In 1993 the film critic Shawn Levy was working on a biography of Jerry Lewis when, sitting down with the comedian on his yacht, Levy gingerly asked him about “The Day the Clown Cried.” Levy knew the ...
In “The Martin and Lewis Decade” (op-ed, July 26), Tevi Troy characterizes Jerry Lewis as “a rubber-faced, hyperkinetic Jewish comedian who seemed as if he couldn’t stand still for a moment.” But an ...