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Mar 28, 2009 · A situation that laid the groundwork for a doomed chain and concept, that was fronted by an unlikely “get rich guru”. In 1969, entertainer Jerry Lewis (yes, that Jerry Lewis) partnered with the Network Cinema Corporation to form a chain of theatre franchises, via “Jerry Lewis Cinemas”.
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Sep 6, 2017 · He made the most of a de facto apprenticeship with the great, underrated Frank Tashlin, who had gotten his start making cartoons for Warner Bros. before crossing over into live action cinema.
Mar 16, 2016 · Given Lewis’s talent for employing the very mechanics of cinema in service of the gag, a great place to start is with his reflexive, postmodern exercise in movie-magic lid-lifting, The Errand Boy (1961).
Feb 24, 2020 · In the early 70s the company pushed sales heavily, and the Jerry Lewis Twin Cinema opened in State Fair Shopping Center on July 7, 1972 according to cinematreasures.org. Things with Jerry Lewis Cinemas went sideways by the mid 1970s.
Jul 10, 2016 · Jerry Lewis was incontestably part of the Cahiers cinematic pantheon. From Jean-Luc Godard’s 1957 encomium that “the height of artifice blends at times with the nobility of true documentary” in Lewis’ face, 2 to Serge Daney’s admiration of Smorgasbord as a “tragically funny” film in 1983, 3 the journal dutifully followed his films ...
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Jun 2, 2018 · When the 70s arrived, little, rectangular theaters starting popping up across the island. Each featured a smiling caricature of beloved comedian, Jerry Lewis, and family-friendly movies. Unfortunately, when the decade ended, so did the Jerry Lewis Cinema. The idea was simple enough.
Jul 10, 2016 · Film, of course; but this is a medium that Lewis’ work has changed and redefined – through such inventions as the video assist, which he introduced in 1960, and through the inventions of sound, image and performance that proliferate in his films.