As I wrote back here, the first movie I ever saw once I was old enough to understand what I was seeing was the 1959 Jerry Lewis vehicle, Don't Give Up The Ship. I was seven years old at the time and as that link will also tell you, that viewing was followed by a very odd, memorable encounter with Mr. Lewis.
Paramount Studios has put it and many other films online for free viewing. It runs 88 minutes and it's not a bad film as Jerry Lewis films go. Gale Gordon gives an especially arch performance in the kind of role Gale Gordon played so well. If you're in the mood…
