Finding Aid for the Jerry Lewis production files 2226
Sarah Jardini & Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 January
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Jerry Lewis production files
Creator:
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017
Identifier/Call Number: 2226
Physical Description:
64.875 Linear Feet
49 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1950-1969
Abstract: The Jerry Lewis production files collection includes production materials, scripts, photographs, and music files for films
directed, produced, written, and/or starring Lewis.
Language of Material:
English.
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The Jerry Lewis production files collection includes production materials, scripts, photographs, and music files for films
directed, produced, written, and/or starring Lewis from 1960-1969, in addition to a small amount of scripts for his stage
performances in the 1950s-1960s.
Materials include screenplays, production records, call sheets, shooting schedules, production reports, sketches, inter-office
communications, payroll, budgets, cash receipts, stills, proof sheets, personal photographs, and music scores. Films for which
there are scripts and production papers include
The Bellboy (1960),
Cinderfella (1960),
The Ladies Man (1960),
The Errand Boy (1962),
It's Only Money (1962),
The Disorderly Orderly (1962),
The Nutty Professor (1963),
Who's Minding the Store (1963),
The Patsy (1964),
The Family Jewels (1965),
Three on a Couch (1966), and
Hook Like and Sinker (1969).
Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) was an American comedian, actor and director whose eight decade career spanned film, television, stage,
and radio.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jerry Lewis, July 18, 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Jerry Lewis production files, Collection no. 2226, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Boxes 27-49 are housed at the Crozier building.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Comedians
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Nutty professor (Motion picture : 1963)
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017 -- Archives