The Stooge
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had been a double-act since 1946 and had made five films together, three Martin and Lewis top-liners, before Taurog directed "Jumping Jacks" (1952), regarded by many Martin and Lewis fans as the finest of their films. Taurog worked well with the duo and he went on to direct them in "The Stooge" (1953), "The Caddy" (1954), "Living It Up" (1955), "You're Never Too Young" (1954), and their penultimate film together, "Pardners" (1956). Taurog worked with Lewis alone twice more, in "Don't Give Up the Ship" (1959) and "Visit to a Small Planet" (1960).