er, One More Time, Which Way To The Front?, The Day The Clown Cried, Hardly Working, The King Of Comedy, Slapstick, Cracking Up (Lewis, 151-157). In 1965, Lewis moved to Columbia Pictures (TOJLCMS, 2). “He produced, directed and stared in Three On A Couch” (TOJLCMS, 2). “He also wrote produced, directed, and stared in The Big Mouth” (TOJLCMS, 2). Lewis then worked on a project where he directed a movie staring Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. titled One More Time (TOJLCMS, 2). “After One More Time he moved to Warner Brothers to start, produce, and direct Which Way To The Front” (TOJLCMS, 2).“His films were rifed with inventive visual gags” (Shaviro, 2). “Lewis is also said to be the biggest mainstream filmmaker since Charley Chaplin” (Shaviro, 2). “The form of the movies are often as elegant as the content is crude” (Shaviro, 2). “He was fond of self reflexive gestures and was the first director to use video on the set” (Shaviro, 2).Jerry also had a love for theater. “In 1995 Lewis stared in Damn Yankees at the Marquis Theater on Broadway” (TOJLCMS, 4). After this Damn Yankees went international. Jerry worked on the European tour and also worked with the USA Broadway Show (Norky, 1). “He also was in an off Broadway production called Hellzapoppin” (Norky, 1).Throughout his life, Jerry Lewis suffered many problems, which included alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, and attempted suicide. (Levy, 169 and 385). Among his struggles, he endured many accidents while performing. One of his major accidents was when he slipped in a puddle of water on stage. Lewis landed and hit the base of his skull (Levy, 320). The people in the audience thought that this was all part of his show. Jerry didn’t want to scare his audience, so he finished his show in an unconscious state (Levy, 320). As it turned out, Lewis suffered a fine linear skull ...
