Living It Up (1954) Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis - Janet Leigh - 16mm Original

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This is a 16mm Original print of musical - comedy, Living It Up (1954). I would describe it as a good condition Original print on Technicolor and Eastman film stock with minor wear. The color of the Technicolor footage is gorgeous. The color of the Eastman footage is faded. There is no vinegar odor. It is missing the song, "That's What I Like." It is on two 1600' reels. It has a running time of approximately 91 minutes. Also included are a 1600' reel and a 1200' reel containing approximately 60 minutes of trims.
This next paragraph is lengthy but important so I highly encourage you to read it because it contains the backstory of this print. Several years ago I purchased a print of this film from a film dealer who, for reasons that I can NOT understand, had a good reputation. To make the sale, he misrepresented the print to me. He stated that it was a Technicolor print that had been edited for television with a running time of 75 minutes. I was willing to buy what he was reputedly selling so I made the purchase. Well, his description was not particularly accurate. The print was indeed Technicolor but its running time was closer to 60 minutes and it was just a series of random sequences with zero continuity. Down the line, I purchased an Eastman print and I carefully and skillfully cut the missing footage into the Technicolor print. I now had a fairly complete print that was two-thirds Technicolor and one-third Eastman and I have enjoyed this print very much. Unfortunately, I have reached a point in my life when it becomes time to divest myself of some of my treasures. Since they really should go together, with the purchase of this film, I am also including the 1600' reel and the 1200' reel containing the 60 minutes of trims that I removed when I "married" the two prints.
Living It Up (1954) Directed by Norman Taurog. Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Fred Clark, Sheree North, Sammy White, Sid Tomack, Sig Ruman, Richard Loo, Raymond Greenleaf, Walter Baldwin, Fay Roope, John Alderson, Art Baker, Frank Baker, Benjie Bancroft, Bobby Barber, Richard Barron, Don Bender, Arthur Berkeley, Stanley Blystone, Paul Bradley, Frank Branda, Jack Bruce, George Bruggeman, Bill Cartledge, Gordon Carveth, Lane Chandler, Beulah Christian, Bud Cokes, Charles Collins, Booth Colman, James Conaty, Clancy Cooper, Gino Corrado, Roger Creed, Oliver Cross, Frankie Darro, George Davis, Louise De Carlo, Jean Del Val, Don Dunning, Marla English, Joe Evans, Franklyn Farnum, Fritz Feld, Jac Fisher, Bess Flowers, Charles Fogel, Eduard Franz, Herschel Graham, Kathryn Grant, Dabbs Greer, Audrey Hansen, Sam Harris, Bill Hickman, Al Hill, Jimmie Horan, Gretchen Houser, Kenner G. Kemp, Donald Kerr, Ed Kerr, Paul Kruger, Norman Leavitt, Emmett Lynn, Mike Mahoney, Rudy Makoul, Hank Mann, Philo McCullough, Jewel McGowan, Frank McLure, Torben Meyer, Frank Mills, Hans Moebus, Ralph Montgomery, Monty O'Grady, Michael O'Hara, Ray Page, Milicent Patrick, Foster H. Phinney, Murray Pollack, 'Snub' Pollard, Max Power, Fred Rapport, Cosmo Sardo, Lou Southern, Norman Stevans, Bert Stevens, Jack Stoney, Robert Strong, Brick Sullivan, Tommy Summers, Grady Sutton, Fred Sweeney, Ted Thorpe, Arthur Tovey, Stephen Wootton, Freda Angela Wyckoff and Fred Zendar.
Living It Up is a 1954 musical comedy film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis which was released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Norman Taurog and produced by Paul Jones. The screenplay by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson was based on the musical Hazel Flagg (1953) by Ben Hecht, which was in turn based on the story "Letter to the Editor" by James H. Street. An earlier movie based on Street's story, Nothing Sacred (1937), had been filmed with Carole Lombard and Fredric March.
Homer Flagg (Jerry Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. His big dream in life is to visit New York City, which he attempts via an abandoned automobile he finds at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris (Dean Martin), diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live.
Wally Cook (Janet Leigh), a reporter for a New York newspaper, hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor (Fred Clark), to provide an all-expenses paid trip to fulfill Homer's lifelong fantasy of seeing New York.
Steve, however, realizes that he made an error and Homer is only suffering from a sinus condition. Steve agrees to keep this new diagnosis a secret after Homer begs him ... particularly after meeting the attractive reporter. Steve announces that only he can provide medical treatment to Homer and must accompany him on the trip.
New York embraces Homer and he becomes a celebrity, with everyone following his every move in the paper...but since they are faking...can the boys get out of the corner they've painted themselves into?