The Jerry Lewis Movie Poster Book

Author: Greg Lenburg
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781506086378
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
“The Jerry Lewis Movie Poster Book” showcases movie posters from the films of iconic legendary comedian Jerry Lewis. Included are posters for Jerry's classic films with Dean Martin, his successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures, his films for Columbia Pictures, and his comeback years. There are also movie posters from selected foreign versions of his films with Dean Martin and by himself as well as those re-released to theaters. Nearly 60 movie posters in all!

Martini Man

Author: William Schoell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 146174170X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Martini Man goes beyond the simple caricature of the boozy lounge singer with a penchant for racy humor to reveal the substantive man behind that mask. Although Martin's movie roles receive in-depth attention in this incisive biography, as does his career-defining partnership with Jerry Lewis, details of Dino's personal life also abound, such as how Shierly MacLaine dropped by his house "to tell Dean she was in love with him-even though his wife was in the other room." William Schoell's chronicle is a sympathetic portrait that recreates the life and times of one of America's favorite entertainers.

King of Comedy

Author: Shawn Levy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312132484
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564

Book Description
A biography of Jerry Lewis, discussing his varied career as a performer, director, fundraiser, and standard-setting comedian, and looking at the private man and the forces that drive him.

Dean And Me

Author: Jerry Lewis
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447204824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
For ten years after WWII, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis weren't only the most successful show business act in history, they were history. Starting as a fill-in for another act in Atlantic city, their improvised, anarchic routines soon sold out all the greatest venues in America. They made films, they made millions. They made a legend. But amidst the dazzling success and the late night laughter, tensions developed between the reserved straight man, Martin, and the manic goon, Lewis. When the duo, who had reinvented the comic double-act, split acrimoniously in 1956 they didn't speak to one another for the next 20 years. This is an intimate memoir of those years of fame and success by one of the only surviving legends of the rat-pack era. Jerry Lewis remembers everything - the casinos, the mobsters, the endless pranks, the cocktails, the women, the meteoric rise to stardom. Here for the first and only time and in his own inimitable, wise-cracking voice he re-lives his days of glory with Dean Martin and gives a frank account of their relationship and break-up. A hilarious ride and heart-breaking, cautionary tale of what fame and fortune can do to love and friendship.

Side By Side

Author: Michael J. Hayde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781629333533
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
"A treasure trove for any fan of Dean and Jerry, packed with valuable information, behind-the-scenes stories, and a dizzying array of rare photos. I couldn't put this book down!" - Leonard Maltin Michael J. Hayde is the author of My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized But True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb, Chaplin's Vintage Year: The History of the Mutual-Chaplin Specials and Flights of Fantasy: The Unauthorized but True Story of Radio & TV's Adventures of Superman.

Enfant Terrible!

Author: Murray Pomerance
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814767052
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film is the first comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial and accomplished figures in twentieth-century American cinema. A veteran of virtually every form of show business, Lewis's performances onscreen and the motion pictures he has directed reveal significant film-making talents, and show him to be what he has called himself, a "Total Film-Maker." Yet his work has been frequently derided by American critics. Book jacket.

Dean Martin

Author: Michael Freedland
Publisher: Robson
ISBN: 9781861058829
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Legendary Rat Pat singer and actor Dean Martin has perhaps become even more respected since his death. Today fans of all ages download his songs from the Net and purchase his recordings on CD. His extraordinary renaissance is detailed in this absorbing biography of the man the world knew as the eternal essence of cool. From his early days as a trainee boxer to work as a croupier in the local casino, where he proved to be a big hit with the women who frequented his table, this compelling biography dispels the myths about the consummate professional who worked hard to cultivate a reputation for laziness. Michael Freedland has had exclusive access to Martin's family and friends, including some who have never spoken of Dino before. Freedland takes an indepth look at Martin's career, as well as his lifelong friendship with Frank Sinatra, his chronic claustrophobia and his manic fear of hospitals. Here at last is the truth behind the iconic singer, including his three failed marriages and the reconciliation with Jeanne, his second wife.

The Total Film-maker

Author: Jerry Lewis
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
A frank, personal story of the joys and pitfalls of making movies by a world famous film-maker.

Dino

Author: Nick Tosches
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 038533429X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 658

Book Description
From dealing blackjack in the small-time gangster town of Steubenville, Ohio, to carousing with the famous "Rat Pack" in a Hollywood he called home, Dean Martin lived in a grandstand, guttering life of booze, broads, and big money. He rubbed shoulders with the mob, the Kennedys, and Hollywood's biggest stars. He was one of America's favorite entertainers. But no one really knew him. Now Nick Tosches reveals the man behind the image--the dark side of the American dream. It's a wild, illuminating, sometimes shocking tale of sex, ambition, heartaches--and a life lived hard, fast, and without apologies.

Memories are Made of this

Author: Deana Martin
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330490641
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
Martin presents a heartfelt memoir of her father, recalling her early childhood, when she and her siblings were left in the erratic care of Dean's loving but alcoholic first wife, the constantly changing blended family that marked her youth, along with the unexpected moments of silliness and tenderness that this unusual Hollywood family shared.