	...	Mama Anthony
Houseley Stevenson Jr.	...	Officer

También conocida como:

¡Qué par de golfantes! (Spain) [es]

Duración:

95 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16419) | Sweden:Btl

Compañía:

York Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Actual footage of Martin and Lewis' 1951 appearance at New York's Paramount Theater is integrated into the film's opening.

Citas:

Kathy Taylor: [At an elegant country club soiree] Good evening.
Joe Anthony: [Feeling underdressed and out of his element] I better make that 'good night.' I'm out of uniform.
Kathy Taylor: You're positively stunning. So what if you left your dinner jacket at home?
Joe Anthony: I left it in Kansas City, but I can show you the pawn ticket.
Kathy Taylor: I believe you. Shall we dance?
Joe Anthony: Only if I lead.
Kathy Taylor: You can lead.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

The Gay Continental

"When the Moon Hit's Your Eye, Like a Big Pizza Pie, That's Amore."

When Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis split up in 1956, the consensus was that Jerry's comic talents would sustain his career, but that Dino would have a rough going. Well the consensus only had that half right. Most critics did focus on Jerry's talents, Dean was the straight man who sang a nice song occasionally.

But of all their joint films, The Caddy is best remembered for Dean's singing of That's Amore. The Harry Warren-Jack Brooks song sold a lot of records for Dean, putting him on something of an equal footing with his partner. It was nominated for an Oscar that year and until ten years or so later when Dino revived a song called Everybody Loves Somebody and made it his theme, That's Amore became the song most identified with the man from Steubenville, Ohio.

Of course Jerry has his moments in The Caddy, clowning with the various golfers who made cameo appearances here, doing a comic obligato after Dean sings That's Amore and a number called The Gay Continental. But That's Amore made this of all their films, Dean's triumph.

In fact Dino had another great reason to enjoy this film. Though not as publicized in fact he was as passionate about the game of golf as that other noted singer on the Paramount payroll, Bing Crosby. If he wasn't involved in any of the scenes on a given day, you would find Martin on the links invariably.

The plot such as it is involves Jerry Lewis as the son of a noted golf pro who also has an extreme case of stage fright. Jerry is engaged to Barbara Bates who is Dean's sister. Both come from an Italian fishing family. Father Joseph Calleia is a commercial fisherman and mother Argentina Brunetti runs a restaurant, specializing in seafood and pasta.

Jerry agrees to coach Dean and be his caddy. A lot of money can be made from professional golf although Calleia doesn't believe it. If this story sounds familiar that was the attitude of the patriarch of another San Francisco Italian fishing family named DiMaggio when three of their sons opted for careers in baseball. I guess Joe and his brothers Vince and Dom must have been flattered because they didn't sue Paramount.

Donna Reed plays the socialite sponsor of golf tournaments who falls big time for Dean. And Jerry gets to have another straight man in this film in the person of Clinton Sundberg, Reed's snooty butler. In fact Jerry gets even another substitute straight man in Fred Clark who is his and Bates's boss at the job they have at a department store. Although to be fair, Lewis rehashed some material here the Marx Brothers originally used in The Big Store.

The Caddy is one of the Martin-Lewis teams best and funniest comedies and if that don't get you, That's Amore will.