Rock-A-Bye Baby
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | Jerry Lewis |
| Written by | Preston Sturges Frank Tashlin |
| Starring | Jerry Lewis Marilyn Maxwell Connie Stevens |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 23, 1958 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Language | English |
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- This article is about the film. For the nursery rhyme see Rock-a-bye Baby.
Rock-A-Bye Baby was filmed from November 18, 1957-January 8, 1958. It was released on July 23, 1958 by Paramount Pictures.
[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) has had a life-long crush on his friend, Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell). Although she isn't married, she becomes pregnant and her agent tries to avoid a scandal by sending her back to the town she grew up in. They devise a scheme where Poole will care for the child once it is born by leaving it on his doorstep. Naples winds up giving birth to triplets and her sister Sandy (Connie Stevens), who is in love with Poole, gets involved. A series of madcap events take place, with everything working out in the end.
[edit] Trivia
- It was re-released in 1962 on a double bill with another Lewis film, Don't Give Up The Ship.
- Lewis had a top ten hit with the song "Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" from this movie.
- This film is a remake of the 1944 Betty Hutton film, Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
- Lewis' son Gary Lewis plays Clayton Poole as a boy.
- Two of the original Keystone Kops, Hank Mann and Chester Conklin have bit parts.
[edit] External links
- Rock-A-Bye Baby on imdb.com
