“The Man Who Would Be King” Script Copy For Jerry Lewis COA Provenance

This item is coming to you directly from the estate of Jerry Lewis’ Personal Assistant, Penny Rice.  For over 40 years, she tended to all of Jerry Lewis’ needs.  Finally, she severed ties with Jerry Lewis, and with that, she retained many of her and Jerry’s personal letters, audio tapes, jewelry, books, scripts, and photos.  These items have never been offered on the market but have been kept in the personal collection of Penny Rice for all these years.  Penny Rice passed away, and her daughter had a caretaker.  He helped Penny’s daughter move to Ohio, and she left all the Jerry Lewis Estate to the caretaker.

Jerry Lewis was working on his script HARDLY WOKING.  These scripts were along side his working script..  We can only imagine that he was getting inspiration from these other classic greats as the 1974 film “The Man Who Would Be King” and the others he had in his own personal library,   This script was leather hard bund by Jerry Lewis.  He was using this script, touched it and worked with it during his life.

Authentication:  Provenance Jerry Lewis Estate