My Friend Irma (film)

My Friend Irma is a 1949 American comedy film starring John Lund, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, and Marie Wilson.

After a successful singing debut, Steve gets upset with Jane's determination to marry a wealthy man and returns to the juice stand.

Although production was already underway, producer Hal B. Wallis thought it would be a low-risk introduction of the team of Martin & Lewis to the screen.

Lewis was originally cast to play Al, but after the first day of screen tests it was obvious that he was wrong for the part.

Lewis reminisces in detail about this career turning point in his book on Martin (Dean and Me) as well as his lengthy online Archive of American Television videotaped interview.

A year later, it was included on an eight-film DVD set, the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Collection: Volume One, released on October 31, 2006.