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Comedians Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are honored at the annual dinner of the Friars Club in New York

Title: "Martin and Lewis Honored in New York" superimposed over still shot of program / people arriving on dais at the Waldorf Astoria hotel / CU NY Gov. Averell Harriman; camera pans to Dean Martin, comedian and singer, arriving; comedian Jerry Lewis enters picture / WS dais / CU actress Marilyn Monroe seated with singer Eddie Fisher / CU Martin and Lewis at table, Martin feeds Lewis as Milton Berle, TV comedian, looks on / Martin and Lewis receiving fire hats / MS Berle presenting award to Martin and Lewis, people standing up, applauding / CU Mrs. Barney (Tillie) Balaban and Hiller Innes, Assistant to the Production Manager of Paramount Pictures Corp., seated / WS Barney Balaban, President and Director of Paramount Pictures, coming up to microphone; Martin brushes him off, Lewis jokes with Balaban / WS Balaban talking / VS Balaban SOTs as he banters with Martin and Lewis / Martin and Berle ask Lewis to shut up and pretend to slap him on face / VS continued SOTs, banter, audience laughter / SOT Balaban: "I know that this association will be a long and a healthy one, but even if we were not connected business wise my respect for you both as great citizens and wonderful artists would be boundless. God bless you both." / MS Balaban shakes hands with Martin and Lewis / CU Martin and Lewis with letter / CU Martin and Lewis reading letter, SOT Martin talking with Lewis SOT interjecting "We" throughout: "It's hard to believe that here we are and more thrilled, more thrilled than we can ever tell you. There isn't really too much we can say (hey). Oh, I'm sorry. There isn't too much (we) can say. (Except) that we can except (we) are eternally grateful. (We) shall always remember this tribute. (We) will try to live up to what is expected of us. (We) will write speeches together from now on, right. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. That's enough of the speeches."
Title: "Martin and Lewis Honored in New York" superimposed over still shot of program / people arriving on dais at the Waldorf Astoria hotel / CU NY Gov. Averell Harriman; camera pans to Dean Martin, comedian and singer, arriving; comedian Jerry Lewis enters picture / WS dais / CU actress Marilyn Monroe seated with singer Eddie Fisher / CU Martin and Lewis at table, Martin feeds Lewis as Milton Berle, TV comedian, looks on / Martin and Lewis receiving fire hats / MS Berle presenting award to Martin and Lewis, people standing up, applauding / CU Mrs. Barney (Tillie) Balaban and Hiller Innes, Assistant to the Production Manager of Paramount Pictures Corp., seated / WS Barney Balaban, President and Director of Paramount Pictures, coming up to microphone; Martin brushes him off, Lewis jokes with Balaban / WS Balaban talking / VS Balaban SOTs as he banters with Martin and Lewis / Martin and Berle ask Lewis to shut up and pretend to slap him on face / VS continued SOTs, banter, audience laughter / SOT Balaban: "I know that this association will be a long and a healthy one, but even if we were not connected business wise my respect for you both as great citizens and wonderful artists would be boundless. God bless you both." / MS Balaban shakes hands with Martin and Lewis / CU Martin and Lewis with letter / CU Martin and Lewis reading letter, SOT Martin talking with Lewis SOT interjecting "We" throughout: "It's hard to believe that here we are and more thrilled, more thrilled than we can ever tell you. There isn't really too much we can say (hey). Oh, I'm sorry. There isn't too much (we) can say. (Except) that we can except (we) are eternally grateful. (We) shall always remember this tribute. (We) will try to live up to what is expected of us. (We) will write speeches together from now on, right. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. That's enough of the speeches."
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Editorial #:
1426656711
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
March 11, 1955
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Rights-ready
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Clip length:
00:02:48:15
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005289_01_02