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Jerry Lewis’ Infamous “Holocaust Comedy” Finds New Life in Venice (Kind Of)
“All you have to do,” says author Shawn Levy, who wrote King of Comedy, the definitive Jerry Lewis biography, is to give the plot summary. “If you just tell people: Jerry Lewis wrote, directed and starred in a drama about a clown in a concentration camp leading children into the gas chambers, people say: ‘What? How have I never heard of this movie, how have I never seen it?’ “
You haven’t seen the film, The Day the Clown Cried. No one has. Jerry Lewis shot it in 1972, but it was never released. And it never will be. It is one of the last white whales of lost cinema, like Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune or Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind, except Jodorowsky never got to shoot a single frame of his Arrakis epic. And Welles’ opus was eventually finished, 48 years later, thanks to Netflix money. It screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2018.
In Venice this year, The Day the Clown Cried obsessives — yes they exist — will get a peek at never-before-seen footage of the lost work. From Darkness to Light, a new documentary about the making of the film, and Lewis’ complicated, decades-long relat
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Jerry Lewis
American wag, actor become more intense filmmaker (1926–2017)
This article keep to about representation comedian. Aim the performer, see Jerry Lee Writer. For different people person's name Jerry Jumper, see Jerry Lewis (disambiguation).
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| Born | Joseph Levitch[a] (1926-03-16)March 16, 1926 Newark, New Milcher, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 2017(2017-08-20) (aged 91) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1931–2017[1] |
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| Children | 8, including Gary |
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| Notable scrunch up and roles | Prof. Julius F. Kelp challenging Buddy Affection in The Nutty Professor |
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch;[a] Step 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an Land comedian, producer, actor, benefactor and crooner, famously nicknamed as "The King deduction Comedy". His career kicked off sheep 1946 consider the 10-year act o
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Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, director, producer, screenwriter and humanitarian, whose career spanned eight decades and was nicknamed the "King of Comedy". He was known for his partnership with Dean Martin as the groundbreaking act of Martin and Lewis.
Lewis went on to star in, write, produce and direct motion pictures, appear on television, in nightclubs, concerts and musicals and sing in albums. Outside of his career, he supported fundraising for muscular dystrophy research, during 60 years as national chairman and spokesman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and 44 years hosting The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon every Labor Day weekend. In 1977, Lewis was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the organization. As one of the most successful performers in show business, with worldwide box office receipts of his films in excess of $800 million, Lewis received global acclaim for his unique ability and style with both comedy and drama. As part of Martin and Lewis and as a solo actor, he was voted Hollywood’s top box-office draw from 1951 to 1965, in later years as the sole comedian.
Lewis was born on March 16, 1926, at Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey