Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Errand Boy
Written and directed by Jerry Lewis in 1961. T.P., the big boss of the Paramutual studios in Hollywood, would like to know why he loses money in the administration of the studio. He then decides to hire Morty S. Tashman, a naive but somewhat dumb guy, in order to use him as spy in his organization. Morty, who is unaware of his true status, starts to work as a runner at Paramutual Studio.
From the first day on, Morty is then responsible for a long succession of disasters in the studio. Hired by mistake as an extra in a musical, Morty starts to sing with the main actress to the great despair of the director, he creates confusion in the editing rooms, in several other Paramutual's departments and, finally, among the secretaries who are typing the dialogs of the actors. Morty is noticed by a famous director from NYC who's sure that the young boy has a future in the movie business as a comic.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Errand Boy
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- comedy about making a movie
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
