Fairfax Avenue (1951)

Jerry Lewis · 30 min · Letterboxd ↗

Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the Jewish Sunset Boulevard.” Tony Curtis finds his inner boy-toy as the Desmond character’s companion and ostensible screenwriter, while Dean Martin defies typecasting as the Italian tenor who croons the title song.

Fairfax Avenue screens once in London: The Cinema Museum, Monday 16 November at 19:00.