Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

Very best movie i ever watch

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Duke and Sammy are very much like Dino (Dean Martin) and Jerry Lewis. They end up stranded on an island with some friendly natives and the strange Dr. Zabor (Lugosi). Once Duke and Sammy meet Dr. Zarbor things end up wacky.This is a very cute and fairly funny film. I quite liked this one. This is a tongue-in-cheek, campy comedy-horror film. It's an entertaining movie if you like the old school type of comedy. There is a little bit of singing and dancing in the film as well for those who like musicals.This is NOT one of Bela Lugosi best films by any means BUT it is a good kind of cheesy film that tickled my fancy.8/10

If you choose to have a try at this movie for Bela Lugosi's sake, or for it being promoted as a 'horribly funny comedy' - let me warn you: it's ONLY worth the sacrifice of sitting through this idiotic 'spoof' for a TRUE fan of Bela Lugosi who (like me) can share his pain of being degraded from a horror icon and immensely variable character actor to a 'decoy' for luring audiences into the theaters to watch silly little teenager 'comedies'...From beginning to end, the movie is incredibly badly directed and acted (especially that little nerd Sammy Petrillo, a kind of Jerry Lewis for the VERY poor, doesn't stop getting on our nerves even for a moment), the 'special effects', namely the 'transformation scenes', make those in the silent version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" 30 years earlier look REALLY modern, and the studio 'jungle' is as phony as the 'natives'.So, only those who are able to endure to sit through that whole 'film' will get to see the ONLY thing that's worth watching - and admiring: Bela Lugosi, the great, earnest, REAL professional who loved his acting profession SO much that he gave his best, as always, as the shady, jealous, crazy scientist, even in this cinematographic 'monster' that's not even 'so bad it's good'; it's simply BAD. So we REALLY must take our hats off to Bela, who, although this 'comedy' is MUCH worse than any of the nonsense he did a few years later for Ed Wood, manages to keep his dignity even here, among untalented teenagers and with a script that's not even worth the paper it was written on, acting with a MORE than admirable devotion to his role and with real professionalism.

Samuel Perillo is Sammy in this movie, the skinny guy. I thought he was Jerry Lewis. I did a Google search and did not find anyone named Samuel Perillo or a picture that looked like Sammy this guy. Sammy in the movie talks, looks, laughs and dances like Jerry Lewis.Now I can see where Sasha Cohen (Borat) gets his dance steps from. The other man Duke Mitchell sings but looks nothing like Dean Martin. When I search the net with "Duke Mitchell" the only picture that comes up is this one Bella Lugosi Meets a Brookly Gorilla and it has "Samuel" Perillo" and "Duke Mitchell". Does anyone know if Jerry Lewis ever used the name "Samuel Perillo"? This is a black and white movie 1952 That I watched for free on Classic Cinema On Line. http://www.classiccinemaonline.com/1/index.Please tell me if you know. Thanks

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)* 1/2 (out of 4)Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis wannabes Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo fall out of a plane on land on an island where a mad scientist (Bela Lugosi) is doing bizarre experiments on monkeys. Pretty soon the two friends have sisters in love with them and all sort of other weirdness.BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA is an awful movie from start to finish. Again, I repeat. This is an awful movie in just about every way imaginable. With that said, I also find it to be incredibly entertaining and quite often when I'm looking for a low- budget bad movie to watch, I come back to this one. While it's not as entertaining as something like PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE it's still a highly enjoyable film.Perhaps I should repeat that the film is awful so no one goes in expecting something good or somewhat good. The entire idea of the film is rather routine, clichéd and stupid but there's just something weirdly entertaining about watching Mitchell and especially Petrillo do their act. It's reported that Jerry Lewis sued Petrillo and it's really no shock because it's pretty much an exact copy only much more annoying. The comic back-and-forth here isn't funny yet it's so unfunny that you can't help but be entertained.Then there's the Lugosi element. I know many people put down his roles in the Ed Wood movies but this had to be one of the lowest points for the actor. He pretty much does what he can with the role but he's basically just standing or sitting around and screaming or talking with the monkey. If you're a fan of Lugosi you're probably going to feel sorry for him appearing in this but at the same time it's still rather fun to see him surrounded by all the craziness.As a comedy this film is quite horrible but it remains entertaining to me. I don't know, perhaps I enjoy torturing myself but sometimes films are just so bad or different or strange that you can't help but be drawn to them. BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA has a very silly title but it perfectly matches what you're going to be seeing in the picture.