Ben Mankiewicz Intro - 3 Ring Circus (1956)

3 Ring Circus (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Colonel Fritz Schlitz

Jerry Lewis is de-mobbed Army private “Jerome,” an aspiring circus clown, who took a gig as an apprentice lion tamer because it was the only G-I Bill opening at the circus, reporting here to lion tamer Schlitz (Sig Ruman), in the Paramount Martin And Lewis vehicle 3 Ring Circus, 1953.

3 Ring Circus (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Dig That Crazy Sawdust

Out of the Army on the G-I Bill, Dean Martin as Pete is broke and tagging along with Jerry Lewis as “Jerome,” who has a gig as an apprentice lion tamer at a circus, meeting Zsa Zsa Gabor briefly, and getting in trouble, in the Paramount vehicle 3 Ring Circus, 1955.

3 Ring Circus (1954) -- (Movie Clip) The Original Queen Bee

Dean Martin is Pete, getting his Army buddy Jerome (Jerry Lewis) out of a scrape at the circus they joined on the G-I Bill, then dazzled by trapeze beauty Saadia (Zsa Zsa Gabor), but also relating to ringmaster-owner Jill (Joanne Dru), who’s not so enamored, in 3 Ring Circus, 1953.