Film

The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon

20228mDocumentary

Director: Amy Ziering
Year: 2022

A mini-documentary companion piece to the 2022 Vanity Fair article outlining sexual harassment accusations against Jerry Lewis.

Jerry Lewis’s patented form of slapstick made him a 20th-century comedic icon. But former co-stars say he was a bully who sexually harassed—and in at least one case, sexually assaulted—women with impunity.

Top cast

Jerry Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Hope Holiday

Self

Karen Sharpe

Self

Dean Martin

Self (archive footage)

Directed by

Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick

Written by

Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick

Produced by

Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, Jamie Rogers, Amy Herdy