turned it down because they had already done army comedies. Paramount made arrangements to bring Cantinflas up from Mexico for the film, but the war ended, making army comedies obsolete. The screenplay was updated for Martin and Lewis by Herbert Baker, who would write several other films for the team as well as write for Martin on The Dean Martin Show TV series and three of Martin's Matt Helm films. Principal photography took place at the Airborne Department of the Infantry School, assisted by United States Air Force units stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Reception In his review of Jumping Jacks for The New York Times, Bosley Crowther, noted that the film appealed to Martin and Lewis fans. He said, "The Ripping and Roaring Society of Jerry Lewis Fans — or, at least, as many members of it as the Paramount Theatre can hold — was rolling in the aisles and generally acting in its customarily warm, responsive way at the opening performance of their hero's new picture, 'Jumping Jacks,' in that theatre yesterday. And the worst that a non-subscriber to that society and its sentiments can say is that the rabid behavior of the members seemed a bit on the over-wrought side." Reviewer and film historian Leonard Maltin considered it, "(a) good opportunity for plenty of sight gags when they join a military paratroop squad." Re-releases Jumping Jacks was re-released on a double bill with another Martin and Lewis film, Sailor Beware in 1957 and on another double bill with Scared Stiff in 1958. Home media The film was included on an eight-film DVD set, the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Collection: Volume One, released on October 31, 2006. See also Parachute Battalion (1941) Airborne (1962) References Bibliography , James L. and Ted Okuda. The Jerry Lewis Films: An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1994. . External links 1952 films 1952 comedy films American aviation films American black-and-white films American buddy comedy films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Norman Taurog Films produced by Hal B. Wallis Military humor in film Paramount Pictures films Films about the United States Army 1950s American films