Friday Morning Videos: THE LADIES MAN

September 4th, 2009 at 09:04am Will Pfeifer

It’s Labor Day weekend, which means the Jerry Lewis Muscular Distrophy telethon will be airing somewhere on a TV set near you. Jerry is clearly past his prime, and just about the only time you see him these days is on the annual telethon. But once upon a time, back in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a global superstar — and one of the most interesting filmmakers around. Check out this surreal, beautifully shot  and staged scene from his 1961 movie THE LADIES MAN (my personal favorite in the Lewis filmography) and you might change your opinion of the guy…

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