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Mister Universe is a 1951 American comedy film. It was produced by Eagle Lion Pictures and directed by Joseph Lerner.

Mister Universe
Directed by	Joseph Lerner
Produced by	Joseph Lerner
Starring	Jack Carson Janis Paige Vince Edwards Bert Lahr Robert Alda Maxie Rosenbloom
Cinematography	Gerald Hirschfeld
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production company	Eagle-Lion Pictures
Release date	January 10, 1951
Running time	87 minutes

Plot

Honest "Mr. Universe" winner Tommy Tompkins struggles when he is told to lose a wrestling match.[1]

Partial cast

• Jack Carson as Jeff Clayton
• Janis Paige as Lorraine
• Vince Edwards as Tommy Tompkins
• Bert Lahr as Joe Pulaski
• Robert Alda as Fingers Maroni
• Maxie Rosenbloom as Big Ears, the trainer
• Joan Rivers as teenage girl in audience (uncredited)

Production

Mister Universe was filmed in New York.[1]

Reception

Variety found the dialogue "weak" but the film "quite funny" with good performances. Variety noted that the film did not treat the wrestling business "with its phoney grapplers and decisions, and crooked promoters" lightly, but that it probably took it more seriously than the press and sports communities.[1]

Picturegoer wrote "True, much of the fun springs from the mauling of stooges, but the humour is no less effective for being elementary, or rather primitive."[2]

The cast was praised by The New York Times.[3]

Trivia

Joan Rivers appears in an uncredited role.[4]

Mister Universe marked the film debut of Vince Edwards.[5]

A comic adaptation of the film was published by Eastern Color in the December 1950 issue of the anthology comic book Movie Love, only a month before the film's release.

External links

• Mister Universe at IMDb

References

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