(Frank Tashlin, US 1955, 109 min., 35mm)

Jerry Lewis is a kook whose nightmares and fantasies supply the stories for the comic books drawn by his roommate Dean Martin. In the rubber-faced, gibberish-speaking Lewis, director Tashlin found the perfect performer to complement his cartoonish vision of the modern world. This very funny and quintessentially ’50s slice of American pie boasts a “va-va-voom” supporting cast including Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Eva Gabor, and Anita Ekberg. Preceded by Tashlin’s shorts: A TALE OF TWO MICE (1945, 35mm) and PUSS N’ BOOTY (1943, 35mm nitrate print).