Jerry Lewis BOOKS

Along with Jerry's two autobiographies and "how to" book, there are many other books that are complimentary to Jerry and others that are not so complimentary. Some of these books are references (R) and include citations on Jerry Lewis. The biographies of Mr. Lewis are in bold lettering.

Best TV Humor of 1957, (Settel)

The Laugh Makers, 1957 (William Cahn)

Encylopedia of Hollywood (R)

Visit to A Small Planet, 1960 (Vidal)

The Real and the Unreal, 1961 (Davidson)

The Jerry Lewis book of tricks and magic, 1962 (Blackman)

That Kid: The Story of Jerry Lewis*, 1964 (Gehman)

Jerry Lewis, 1965 (Leutrat)

Great Comedians Talk about Comedy*, 1968 (Wilde)

Le Monde de Jerry Lewis, 1969 (Simsolo) - Paris

Jerry Lewis, 1970 (Cremonini)

Directors at Work, 1970 (Kramer) (R)

Jerry Lewis, 1970 (Recasens) - Paris

The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image, 1971 (Durgnat)

The Total Filmaker*, 1971 (Lewis) (R)

Bonjour Monsieur Lewis*, 1972 (Benayoun)

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime*, 1973 (Marx)

Best of Bloopers, 1973 (Schafer)

The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies, 1973 (Mast)

Pieces of Time: Peter Bogdanovich on the Movies, 1973 (Bogdanovich)

The Album Cover Art of Sound Tracks (Boeing Boeing record)

They Call Me the Showbiz Priest, 1973 (Perrella)

A Short Time for Insanity, 1974 (Wellman)

Funny Men of the Movies, 1976 (Edelson)

Music in my Heart and Borscht in my Blood, (Tobias)(R)

The Great Movie Comedians*, 1978 (Maltin)

TV Today (Peggy Hudson - Lewis on Cover)

The Funsters, 1979 (Parish and Leonard)

Are You Anbody? Conversations with Wives of Celebrities, 1979 (Funt)

The Last Meal on Earth, 1979 (Spann)

The box-office clowns : Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, 1979 (Manchel)

Starmaker: Autobiography of Hal Wallis, 1980 (Wallis)

More Funny People*, 1982 (Allen)

The Great Movie Comedians from Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen, 1982 (Maltin)

Jerry Lewis: In Person*, 1982 (Autobiography/Gluck)

Croquis de Jerry Lewis, 1983 (Etaix)?

Docteur Jerry et Mister Lewis, 1983 Paris

Finger Lickin' Good, (Col. Harland Sanders - photo with Lewis)

Film Directors*, 1984 (R)

You Must Be Joking, London:1984 - "Nutty Prof" Cover (Ann Lloyd, Editor)

Bedside Hollywood: Great Scenes from Movie Memoirs, 1985 (Atwan,Forer)

Enter Talking, 1986 (Joan Rivers autobio)

The Making of Wise Guy, 1990 (Interview)(Ken Wahl)

Encyclopedia of Films, 1991 (R)

Abbott and Costello In Hollywood (Lewis wrote intro), 1991 (Furmanek, Palumbo)

Jerry Lewis por Jerry Lewis: Memorias, 1991 (Spanish, "In Person")

Dino*, 1992 (Tosches)

Canned Laughter:The Best Stories from Radio and Television, 1992 (Hay)

Technicolor Movies: The History of Dye Transfer Printing, 1993 (Haines)

I Laffed Till I Cried*, 1993 (Patti Lewis)

Illustrated Biographical Dictionary*, 1994 (Clark) (R)

The Jerry Lewis Films: an analytical filmography of the innovative comic *, 1995 ( Neibaur/Okuda) (R)

Jerry Lewis : sein Leben, seine Filme, 1995 (Stawecki)

Written out of Television, 1996 (pp149-151)

King Of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis*, 1996 (Levy)

Rewrites, 1996 (Simon)

Jerry Lewis in a Nutshell, 1997 (Saphire)

Rat Pack Confidential*, 1998 (Levy)

The Best in Television, 50 Years of Emmys, 1998 (Gelman and Accas)(pp. 19 & 140)

From Green to Tee to Hollywood: Golfing With The Stars, 1998 (Chenowith) Forward by Lewis

Shooting Stars* (favorite photos taken by celebrities), 1998 (Zeitlin)

Conversations with [Billy] Wilder, 1999 (Crowe)

Hollywood Candid, 1999 (Garrett) (p.115 Hutton, Martin & Lewis)

Listening In, 1999 (Douglas) (pg. 111, suggested that 1933 radio comic Joe Penner's voice, was a precursor to Lewis')

Silent Stars, 1999 (Basinger) (p.65, "AMERICANS ARE PEOPLE WHO, when the French decide Jerry Lewis was a genius, never stopped to ask why but immediately branded France as a nation of idiots.")

Donny Osmond:Lie Is Just What You Make It, 1999 (Osmond & Romanowski)

The Movie Book, 1999 (Phaidon Press) (p.265 Lewis & Stella Stevens)

Inventing Jerry Lewis*, 2000 (Krutnik) - Recommended

The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time (Bernheimer) "The Bellboy" #44 (pp. 167-70)

Comedy Is a Man in Trouble /Slapstick in American Movies, 2000 (Dale) An enthusiast's look at American comedies and the physical comedians who made them great. (pp.190-212)*

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema, May 2001 (Gordon)

THE HAUNTED SMILE: THE STORY OF JEWISH COMEDIANS IN AMERICA, October 2001 (Epstein)

Backstage With the Original Hollywood Square, 2002 (Marshall and Armstrong) - Yes, Jerry Lewis appeared as a contestant on Hollywood's Tic Tac Toe game.

