The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 11, 1956, Page 18, Image 18

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    13-(Sec. JI) Statesman, Salem, Ore.. Mon., June 11, '56
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By JAMES 1AC0N
BOLLYWOOD - Martia and
Lewi. comedy team hen M
desperation end fattened M crisis,
eelebrata a tenth anniversary this
month. '
It'i a mllettone thai hardly any.
tne, most of all the boys them
selves, ever expected them to
reach. Almost line the beginnlni
of the act, the to-called hep uyi
hive been predicting the Martia
and Lewii boom wai top blf to
last . ,
But Deaa and Jerry. Inc.. la a
corporatic-a with balanced (heeti
healthy enough te caust envy on
Wall Street In 1935, tht two frost
four millloa oollari betweea them.
Their, accountanta estimate thia
rear't tak will he bigger,
Hollywood aoclal iwim, by choke
He taya:
"PattI and f aeldom go to the
bl Hollywood parties. They want
me because I am bff comedian.
I don't want to be asked to a big
party like that. 1 want to associate
with people in aka ma for my
self." Jerry, sea of a small-time tour
ing vaudeville act. bad a lonely
and poor childhood. He was most
ly reared by a grandfather. He
recalls hia Bar Mitxvah. the most
Important event tn the life of a
Jewish bor-a ceremony at 11
when ho becomes a fiaa la the
eyes af Ms failh.
We were so poor that we
couldn't even afford a cheap bottle
of wine for mine. My grandfather
had to put the rabbi on the cuff
for six months.
"Walt till my sons have their
Bar Mitivahs. Such a ceremony
this town hat never seen before.
GasaMef la fighter
Dean, of course, was no Ven
der-bill back in Steubenvilk Ohio.
Ever since their first movie, the blu he always managed to do okay
, two bare been la tha list af the
top 10 boxolflct stars, several
times at the very lop, never belew
third. They apparently are the only
NBC-TV stars who caa clobber Ed
Sullivan, the high-rated CBS-TV
ktar aa Die Sunday night I p.m.
: tin. ,:." 4 ..ti v...:'..
' tf Artist
' Dean Is one of Capitol records
biggest telling crooners while
Jerry -and this is not generally
knowa la one of the label's big
test sellers ia children's records.
Jerry also has signed with Verve
records to conduct at piece or
. chestra.-
The Sands Hotetti Las Vegas
Is Just one night spot that lists the
mih aa lie N 1 draw.
But the Bartin-Lewts flaaacfal
empire is one that came perilously
cbse to collapsing many times dur
ing tht past it years, most criti
cally within the last two.
'The basic clash in personalities
Ne two people could be more dif
ferentapparently it resolved. The
lauds asually stemmed from a mis
understanding over single appear
ances af Dean and Jerry, .
"'It s strictly business, no matter
what else you read," say ana of
their business advisori
Some columnists have pictured
Jeanne Martia aa the heavy, tax
ing that aha constantly needles her
husband to-get rid of Jerry; that
aha and Jerry's wife Patti, don't
get along and that she ia Jealous
of Jerry.
Story Denied
; All parties deny thia. Most vocif
erously, Jerry, -'
"Long before Dean ever met
Jeanne, wt decided never to mix
our aoclal lives with our stage
lives. Thia it aa axiom that holds
fond (of any business.
' "Naturally, Patti and Jeanne
doat clash because they seldom,
, If ever, see one another.
Jerry also lays the trouble to
business.
" "I tat in aa business conferences
with our lawyers and our stents.
Dean waa out playing golf. I didn't
mind that but when tnmgt went
wrong, he criticised the decisions
that I bad to make for both of us.
. 'Tin emotional, so I -blew my
lop. Dean's emotional too to he
blew hit right back."- ?
. Last summer Paramount sched
uled the world premier of "Living
It Up" at the Catekill Hotel where
Jerry made tht Jump from busboy
to comic. - - -..Deaa
argued against it. He fig
ured that the whole emphasis
would be on Jerry again and he
would be left out.,
"If Jerry ia my friend, ha won't
go," Dean said. Jerry went alone
and Deaa went to Honolulu. The
two were separated (or months
until the big brasa at Paramount
called a truce meeting.
