Comedy

Rock-a-Bye Baby

- He's The "Mother" of The Year!

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

Release Date : 1958-07-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesYork Pictures Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Clayton Poole

Original Name : Jerry Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carla Naples

Original Name : Marilyn Maxwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sandra Naples

Original Name : Connie Stevens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gigi 'Papa' Naples

Original Name : Salvatore Baccaloni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harold Hermann

Original Name : Reginald Gardiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Bessie

Original Name : Ida Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Clayton

Original Name : Gary Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Van Cleeve

Original Name : Isobel Elsom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doc Simpkins

Original Name : James Gleason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Wright

Original Name : Hans Conried

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Rogers

Original Name : Hope Emerson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge Jenkins

Original Name : Alex Gerry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Mary Treen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Carla

Original Name : Judy Franklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fire Chief (uncredited)

Original Name : Will Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Menefee (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Foran

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer / Actor (uncredited)

Original Name : Dickie Humphreys

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Lewis and Tashlin Open Up Their Cartoon Book. A loose remake of Preston Sturges' wonderful The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Rock-a-Bye Baby is safe entertainment for the Jerry Lewis fans. Here he plays Clayton Poole, a small town guy whose childhood sweetheart, Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell) is now a big film star. When she finds she is pregnant, the problems it will cause her career prompts her to coerce Clayton into looking after what turns out to be triplets! Much prat-falling and high energy chaos ensues. As befitting the Tashlin/Lewis combination, it's all very cartoonish in visual presentation. Narratively outside of Lewis' mad-cap rearing of the babies, there's a running thread of Carla's sister, Sandra (Connie Stevens), being hopelessly in love with Clayton - who of course has no idea, while the sentimental strings are pulled as Clayton fights to not lose the kids to a shifty legal guardian. The musical numbers start to grate on the nerves after a bit, with them feeling like attempts to show off something that isn't there, and the running time is too long to sustain this type of comedy. But once a Lewis fan then always a Lewis fan, with that in mind Rock-a- Bye Baby still has enough fun and frothery to make it above average entertainment. 6.5/10