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Also Known As Francis Fredrick von Taschlein
Born February 19, 1913 • Weehawken • New Jersey
Died May 5, 1972 (aged 59) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Artists and Models” • “Cinderfella” • “Hollywood or Bust” • “It’s Only Money” • “Rock-a-Bye Baby” • “Son of Paleface” • “Susan Slept Here” • “The Disorderly Orderly” • “The Geisha Boy” • “The Girl Can’t Help It” • “The Glass-Bottom Boat” • “The Man from the Diners’ Club” • “Who’s Minding the Store?” • “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?”

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Jerry Lewis as Cinderfella lies sprawled on the floor of a gym with a barbell pinning him down, wearing light pants, a white shirt, and white shoes.
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