Jerry Lewis - film showing a theremin ?!?

[Michael & Magret Menedetter]

Hi theremin-fans out there!

Some time ago I saw a few seconds of a film starring Jerry Lewis.
In this sequence he found a theremin and after a while he started to make
music with it
(I know, not real theremin-music, but never mind).

Is there anybody who can tell me the title or other details of this film?

thanks in advance

Michael Menedetter
Vienna
Austria
mened...@via.at

[Jim Patchell]

Wow, it has been a long time since I saw that movie, almost 25 years
now, it was the one that got me interested in Theremins. For the life
of me, I cannot remember the title. Darn, I am not even sure of the
plot. If I am not wrong, I beleive that Jerry was a lost heir to an
estate of a man who was some sort of electronics genius (Jerry played a
TV repairman). I would like to know the title too. It was a short skit
but funny. I will have to check to see if there is a Jerry Lewis web
page.

-Jim

[Jim Patchell]

Check out this web site:
http://www.jerrylewiscomedy.com/store_sitemap.htm

After looking at the titles of the movies, I think it might have been
Cinderfella, but am not positive at all.

-Jim

[David Miller]

The movie is "The Delicate Delinquent" from 1956 (Lewis' first movie
away from the Martin/Lewis duo).

It is available on home video- Paramount 5613.

Dave M

Dave's Theremin Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/4611/

[James Penrose]

Jim Patchell (patc...@teletrac.com) wrote:

: Check out this web site:
: http://www.jerrylewiscomedy.com/store_sitemap.htm

I'd have sworn it was "The Delicate Deliquent" but it's ben a LOT o years
and I don't wanna watch ANY Jerry Lewis movieas ever again if I can help
it. ;0

[Jim Patchell]

James Penrose wrote:

You are correct. After searching the Web a little more, I found a
theremin web page that had a list of films that teremins apeared in, and "The
Delicate Delinquent" was listed there. So much for my memory, but that was
nearly 30 years ago when I last saw that movie.

-Jim