"The Evacuation still proceeds..." GR Part 1 Section 1

[Dave Monroe]

The Day the Clown Cried (1972)

Jerry Lewis plays a Nazi clown who leads children to
the gas chamber in a concentration camp.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068451/

The infamous "lost" film of Jerry Lewis, which was
buried due to a legal dispute between him and the
writers of the original screenplay.

It tells the story of a self-centered circus clown,
Helmut Doork, who is sent to a concentration camp
after a drunken impersonation of Hitler.  There, he
befriends the Jewish children of the camp, and
performs for them, angering the camp Commandant.  He
is accidentally sent with the children on a train to
Auschwitz, and there, he is expected to lead the
children, like a Pied Piper, to the gas chambers.

http://www.subcin.com/clowncried.html

THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED 
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
By JOAN O'BRIEN
And 
CHARLES DENTON 
Based on a Story Idea by 
JOAN O'BRIEN 
Additional Material by Jerry Lewis

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/the_day_the_clown_cried.html

Movie Script - Based on Joan O'Brien's book by the
same name, about a German clown who was arrested by
the Gestapo, interred in a concentration camp, and
used to march Jewish children into the ovens.
Director-star Jerry Lewis lost close to 40 pounds to
play the role. Filmed mostly in Stockholm, Sweden, the
film has been tied up in litigation and never
finished. Rough footage exists but a completed version
never materialized. The screenplay is weak and the
rough copy of the film depicts a cold, bleak and
uneven film needing of a finish cut and scoring. Today
it stands notable mostly for the departure that Lewis
took in his career from his man-child persona.
Twenty-five years later director-star Roberto
Benigni's critically acclaimed Italian film La Vita e
Bella (Life is Beautiful) successfully merged comedy
with life in a Jewish concentration camp. Lewis' film
did try to bridge the warm heart of La Vita e Bella
and the shocking realism of Steven Speilberg's
Schindler's List a quarter of a century before either
of these films were made, and a quarter of a century
before the subject was acceptable in Hollywood, and it
is difficult to tell what the finished product would
have looked liked or how it would have been received.
In any respect, Lewis took a big chance (a gamble that
he ultimately lost) by attempting a film far from the
mainstream of Hollywood and it appears The Day the
Clown Died will remain in legal limbo forever.

http://67.118.51.201//bol/bookdisplay.cfm?booknum=19586&fback=1

Jerry Lewis Goes to Death Camp
by Bruce Handy
Illustrations by Drew Friedman
from "Spy Magazine" - May 1992 

http://www.subcin.com/clownspy.html

SHIRLEY TEMPLE IN AUSCHWITZ
by Shawn Levy

from the book
"KING OF COMEDY: THE LIFE AND ART OF JERRY JEWIS" 

http://www.subcin.com/clownshirley.html

JERRY LEWIS' "THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED" REVEALED!
by Thom Bennett

http://www.filmthreat.com/Features.asp?File=FeaturesOne.inc&Id=258

ACTUAL FILM CLIPS FROM THE "CLOWN CRIED" SET

http://www.subcin.com/clowncried.mpg

--- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone seen Jerry Lewis' notorious "The Day the
> Clown Cried"?
> 
> This is supposed to be an example of what happens
> when you combine sensitive subject matter, good
> intentions, and really bad taste.


		
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