The Day the Clown Cried, a famed and notorious film by Jerry Lewis which has never seen the light of day, is getting a ‘remake’ soon, though it’s hard to classify it as such when the original film was never released. The famous comedian and filmmaker donated it to the Library of Congress in 2014, along with some unedited footage and sound reels. A complete cut of the 1972 movie likely doesn’t exist, as Lewis famously disavowed it, though some people saw a contemporary rough cut. One of them was The Simpsons‘ Harry Shearer, who (speaking to Spy! magazine, via IndieWire) said of the film:
Film producer Kia Jam has acquired the original script for The Day the Clown Cried, Jerry Lewis’ condemned and unreleased film about the Holocaust. Read More