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September 14, 2015 by Gary Price

Film and Television: The Library of Congress Acquires the Personal Archive of Jerry Lewis

September 14, 2015 by Gary Price

From LC:

The Library of Congress announced today that it has acquired a trove of documents, films and other media that provide a unique window into the world of a man who has spent more than 70 years making people laugh.
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The Jerry Lewis Collection contains more than 1,000 moving image materials and paper documentation that cover the entire span of his remarkable career—from an early screen test made years before his movie debut to extensive amounts of test footage, outtakes and bloopers from his self-produced and often self-directed Hollywood productions.
The collection also chronicles his television career, including his appearances with his onetime partner Dean Martin on the “Colgate Comedy Hour” (NBC, 1950-1955), full runs of his various variety series and guest appearances on programs like “The Tonight Show.” Lewis received copies of virtually every television appearance he ever made, including “Tonight” show episodes, that don’t exist anywhere else. Other now-obscure programs such as “Broadway Open House” are also in the collection.
In addition, there are home movies, films given to Lewis as gifts (such as the 35 mm print of “Modern Times,” which was given to him by Charles Chaplin), videos of his lectures given while instructing at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, filmed nightclub appearances both with and without Martin, and footage from his legendary work on the Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon.
Collection highlights include:

  • 35 mm prints and pre-prints of many of Lewis’ most popular films including “The Bellboy,” “The Errand Boy” and “The Family Jewels.”
  • A rare autographed picture of famous silent comedian Edgar Kennedy.
  • Test footage—of costumes, make-up, camera and actor screen tests—from some of Lewis’ leading films, including a complete one-reel silent comedy filmed on the set of “The Patsy.”
  • Home movies of Lewis at work and play, featuring such notables as his rock-star son Gary Lewis, comedian Milton Berle at Disneyland in 1955 and Lewis and Dean Martin on the set of “Pardners.”
  • Fully scripted motion pictures produced by Lewis at home, which often starred Lewis’ neighbors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Titles include “Fairfax Avenue” (spoofing “Sunset Boulevard”) “Come Back Little Shiksa” and “The Re-Enforcer,” starring Dean Martin.
  • Rare footage of Martin and Lewis doing their nightclub act.

The Jerry Lewis Collection will be available to qualified researchers in the Library’s Motion Picture and Television Reading Room in Washington, D.C. Processing of the collection continues, but much of it is currently available to researchers. A small portion of the collection, however, will be restricted for 10 years.

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.

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