Artists and Models

"Martin and Lewis run amok with spies, models and Shirley MacLaine!"

Nov 7 1955 Approved 1h 49m
Comedy, Musical, Romance

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.

Plot

Rick Todd and Eugene Fullstack share an apartment and have dreams for the future. Rick is an aspiring artist looking for a break. Eugene loves comic books, especially The Bat Lady series. He is so engrossed with her stories that he has nightmares and dreams of his own comic book characters. Their luck begins to change when Abby Parker is fired as the artist for the Bat Lady. Rick pitches his own comic book series and Eugene gets to meet Bessie Sparrowbrush, who, unbeknown to him, is the artist's model the Bat Lady. Rivalry and romance ensues for all four of them, with several song and dance numbers along the way.

Written by

Herbert Baker, Michael Davidson, Hal Kanter

Directed by

Frank Tashlin

Cast

Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Hal Wallis Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Artists and Models (1955) | Original Trailer
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