Jerry Lewis
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
They were the unlikeliest of pairs--a handsome Italian crooner and a skinny Jewish monkey. The moment they got together, something clicked--and audiences saw it at once. Before long, they were as big as Elvis would be after them, grabbing an unprecedented hold over radio, television, movies, stage shows, and nightclubs. Martin and Lewis were a national craze, an American institution--and then, ten years from the day when the two men joined forces,...
11) Mean Old Man
Author
Publisher
Verve Forecast
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
A true American original for over half a century, Jerry Lee Lewis shows no signs of slowing down as he adds another chapter to his legendary career. Here he collaborates with some of the biggest names in music, including Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr, and Sheryl Crow.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Comedy legend Jerry Lewis directed, co-wrote and starred in this riotously funny movie that set a new standard for screen comedy and inspired the hit remake. Lewis plays a timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher who discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The "Jekyll and Hyde" game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times, and the professor begins to suffer hilarious...
20) The Bellboy
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2004, c1960
Language
English
Description
Stanley’s a bellboy at the popular Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, quietly performing his duties with the occasional blunder. Then one day, a big star of the screen resembling the bumbling bellboy, arrives at the hotel. In this comedy classic (the directorial debut of Jerry Lewis) not a single word of dialogue is spoken by the main character until the very end of the film, paying a brilliant tribute to the silent clowns of early cinema.
