[Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

2011-08-18 Thread Anthony Anderson
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

Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

2011-08-18 Thread Jessica Rosner
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

Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

2011-08-18 Thread Brigid Duffy
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

Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

2011-08-18 Thread Jessica Rosner
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