{"id":5682,"date":"2008-06-13T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T21:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2020-12-26T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T04:44:09","slug":"disorderly-orderly-the-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5682","title":{"rendered":"Disorderly Orderly, The (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Please &#8212; try hard not to try so hard!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Poster-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Poster-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Poster-128x102.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Poster.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an overly empathetic orderly (Jerry Lewis) in a sanitarium discovers that his former high school crush (Susan Oliver) is a new patient, he does what he can to help pay for her costs &#8212; despite her obvious disdain for him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Do-Gooders<\/li>\n<li>Doctors and Nurses<\/li>\n<li>Frank Tashlin Films<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Lewis Films<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary is clearly an enormous Jerry Lewis fan, given that he lists no less than 15 of Lewis&#8217;s many films in <em>GFTFF<\/em>. With that said, while <em>The Disorderly Orderly<\/em> does possess several amusing sequences and performances (see Redeeming Qualities and Moments below), it&#8217;s ultimately not must-see viewing for all film fanatics. The central premise of the story &#8212; that Lewis&#8217;s Jerome Littlefield is too empathetic for his own good &#8212; is a sweet one, and it&#8217;s genuinely difficult to fault his character for being too caring. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Lewis2.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the central romantic subplot involving Jerome&#8217;s long-standing crush on a bitchy, undeserving blonde (Oliver): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Oliver.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>wears thin really quickly, particularly given the existence of his caring, patient, pretty girlfriend (Karen Sharpe) on the side:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Sharp.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t help wanting to shake some sense into Lewis! Ultimately, <em>The Disorderly Orderly<\/em> is worth a look by those who enjoy his unique brand of slapstick humor; others, however, needn&#8217;t bother. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lewis&#8217;s reactions as hypochondriac Miss Fuzzibee (Alice Pearce) rants on and on about her various ailments:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I have the smallest, weakest kidneys in the hospital&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman-Responses.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lewis attempting to fix the &#8220;snowy reception&#8221; on the TV set of a demanding patient (Barbara Nichols)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-1536x852.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Snowy.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-1536x852.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Nichols.png 1826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Freeman as Nurse Higgins<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Disorderly-Orderly-Freeman2.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly a must for Jerry Lewis fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058018\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9D0CE3DB1F3FE13ABC4C51DFB467838F679EDE&#038;oref=slogin\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/12810\/disorderly-orderly-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Please &#8212; try hard not to try so hard!&#8221; Synopsis: When an overly empathetic orderly (Jerry Lewis) in a sanitarium discovers that his former high school crush (Susan Oliver) is a new patient, he does what he can to help pay for her costs &#8212; despite her obvious disdain for him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Do-Gooders Doctors and Nurses Frank Tashlin Films Jerry Lewis Films Obsessive Love Review: Peary is clearly an enormous Jerry Lewis fan, given that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5682\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5682"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59801,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682\/revisions\/59801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}