Author: James L. Neibaur
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786475001
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Using interviews with Jerry Lewis and many of his co-stars, this book analyzes his collaborative efforts with Dean Martin, his subsequent solo work, his writing and directorial careers, and later movies such as Hardly Working (1979) and The King of Comedy (1982). Comprehensive data are provided for each of the films, with cast and production credits, studio, release date, and running time. Lewis's own reflections on his work are included for many of the entries.
The Jerry Lewis Films
Author: James L. Neibaur
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786475001
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Using interviews with Jerry Lewis and many of his co-stars, this book analyzes his collaborative efforts with Dean Martin, his subsequent solo work, his writing and directorial careers, and later movies such as Hardly Working (1979) and The King of Comedy (1982). Comprehensive data are provided for each of the films, with cast and production credits, studio, release date, and running time. Lewis's own reflections on his work are included for many of the entries.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786475001
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Using interviews with Jerry Lewis and many of his co-stars, this book analyzes his collaborative efforts with Dean Martin, his subsequent solo work, his writing and directorial careers, and later movies such as Hardly Working (1979) and The King of Comedy (1982). Comprehensive data are provided for each of the films, with cast and production credits, studio, release date, and running time. Lewis's own reflections on his work are included for many of the entries.
The Jerry Lewis Films
Author: James L. Neibaur
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Intended primarily for undergraduate courses in small business management or entrepreneurship, this text also provides practical content to anyone interested in starting their own business. With a practical, "hands on" approach to entrepreneurship, this text aims to provide readers with the knowledge and tools they need to launch a business so that it has the greatest chance for success.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Intended primarily for undergraduate courses in small business management or entrepreneurship, this text also provides practical content to anyone interested in starting their own business. With a practical, "hands on" approach to entrepreneurship, this text aims to provide readers with the knowledge and tools they need to launch a business so that it has the greatest chance for success.
The Total Film-maker
Author: Jerry Lewis
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A frank, personal story of the joys and pitfalls of making movies by a world famous film-maker.
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A frank, personal story of the joys and pitfalls of making movies by a world famous film-maker.
Jerry Lewis
Author: Chris Fujiwara
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025203497X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The premier study of an incomparable American director
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025203497X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The premier study of an incomparable American director
King of Comedy
Author: Shawn Levy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312132484
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
A biography of Jerry Lewis, discussing his varied career as a performer, director, fundraiser, and standard-setting comedian, and looking at the private man and the forces that drive him.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312132484
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
A biography of Jerry Lewis, discussing his varied career as a performer, director, fundraiser, and standard-setting comedian, and looking at the private man and the forces that drive him.
Enfant Terrible!
Author: Murray Pomerance
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767052
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film is the first comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial and accomplished figures in twentieth-century American cinema. A veteran of virtually every form of show business, Lewis's performances onscreen and the motion pictures he has directed reveal significant film-making talents, and show him to be what he has called himself, a "Total Film-Maker." Yet his work has been frequently derided by American critics. Book jacket.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767052
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film is the first comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial and accomplished figures in twentieth-century American cinema. A veteran of virtually every form of show business, Lewis's performances onscreen and the motion pictures he has directed reveal significant film-making talents, and show him to be what he has called himself, a "Total Film-Maker." Yet his work has been frequently derided by American critics. Book jacket.
Enfant Terrible!
Author: Murray Pomerance
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film is the first comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial and accomplished figures in twentieth-century American cinema. A veteran of virtually every form of show business, Lewis's performances onscreen and the motion pictures he has directed reveal significant film-making talents, and show him to be what he has called himself, a "Total Film-Maker." Yet his work has been frequently derided by American critics. Book jacket.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film is the first comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial and accomplished figures in twentieth-century American cinema. A veteran of virtually every form of show business, Lewis's performances onscreen and the motion pictures he has directed reveal significant film-making talents, and show him to be what he has called himself, a "Total Film-Maker." Yet his work has been frequently derided by American critics. Book jacket.
INVENTING JERRY LEWIS
Author: KRUTNIK FRANK
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Examining such early '60s solo works as The Bellboy, The Nutty Professor, and The Patsy, Krutnik explores the ways in which Lewis both dismantled the conventions of film comedy and manipulated the codes of his public identity. Charting the decline of Lewis's film career and his simultaneous rise to fame as the emotional powerhouse of the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, the author also traces Lewis's attempt to create a serious, adult image to replace that of the aging 'kid'"--Jacket.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Examining such early '60s solo works as The Bellboy, The Nutty Professor, and The Patsy, Krutnik explores the ways in which Lewis both dismantled the conventions of film comedy and manipulated the codes of his public identity. Charting the decline of Lewis's film career and his simultaneous rise to fame as the emotional powerhouse of the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, the author also traces Lewis's attempt to create a serious, adult image to replace that of the aging 'kid'"--Jacket.
Jerry Lewis, in Person
Author: Jerry Lewis
Publisher: Atheneum Books
ISBN: 9780689112904
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The entire story of the famous comic, including his partnership with Dean Martin, his movies, his personal life, and his relationship with victims of muscular dystrophy, makes for a vivid portrait
Publisher: Atheneum Books
ISBN: 9780689112904
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The entire story of the famous comic, including his partnership with Dean Martin, his movies, his personal life, and his relationship with victims of muscular dystrophy, makes for a vivid portrait
Why the French Love Jerry Lewis
Author: Rae Beth Gordon
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804738941
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, cafe-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" It shows how Lewis touches a nerve in the French cultural memory because, more than any other film comic, he incarnates a distinctively French tradition of performance style."
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804738941
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, cafe-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" It shows how Lewis touches a nerve in the French cultural memory because, more than any other film comic, he incarnates a distinctively French tradition of performance style."