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these achievements is likely to help Jerry as much
as his marriage and family have.
Patti Calonica and Jerry Lewis met in a down
town Detroit theater where he was doing panto
mimes to records and she was singing with Ted
Fio Rita's band. Love came to Jerry, then only 18,
without his knowing what to do about it.
The best he could manage in the way of intro
ductions was to smear a lipstick message on her
dressing-room mirror, "How about a date to
night?" The approach was unorthodox but suc
cessful. He followed it up by leaving a pair of
baby shoes on her dresser with a pink and blue
note asking, "How about filling these?"
And so they were married. Patti was a couple
of years older but that was just as well because
she often had to be mother and sister, too.
For example, Jerry's custom of sleeping with a
loaded revolver beneath his pillow would be dis
concerting to any bride. But Patti recognized the
old fears behind the habit and, stifling her own
terror, began to build up her husband's confidence.
Jerry eventually found a new security and aban
doned his revolver. True, he hired a permanent
guard and surrounded his home with a burglar
alarm that rivals Fort Knox', but these are logical
precautions for a wealthy family.
Jerry's growing assurance is reflected in his help
for others. Few young stars match his zest for
charity performances. He appeared in 75 benefits
last year, for instance. His efforts helped the
Muscular Dystrophy Association raise $15 million.
Chairman of the Hollywood Permanent Charities
Committee, he also raised funds for the Red Cross.
Community Chest, Braille Institute, and Los An
geles Children's Orthopedic Hospital.
And there are charitable acts behind the spot
lights. I was on a set when Jerry received a re
quest to visit an 11-year-old girl who had suf
fered severe burns. To make the visit, Jerry
stopped production early at a cost equaling that
of his precious fall-apart dresser.
"I'm almost glad I got burned," the girl told him.
"I'd never have met you otherwise."
As Jerry says, what's money?
Jerry has paid for his incessant activity. Not
long ago he suffered a nervous collapse, yet he
still tried to be a one-man merry-go-round. Only
Patti's ultimatum, "Either slow down or I go,"
prevented Jerry from burning himself out at 30.
He even turned to a hobby. But typically it
paralleled his professional ambitions. He took up
home movies, using his neighbors as stars. The
neighbors, incidentally, were such people as Janet
Leigh, Tony Curtis, and others you'd think would
avoid cameras in their free hours.
But movie-making with Jerry is fun. For Jerry,
of course, it is more than that. It is training for
his ultimate goal, directing. Don McGuire directed
"The Delicate Delinquent," but Jerry's next in
dependent venture will be directed by that John
Huston of the living room, Mr. Lewis himself.
More work, more running? Sure. But Holly
wood's enjoyment in playing "What Makes Jerry
Run?" isn't half the fun that Jerry himself gets
just from running.
Family Weekly. July 14, 1957
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