The Oscar-winning filmmaker is raiding his personal collection for a Jerry Lewis tribute this weekend, dusting off 35mm prints of four of the actor’s films. Quentin Tarantino will host the screenings at the New Beverly Movie, the LA movie house he bought in 2007 to keep the property from being redeveloped. The Lewis marathon starts at 10 AM Saturday with Don’t Give Up The Ship (1959), followed by Boeing, Boeing (1965) at noon, At War With The Army (1950) at 2 and Hollywood Or Bust (1956) at 4. The screenings, which are free and open to the public, coincide with a Lewis tribute at this week’s TCM Classic Films Festival, which includes the actor and humanitarian — who Tarantino called “a Hollywood treasure” — putting his hand and footprints in concrete at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
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Thanks Jerry for a lifetime of laughs.
Jerry Lewis’ original version of THE NUTTY PROFESSOR is a comic masterpiece.
Yes, Thanks Jerry for a lifetime of laughs.
I will never call it the “TCL Chinese Theatre.”
Hoping the rest of his films are released on DVD soon, as I know there are a few still not out yet like one of the titles listed above (The first one)
Free? Or $200 a ticket?
Come on, Tarantino – you know the Jerry Lewis movie we all want to see:
“The Day The Clown Cried”
Several years ago, I was priviledged to have lunch on Jerry’s best friends’ yacht. I missed Jerry coming back into San Diego by a day. However, My best friend’s cousin took me out to meet Rudy, and his lady friend.The food was fabulous, and Their were pictures of Jerry and his family there.
When we went to the kitchen I could not get over being in the spot that Dean Martin had been -along with others of Jerry’s famous friends.
I had always loved Jerry and taught my kids about his movies. We got a great many laugh-filled movie nights watching the master.It’s a story I’ll never forget.