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Actor Jerry Lewis, now a nonagenarian, returns in new film 'Max Rose'

Legendary comedian Lewis stars in the new film 'Max Rose,' in which he portrays a jazz musician who finds out his marriage may not be what he thought it was.

Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis, whose 1960s film projects, in particular, left a major impact on comedy, returns to the screen with the movie "Max Rose."

Lewis stars in "Max" in the title role of a jazz musician who finds out that his marriage may not be what he thought it was. The movie co-stars Dean Stockwell, Kerry Bish茅, Fred Willard, and Claire Bloom.听

One of the best-known aspects of Lewis's career is his work with actor Dean Martin, with whom he made films including 鈥淭he Caddy鈥� and 鈥淎t War with the Army.鈥�听During his heyday, Lewis also starred in such well-known comedies as 鈥淭he Nutty Professor,鈥� and more recently appeared in projects such as an episode of NBC鈥檚 鈥淟aw & Order: Special Victims Unit,鈥� an episode of Fox鈥檚 animated show 鈥淭he Simpsons,鈥� and the 1982 film 鈥淭he King of Comedy.鈥�

The actor was especially well-known for his physical comedy, in films like "The Patsy," as Tracy Smith writes for CBS.听(Lewis also directed movies, including 鈥淧rofessor,鈥� 鈥淭he Errand Boy,鈥� and 鈥淭he Ladies Man鈥�).听

agrees that the physical aspect of Lewis鈥檚 comedy was something new to viewers. 鈥淟ewis displayed a combination of slapstick, silly voices and rubber-faced gurning the like of which had never been seen before on screen,鈥� Mr. Hiscock writes.听

In addition, Lewis helped revive forms of humor that were previously seen in movies but had gone away, .

鈥淛erry went back to the silent era and brought visual sight gags back to the American movie theaters,鈥� said Mr. Spielberg, who was part of a directing class taught by Lewis at the University of Southern California.