More than five decades ago, comedian Jerry Lewis directed and starred in The Day the Clown Cried, a film about a German circus clown who is promised freedom if he leads Jewish children to their deaths ...

One of cinema’s most notorious films may soon be seen in its most complete form after being thought lost for 45 years. “The Day The Clown Cried,” a 1972 film featuring comedianJerry Lewis as Helmut ...

In 1972, the actor directed and starred in a film about a circus performer sent to a concentration camp where he must entertain Jewish children headed for the gas chambers, but it was never released.

On Wednesday, I became the first member of the public to watch something countless cinephiles have waited decades to see: Jerry Lewis’s footage of himself playing a clown in the Holocaust. Donated to ...

Jerry Lewis, the comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died Sunday morning at his home ...

Jerry Lewis' infamous Holocaust clown comedy movie that was believed to have been lost for over four decades has been discovered in the bank vault of a Swedish actor. The Day the Clown Cried, Lewis's ...

The fest-bound doc ‘From Darkness to Light’ explores the legendary comic’s equally legendary ‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ a never-released passion project about a clown who ends up in a concentration ...