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‘The Day the Clown Cried’: Behind the scenes of the infamous Jerry Lewis film

This is a guest post from Tabitha Vidaurri, a writer and comedinette from Brooklyn In 1971 Jerry Lewis infamously directed and starred in a film about the Holocaust titled The Day the Clown Cried.  For reasons that are still unclear, Lewis chose to depart from his trademark slapstick formula and play the role of Helmut […]

The Clash: Ferocious early footage from the ‘White Riot’ tour, 1977

Amazing early footage of The Clash during the “White Riot tour,” shot at Sussex University, Brighton, on May 25th 1977. Pity about the crazed speed-freak cutting between cameras and the herky-jerky camera work, but what can you do? Be happy someone thought to shoot it. In part one they play “Capital Radio,” “Protex Blue,” “Cheat” […]