The total film-maker. [To the reader -- Prologue -- Production -- The humanities of film -- The total film-maker -- The money man -- Script and writer -- Actors -- The million-dollar hug -- Pre-production chores -- The crew -- Homework -- Filming it! -- Post-production -- Editing -- Music and dubbing -- Distribution and exploitation -- Other film-makers, other films -- Comedy -- Laughs are our thing -- The visuals of comedy -- The comedians ]

New York, Random House, 1971, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xi, 209 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0394467574; 9780394467573 LCCN: 79-102324 ; LC: PN1995.9.P7; Dewey: 791.43/023 ; OCLC: 238943 ; brown and black cloth, in color photographic dustjacket ; "A frank, personal story of the joys and pitfalls of making movies by a world famous film-maker." ; "Jerry Lewis is the only American director who has made progressive films. he was much better than Chaplin and Keaton."--Jean-Luc Godard ; "Filled with anecdotes and personal experiences, this book covers just about everything that can happenduring the adventure of putting films together: the producer's job, writing a script, dealing with actors, the stage crew, preparing for the day's shooting, actual filming; Mr. Lewis also takes the reader into the cutting room, shows how to create and fit music to the sound track and then wage battles with the distributors and exploiters of the film industry. THe final section of the book dealas with the art of comedy, how it is created, what makes it work, and who the great comedians are and why." ; Contents: To the reader -- Prologue -- Production -- The humanities of film -- The total film-maker -- The money man -- Script and writer -- Actors -- The million-dollar hug -- Pre-production chores -- The crew -- Homework -- Filming it! -- Post-production -- Editing -- Music and dubbing -- Distribution and exploitation -- Other film-makers, other films -- Comedy -- Laughs are our thing -- The visuals of comedy -- The comedians ; slight foxing, crease on front dustjacket inside flap ; water stain to top inside of dustjacket lightened top edge of cloth cover (see scan) ; early dustjacket dated 9/71; several black and white photos of Lewis at work ; one of the most important books on film, written by a master ; FINE/FINE.