The Bellboy (1960) on Netflix
Stanley is a bellboy at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach who says nothing. Anything that can go wrong does. When a star checks in, some of the staff notice the resemblance.
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Plot summary
On his rounds at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Stanley carries luggage and runs errands for guests. He does it all quietly, without a word to anyone, and his mistakes turn simple tasks into slapstick trouble. Bob, the bell captain, hands out the assignments, and Mr. Novak, the manager, lectures the staff on dressing professionally while wearing beach clothes himself. A famous entertainer arrives with an entourage, and the bellhops comment on how much he looks like Stanley. The visitor's troubles come mostly from the people traveling with him rather than from the hotel, while Stanley goes on with his rounds.
Cast
- Eddie Shaefferas Eddie, Bellboy
- David Landfieldas David, Bellboy
- Larry Bestas Apple Man
- Cary Middlecoffas Cary Middlecoff
- Art Terryas Art Terry
- Frankie Carras Frankie Carr
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Bellboy (1960)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Bellboy marked the pioneering use of a video assist system, which let director-star Jerry Lewis watch the action while he was appearing in a scene himself.
- Paramount wanted to release Cinderfella in summer 1960 but Jerry Lewis held it back until Christmas; in exchange he agreed to deliver another film for the summer slot, and while playing an engagement in Miami Beach he devised The Bellboy to be shot at the hotel during winter.
- Jerry Lewis shot The Bellboy on location at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, filming during the day and performing in the hotel's nightclub at night.
- Before filming, Jerry Lewis asked his friend Stan Laurel, the silent-film master of English pantomime, for suggestions, and may have named his speechless bellhop Stanley after him.