That's Amore, 2002 (Martin)

The Academy Awards - The Complete History of the Oscar, 2002 (Gail Kinn/Jim Piazza)

America A Celebration, 2002 (photo with camera on page 688)(Martin Sandler)

Mouse in the Rat Pack (Joey Bishop Bio), 2002 (Michael Starr)Several references to Jerry Lewis are found in this grand book about another comic genius. Recommended.

Enfant terrible! : Jerry Lewis in American film, 2002(edited by Murray Pomerance)- Recommended!

Stan and Ollie, December 2002(Simon Louvish)

The Encyclopedia of Great Filmmakers, 2002 (John Tibbits, James M. Welsh) - Lewis joins the ranks of Capra, Demille and Zinneman in this text (pp 169-171).

Jerry Vale - A Singer's Life, photo with Jerry Lewis on page 53.

Filmmaking for Dummies, July 2003(Bryan Michael Stoller) Foreword by Jerry Lewis

The Last Good Time, 2003 (Jonathan Van Meter) - Several pages and rare photos of Dean and Jerry including the 500 Club Marquee in 1946.

When Hollywood Was King, 2003 (Connie Bruck) - Martin and Lewis are on page 78.

In Black and White - The Life of Sammy Davis Jr., October 2003(Wil Haygood)-Recommended. On page 130 Jerry is pictured with President Nixon and Sammy.

When Hollywood Was King, 2003 (Connie Bruck) Martin and Lewis on page 78

Gonna Do Great Things - The Life of Sammy Davis Jr., October 2003 (Gary Fishgall)

Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art and Anecdote, (Frike) 14x14 full page photo with Lewis and Garland at his solo performance the night she got laryngitis and Jerry "made it" on his own.

CAESAR'S HOUR: my life in comedy with love and laughter, November 2003 (Sid Caesar) - On page 95 Mr Caesar writes that he "played golf with Martin and Lewis, Perry Como, Dagmar, Corine Calvet at Lake Success Golf Club, King's Point, Long Island NY."

Encyclopedia of Hollywood, 2004 (Scott and Barbara Siegal) - Entry refers to Joseph Levitch, but correctly indexes him as "Jerry Levitch." Quite a nice book. Recommended.

The Sinatra Treasures: Intimate Photos, Mementos, and Music from the Sinatra Family Collection (Pignone), 2004 - Famous "Reunion" photo on page 175.

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 2004 - Lewis Entry (R)

Memories Are Made of This, 2004 (Deana Martin) Forward by Jerry Lewis - Plenty of rare photos and a great story of devotion to Dean.

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who the _'s in it, 2004 (Peter Bogdanovich) It has 74 pages of biographical information on Jerry(only 14 for Dean Martin!), including reprints of Mr. Bogdanovich's articles on Lewis in 1962. There are also plenty of personal antecdotes. "It [Lewis' career] spans seismic re-orderings of the vast entertainment industry."

Hollywood Picks the Classics: A guide for the beginner and the officianado, 2004 (Afton Fraser) The book is divided into categories. Jerry Lewis', "Geisha Boy" has an entry under the "One of a Kind" category. Photos. Recommended

The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures: 1,001 Things you Hate to Love, 2004 (Harry) "...being a fan of Jerry Lewis isn't for wimps" page 154

Broadway: An Encyclopedia, 2004 (Ken Bloom) Marquis Theater entry, page 335, "it [Damn Yankees] re-opened with Jerry Lewis making his..."; Palace Theater entry, page 398, "...on June 8, 1957, and proved he could make it without..."

Kiss Me Like A Stranger, 2005 (Gene Wilder) While discussing his desire to be a comic, he remembers watching Jerry Lewis on television and being inspired.

In the Can: The Greatest Career Missteps, Sophomore Slumps, What-Were-They-Thinking Decisions, and Fire-Your Agent Moves..., (2005) (Lou Harry and Eric Furman) Includes never released, "The Day the Clown Cried" ISBN: 1578602386

Dean Martin: King of the Road, 2005 (Michael Freedland) Photos of Martin & Lewis together between pages 114 and 115.

DEAN AND ME: A Love Story, 2005 (Jerry Lewis) A national bestseller about the ten year friendship and working relationship of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Recommended.

Greatest Variety Shows of the 60's and 70's, 2006 (Tally Davidson) Hollywood Palace entry - 1963, "replaced the Jerry Lewis Show"

Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr., 2007 (Burt Boyar) Photographs taken by Sammy Davis Jr. include the cover shot of Jerry Lewis and Sammy. Also, Jerry with Dean on the set of Pardners, Jerry with his car, and Jerry with Sammy inside the book. Recommended.

Comedy at the Edge, 2008 (Richard Zoglin) - "[Richard] Pryor's early TV bits, however were as much indebted to the physical clowns he had grown up watching in movies and on TV, like Red Skelton and Jerry Lewis." page 45

More to come...

Since July 1996, this web page has undergone many updates. . . .:-)