; The meeting was never publi
cized but a good source reports
that Paramount showed them s
future that had nothing but legal
battles ahead. The two shook bands
but little else.
Aa tht months went on, the old into what looks like spontaneous
, irtaadlmm returpod. A. mutual comedy.
pact, needing only a handshake for Both alo are experts at deflat
ing dignity and thry don t care
whose shirt they tear to threads.
Y. Frank Freeman, head of
Paramount Studios, is a dignified
Southerner who makes a prime
target for the boys.
Once Freeman had important
guests. So important that he per
sonally escorted them on a tour
of the studio. All went well until
he met the boys.
First Dean yelled at him: "How
come you let this studio get so
dirty, Frank? Get a broom and
sweep out the joint.''
Jerry then laid a paternal hand
on Freeman's shoulder:
"Frank, 1 hate to do this lo an
old man but you're firrd. Wash up
and get your check. How many
times have I told you that janitors
must never leave their mops to
escort visitors?"
for himselft hi his early career,
he was .everything from profes
sional gambler to prizefighter. It
was an easy-come, easy-go life.
The two boys are entirely dif
ferent yet, la lots of ways, a lot
alike. ,
Both art easy to work with and
overly-generous.
Tsilor Sy Devore, who designs
stt their clothes, says the boys bny
60 to 7t suits $230 suits a year.
Devore explains (he apparent ex
travagance: "They want to dress up the act
first but they have a whole list of
starving friends among actors and
I comics who get all their suits
Patter a half dotea wearlngs."
Most of the team's entourage is
made up of people who go back to
the hungry days.
Martin and Lewis win celebrate
their 10th. birthday In the same
spot where the team started the
aw Club la Atlantic City-June 23
and 5. It was there 10 years ago
that both boys weri on tht same
bill at singles.
.Bought Tonsils
"I wasn't a very good crooner
in those days," Dean recalls. "Ac
tually, I didn't really start to aing
until Bing Crosby bad his tonsils
taken out. Then I bought them
from him."
As singles the boys were so sad
that the manager gavt them notice
at the end ol the first week. The
final aight, knowing they were fin
ished anyhow, they cut loose.
At Dean started crooning lazily
into the microphone, Jerry stumbl
ed into the audience, tripping wait
era, cutting off the ends of guests'
ties, Insulting cash customers,
meanwhile, keeping up a fast ad
lib patter with Dean on stage.
It was bedlam, but the custom
art flipped for it.
The act hit remained basically
the tame through the years. The
two never tell Jokes. It s Just con
versation crazy conversationbut
Mill eoftversatfoa.
A check with producers, direc
tors and other show business-wise
people gives these answers to the
secret of their success:
Both boys travel first clast at all
timet. For Instance, their latest
movie which they produced them
selves is "Pardners, a western
comedy. It's budgeted at 2'j mil
liona high figure for a comedy.
"Hollywood or Bust," one they
are making now, ia ticketed almost
that high.
Yeathful Team
The team is relatively youthful
among comics. Dean is 39. Jerry
is 30. Both have a certain amount
of earthly sex appeal.
Jerry Is one of the world's great
mimics. That means the satire
caa go In any direction.
Jerry and Dean, too. when the
chips are down, work hard at
their act. They have the knack of
converting well-renearsed sketches
a contract, gavt each the chance
lo do tingle performances when-'
tver be wanted to.
Smarts Sailing
Those who should know say" the
tailing It now smoother than ever.
: la personality, Jerry It the
worrier tf tht team, aa no and
down guy whose exhiliratloa knows
ao heights and Whose depressions
know bo depths.
' A perfectionist, Jerry also is one
of the hardest workers in show
butt nest- Hit philosophy. You can't
let Bp a tninutt when you're on
top, or the toboggaa takes off with
yow on sW- -'
Deaa ia easy-going, somewhat
lazy ia manner, with a don't-give-a-hoot
attitude about most things.
Moat of tht time, he's happy.
- "Who says you got to be unhappy
to be a success?" he asks. "You
can only keep m much money
anyhow. Why kill yourself to keep
the Internal Revenue Department
on standby?"
Dean would probably be happier
aa a professional golfer. The sport
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After the premier's speech the
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