Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died
I am sure it awful, but since no one has ever seen it , kind of hard to know just how bad. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Anthony Anderson antho...@usc.edu wrote: ** Jessica! There is no listing for the film in WorldCat. For the uninitiated this film has the reputation being one of the worst films ever made, with Jerry Lewis playing a clown in Auschwitz who seeks to cheer up Jewish tykes before they are driven into the g Sorry I cannot even finish the sentence--is just too much. Best, Anthony *** Anthony E. Anderson Social Studies and Arts Humanities Librarian Von KleinSmid Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou. * Jessica Rosner wrote: I am not sure if you are kidding, but I was not trying to be snarky. Can someone check on OCLC and tell me if someone actually claims to have a copy of THE DAY THE CLOWN DIED? A friend of mine who programs a film festival in Atlanta sent out an April Fools press release that it would finally premier there with Jerry Lewis it attendance and I BELIEVED IT. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: I've updated the list to reflect your snarky comments, Jessica gary VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died
According to the reviews and comments on IMDB, Jerry Lewis has the one print, possibly finished, possibly not. The film is a legal limbo from which it is not likely to emerge. Cast members who saw the print were embarrassed. People who have read the script said it was tasteless and horrible. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068451/reviews Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: I am sure it awful, but since no one has ever seen it , kind of hard to know just how bad. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Anthony Anderson antho...@usc.edu wrote: Jessica! There is no listing for the film in WorldCat. For the uninitiated this film has the reputation being one of the worst films ever made, with Jerry Lewis playing a clown in Auschwitz who seeks to cheer up Jewish tykes before they are driven into the g Sorry I cannot even finish the sentence--is just too much. Best, Anthony *** Anthony E. Anderson Social Studies and Arts Humanities Librarian Von KleinSmid Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou. * Jessica Rosner wrote: I am not sure if you are kidding, but I was not trying to be snarky. Can someone check on OCLC and tell me if someone actually claims to have a copy of THE DAY THE CLOWN DIED? A friend of mine who programs a film festival in Atlanta sent out an April Fools press release that it would finally premier there with Jerry Lewis it attendance and I BELIEVED IT. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: I've updated the list to reflect your snarky comments, Jessica gary VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died
I don't think the film is in legal limbo, it is just that Lewis has no intention of ever allowing it out. Ironically one truly great film which is in legal limbo partly because of Jerry Lewis is HELLZAPOPPIN, Olson Johnon's slapstick existential masterpiece from 1942. Lewis bought the rights to the show for live tour and it has been unavailable in the US for many decades but runs at least once a week in Paris. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: According to the reviews and comments on IMDB, Jerry Lewis has the one print, possibly finished, possibly not. The film is a legal limbo from which it is not likely to emerge. Cast members who saw the print were embarrassed. People who have read the script said it was tasteless and horrible. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068451/reviews Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: I am sure it awful, but since no one has ever seen it , kind of hard to know just how bad. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Anthony Anderson antho...@usc.eduwrote: ** Jessica! There is no listing for the film in WorldCat. For the uninitiated this film has the reputation being one of the worst films ever made, with Jerry Lewis playing a clown in Auschwitz who seeks to cheer up Jewish tykes before they are driven into the g Sorry I cannot even finish the sentence--is just too much. Best, Anthony *** Anthony E. Anderson Social Studies and Arts Humanities Librarian Von KleinSmid Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou. * Jessica Rosner wrote: I am not sure if you are kidding, but I was not trying to be snarky. Can someone check on OCLC and tell me if someone actually claims to have a copy of THE DAY THE CLOWN DIED? A friend of mine who programs a film festival in Atlanta sent out an April Fools press release that it would finally premier there with Jerry Lewis it attendance and I BELIEVED IT. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: I've updated the list to reflect your snarky comments, Jessica gary VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
